The Prophets: Jeremiah 04/27/2020

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From: Jay Huffman
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The Prophets: Jeremiah 04/27/2020

Within the realm of the Restoration Gospel, we are so blessed to have what we have concerning the prophets of God. When we consider how specific each was in his day and time to the nation and the church in that dispensation and yet how far reaching, all-encompassing, and forward looking, and futuristic impacting the WORD of God was then and IS NOW.

How often did Jesus call and direct and instruct the people of wherever He ministered and whenever He ministered, to look to what the prophets wrote and foretold of Him and of that which is to come; and the prophets, each one, to a man; spake of The TRUTH OF ALL THINGS.

Alma, as he escaped the courts of wicked King Noah and having lived among and heard the words of the prophet Abinadi, was so moved by the Spirit of Truth and the Spirit of Revelation, that he too risked his life in defense of the man and the TRUTH OF ALL THINGS. And because he had truly been “converted” unto the Lord and the TRUTH OF ALL THINGS, Alma was pressed upon and inspired to write down what had been given by the Holy Ghost:

“And now it came to pass that Alma,
who had fled from the servants of King Noah,
repented of his sins and iniquities,
and went about privately among the people,
and began to teach the words of Abinadi;
Yea, concerning that which was to come,
and also concerning the resurrection of the dead,
and the redemption of the people,
which was to be brought to pass through the power,
and sufferings, and death of Christ,
and His resurrection and ascension into heaven.”

And from these few words, we begin to see WHAT the prophets do and will ALWAYS speak about, and the condition upon those prophetic utterances are given and the condition whereby the WORDS OF THE PROPHETS are to be received by the hearer. As it is written and as it is spoken:
“Prov 18:21 Life and death are in the power of the tongue”, the WORD of GOD.
God spake and the world was, so writes Jacob from the Book of Mormon:

“For behold, by the power of his word, man came upon the face of the earth;
which earth was created by the power of his word.
Wherefore, if God, being able to speak, and the world was; and to speak,
and man was created, O then, why not able to command the earth,
or the workmanship of his hands upon the face of it,
according to his will and pleasure.
Wherefore, brethren, seek not to counsel the Lord,
but to take counsel from his hand.” Jacob 3

The days of Jeremiah where approximately from 655 B.C., and he became a prophet in 626 B.C. He lived during through the reign of Judah’s five last kings which included Josiah, Jehoahaz, Jehoiakim, Jehoiachin and Zedekiah. And Jeremiah was well known to Lehi and Nephi and their extended families.
From the very beginning of the prophet Jeremiah discloses the great displeasure of the Lord with HIS people and provided very specific detail as to the controversy the Lord has with the people of the land, the nation of the land, and the church of that dispensation upon the land.
“Hear ye the word of the Lord, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel;
Thus saith the Lord, What iniquity have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain?”

“The priests said not, Where is the Lord? and they that handle the law knew me not; the pastors also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after things that do not profit.
Wherefore I will yet plead with you, saith the Lord, and with your children's children will I plead.”

“Hath a nation changed their gods, which are yet no gods? but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit. Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saith the Lord. For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.”

So, the Lord tells His people, they who are called by His Name, what the controversy He has with them is.

And so it is with us today. Does this not accurately describe the state of the church and the far too many of the far too many of the church? Does it not address all; even the families of the house of Israel and certainly the “chief families” of the church? Can you see this? And the Lord begins to outline the
true nature of and origins of “replacement theology” and this has been a plague among God’s people since the days of Adam.

The prophet Hosea also defines very clearly what the controversy the Lord has with and will ALWAYS have with the inhabitants of the land, wherever and whenever that people may be and what their latitude and longitude might be. Hosea was an earlier prophet, the year is around 750 BC;
The Lord, through Hosea, declares what the problem and/or problems are:
“Hear the word of the Lord, ye children of Israel; for the Lord hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.” Hosea 4:1

Even in this, the principles of continuity in ALL of the WORD of God and dispels the false teaching that invades and infests and infects the minds of the people today, a virus far more deadly than CoronaVirus-19. Some would say and have said and continue to “teach” falsehoods, in saying that some of what was given “then” – whenever the then might have “been” is not relevant our day. Yet Jeremiah faced and addressed that same issue and the Lord was very clear about substance, content and, and consequences. Scattered, peeled, separated.
“The priests said not, Where is the Lord? and they that handle the law knew me not; the pastors also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after things that do not profit.”

The Lord gives very specific direction and the cure for what ails us and the remedy to find rest unto our souls; and we love the hymn inspired by these words:
“Thus saith the Lord, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls.” Jeremiah 6

But the answer from far too many of the far too many of the people and of the far too many that occupy high places and the far too many of the chief families of that day was this:
“But they said, We will not walk therein. Also I set watchmen over you, saying, Hearken to the sound of the trumpet. But they said, We will not hearken.”

And as a result, the far too many of Jerusalem had a change of address to a locale called Captivity and for a few, they were led by the Hand of God to Land choice above all other lands; the background for the Book of Mormon.

Lehi and his families listened and harkened to the Words of the Prophets, and these are they who were spared.


Jay Huffman

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