Death Shall Be Chosen Rather than Life by the Residue

Death Shall Be Chosen Rather than Life by the Residue – Jeremiah 8 Reframe: When Judah and Jerusalem are emptied out, yea, at that time, says the LORD ALMIGHTY, they will bring out the bones of the kings of Judah.

The people will bring out the bones of his princes, priests, prophets, and inhabitants of Jerusalem; they will dig them out of their graves. They will spread their bones before the sun, moon, and all the host of heaven because they trusted and loved, and even served them.

While alive, they walked after these elements, sought after, worshipped, and consulted them. Therefore, they will not be gathered or buried honorably; they will be for manure upon the face of the earth.

A Perpetual Backsliding

They chose death rather than life; yea, death shall be chosen rather than life by the residue of those who remain of this evil family. Death they will receive in all the places where I have driven them, says the LORD ALMIGHTY of Hosts.

More than this, you are to say to them, this is what the LORD ALMIGHTY says, “Will they fall and not arise? Will he turn away and not return them? Why then are these people of Jerusalem slidden back with a perpetual backsliding?

They hold onto lies with a tighter grip than coconut crabs and they refuse to return. I listened and heard what they spoke, they did not speak what is right. Not one man repented of his wickedness.

The Wise Men Are Ashamed

None of them asked, ‘What have I done?’ Everyone turned to his own course and business just like a horse rushes into battle. The stork in heaven knows her appointed times; the turtle and the crane, even the swallow observe the time of their coming.

But My people do not know the requirements and judgment of the LORD ALMIGHTY. How do you say, ‘We are wise and the law of the LORD ALMIGHTY is with us?’ Man, in vain He made it; the pen of the scribes of the Sovereign LORD is in vain.

The wise men are ashamed, they are amazed and captured by the enemy. They have rejected the word of the LORD ALMIGHTY so what wisdom is left in them?

They Do Not Even Blush

Therefore I will give their wives to other men of other nations, and their fields to those newcomers who will inherit them. Everyone, from the lowest person to the greatest is wholly given to covetousness and greed. The prophet to the priest, even they all deal falsely.

They have healed the pain of the daughter of My people slightly, with very little care, saying, ‘Peace, peace when there is no peace.‘ “Were they ashamed when they committed these abominations?

No, they weren’t; they were not ashamed at all; they did not blush, not even a little. Therefore, they will fall among the fallen, yes, in the time of their visitation, they will fall and be thrown down,” says the LORD ALMIGHTY.

Judah Put to Silence

I will surely consume them,” declared the Sovereign LORD, “There won’t be any grapes on the vine when I’m done; there won’t be any figs on the fig tree, the leaf will fade; the thing I have blessed them with will pass away from them.” Why are we sitting still?

Assemble yourselves and enter into the defenced cities and be silent there because the LORD ALMIGHTY, our Elohim has put us to silence. He has given us water of gall to drink because we have sinned against the LORD ALMIGHTY.

We looked for peace, but there was none, no good came. The house of Israel looked for health, but instead, pestilence and troubles were presented. We heard the snorting of enemy horses from the land of Dan.

Have Some Poisonous Snakes and Vipers

The whole land trembled at the sound of the neighing of the enemy’s strong ones. They have come and have devoured the land as well as all that is in it. They have devoured the city and all who dwell there.

“You see, I will send snakes and poisonous vipers among you and they will not be charmed; they will only come to bite your behind,” says the LORD of Hosts. My sorrow is beyond healing; my heart is tired within me.

I have to listen to the voice and cry of the daughter of my people, because of those who dwell in a far country is come upon them. Isn’t the LORD ALMIGHTY in Zion? Isn’t the daughter of Zion’s King with her?

No Balm in Gilead?

“Why have they provoked Me to anger with their graven images and their strange vanities? The harvest is past, the summer is ending, and we are not yet saved. The hurt of the daughter of my people hurts me.

I am black, I’m astonished, bewilderment has taken over me. Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician in the land? There is? Then why is the health of the daughter of my people not recovered? Why are they still sick unto death?

Chapter Remarks

Jeremiah chapter 8 is one of those chapters that will remind the modern-day children of Israel that their forefathers were some pretty stiff-necked mofos. In America, “mofos” is an abbreviation for “mother french-toasters.”

They were so detestable that’s the Sovereign LORD of Host prophesied that the day will come when the priests’ prophets and princes of Israel who died, their graves would be dug up and their bones laid before the elements.

That’s right, their bones would be laid before the sun moon, and stars they served and gave all their worship towards. Their bodies and bones would be dung on the Earth. This is because they chose death rather than life.

The Animals of the Field Know Better

The Lord ALMIGHTY called the people of Judah and Jerusalem an evil family. For this death will chase them wherever they are driven; open your eyes, open your eyes and look around.

The children of Israel from that time even just about to today barely look back and ask, “what have we done?” The Sovereign Lord of hosts said the animals of the wild know their times and their appointed seasons.

But His children, Israel do not know the judgment of the ALMIGHTY. How are they wise in the law of the LORD, all the books the scribes wrote have become as vain as your average and popular game shows of today.

Can I Borrow Your Wife?

The people of Israel will have a tough time during these days of the nations; their wives are given to others as well as their land. We do not have to go too far back into history and think back to the days of slavery.

For the “black American man,” his wife was often given to their slave masters. This did not only go on in America but all over the world where the children of Israel found themselves in their captivity.

At the end of the day, it is the children of Israel who have to wake up, they have to see that they have caused their own problems. They can no longer blame all the other nations, they cannot blame their God; they must look into the mirror.

Where is the Physician? “Doctor, Doctor…”

They must accept that they and their forefathers went after graven images and strange vanities. Is there no balm in Gilead; is there no physician there; why are the people still not recovered?

Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand; the LORD ALMIGHTY wants you back. Return, O backsliding people.

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We’re grateful for you and pray you’ve been edified in the name of the Word of ELOHIM. We pray peace, blessings, and healing over you and your household and we pray the blessings of the Holy Spirit for the fullness of the Gospel to be presented to you.

CHRIST came and said, “Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. His disciples asked, “Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel?” This reminds us the LORD ALMIGHTY said, “And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.

This whole thing is about the Kingdom of ELOHIM. Each of us will find ourselves on one side of His Kingdom, and it is drawing nearer than many of us can actually perceive. If you have any questions, leave them in the comment section or contact us @ our contact page.