The Lord is awe-inspiring, fearsome, fascinating, intriguing, majestic, and full of splendor: breathtaking! Here is what I saw of him and what came to my heart and mind in Jeremiah 28:15-16,
"Then the prophet Jeremiah said to Hananiah the prophet, 'Listen, Hananiah! The Lord has not sent you, yet you have persuaded this nation to trust in lies. Therefore this is what the Lord says: "I am about to remove you from the face of the earth. This very year you are going to die, because you have preached rebellion against the Lord."' In the seventh month of that same year, Hananiah the prophet died."
"Then the prophet Jeremiah said to Hananiah the prophet, 'Listen, Hananiah! The Lord has not sent you, yet you have persuaded this nation to trust in lies. Therefore this is what the Lord says: "I am about to remove you from the face of the earth. This very year you are going to die, because you have preached rebellion against the Lord."' In the seventh month of that same year, Hananiah the prophet died."
What we have here is a genuine real prophet (Jeremiah) and a false prophet attempting to deceive people (Hananiah.)
I suspect since the dawn of mankind, there have always been those who have falsely claimed to speak on God's behalf. Mohammed is a striking example of this. As a warlord, he manufactured fake "scriptures" and claimed that God had given him authority as his "prophet." His motive for doing so was to keep the troops in line and to keep them fighting for him. Having read the Qur'an this past fall, I found obvious the motivation for his doing this. Of course, you see today the continued damage and destruction brought about this "false" prophet. He was no prophet at all, just a man conning others to do his bidding.
Hananiah had other motivations. He did not have his own troops he wanted to keep fighting for him as Mohammed, however he "prophesied" falsely for other malevolent purposes. He did what all false "prophets" do, he sought to deceive those around him.
What Hananiah found was the Lord became very unhappy with him for pretending to speak on his behalf. It cost Hananiah dearly. Why the Lord does not remove all false "prophets" when they appear, as he took out Hananiah will be something we will have to ask him in the next age. There have been plenty who have started cults, who have started false religions and who have produced deceptive theologies, and so on, over the years.
Woe to the man who does not heed the very last command at the end of our Bibles, "I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this scroll: If anyone adds anything to them, God will add to that person the plagues described in this scroll. And if anyone takes words away from this scroll of prophecy, God will take away from that person any share in the tree of life and in the Holy City, which are described in this scroll." Revelation 22:18-19.
Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share what moved you about him from your Bible reading today. I'd love to hear from you!
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I suspect since the dawn of mankind, there have always been those who have falsely claimed to speak on God's behalf. Mohammed is a striking example of this. As a warlord, he manufactured fake "scriptures" and claimed that God had given him authority as his "prophet." His motive for doing so was to keep the troops in line and to keep them fighting for him. Having read the Qur'an this past fall, I found obvious the motivation for his doing this. Of course, you see today the continued damage and destruction brought about this "false" prophet. He was no prophet at all, just a man conning others to do his bidding.
Hananiah had other motivations. He did not have his own troops he wanted to keep fighting for him as Mohammed, however he "prophesied" falsely for other malevolent purposes. He did what all false "prophets" do, he sought to deceive those around him.
What Hananiah found was the Lord became very unhappy with him for pretending to speak on his behalf. It cost Hananiah dearly. Why the Lord does not remove all false "prophets" when they appear, as he took out Hananiah will be something we will have to ask him in the next age. There have been plenty who have started cults, who have started false religions and who have produced deceptive theologies, and so on, over the years.
Woe to the man who does not heed the very last command at the end of our Bibles, "I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this scroll: If anyone adds anything to them, God will add to that person the plagues described in this scroll. And if anyone takes words away from this scroll of prophecy, God will take away from that person any share in the tree of life and in the Holy City, which are described in this scroll." Revelation 22:18-19.
Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share what moved you about him from your Bible reading today. I'd love to hear from you!
If you have someone you would like to receive these ruminations, send me their email address. I'm happy to add them to the list. If you are receiving this and would like to be removed from the list, just respond and let me know.
Trevor Fisk
trevor.fisk@gmail.com
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