Friday

18-Oct-19

Jeremiah 25-26; Rev 9

Jeremiah 25: How long would the people be in captivity?

Jeremiah 26: Why did the people want to kill Jeremiah at the house of the Lord? Who helped save Jeremiah from harm?

Revelation 9: What does the sixth trumpet release on earth?  How did the rest of mankind react to this destruction?

Journal Prompt: What do you think is God’s purpose in allowing these judgments to fall on the whole creation? 

Answers:

Jeremiah 25: The people would be in captivity for seventy years.

Jeremiah 26: Jeremiah prophesied against the house of the Lord and the city. The people wanted to keep him from speaking these words. Certain elders of the land and Ahikam helped Jeremiah.

Revelation 9: The sixth trumpet releases four angels around the Euphrates River to kill a third of mankind. The rest of mankind did not repent of their evils deeds of idolatry, murders, sexual immorality, and thefts.