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The Abiding Gift of Prophecy

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    Jeremiah—the Millennial Desolation

    Jeremiah was called of God to the prophetic office at an early age. He prophesied during the reigns of the last five kings of Judah. Vainly he hoped that the reformation begun under Josiah might be permanent. For forty years he stood as a living example of truth and righteousness. He shared in the perils and hardships incident to the siege of Jerusalem. His counsel to the king of Judah to submit to Nebuchadnezzar was made the basis of a charge of treason.AGP 141.2

    He suffered imprisonment by command of the king, and was often threatened with death by his own countrymen. When about 586 B. C. the city was finally taken by the Babylonian king, and most of the inhabitants of the land were carried into captivity, Jeremiah was treated kindly by the victors. Given his choice of remaining in the land or of being treated with honor in Babylon, he preferred to remain with the company of his people left in Judea.AGP 141.3

    When his fellow countrymen insisted on going down to Egypt, contrary to the divine counsel, he went with them.AGP 141.4

    His prophecy is remarkable for the pathos of its language, even while faithfully declaring the purpose of God to afflict His people. His prediction that they should be permitted to return to their land after the expiration of seventy years brought comfort and hope to the exiles in Babylon.AGP 141.5

    “The Lord hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with loving-kindness have I drawn thee. Again I will build thee, and thou shalt be built, O virgin of Israel…. Thou shalt yet plant vines upon the mountains of Samaria: the planters shall plant, and shall eat them as common things.” Jeremiah 31:3-5.AGP 141.6

    Jeremiah cried out in anguish as he witnessed the terrible wars of the last days, as he saw “the slain of the Lord” from “one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth.” Chapter 25:33. He saw also the desolated earth as it will appear after the coming of Christ, when the wicked shall be destroyed by the glory of God, and the righteous shall reign for a thousand years in heaven. He says:AGP 142.1

    “I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light…. I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled. I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful place was a wilderness, and all the cities thereof were broken down at the presence of the Lord, and by His fierce anger.” Chapter 4:23-26.

    But he was permitted to look still farther down the stream of time to the final restoration, when Christ, the King of spiritual Israel, shall reign forever.AGP 142.2

    “In those days, and at that time, will I cause the Branch of righteousness to grow up unto David; and He shall execute judgment and righteousness in the land. In those days shall Judah be saved, and Jerusalem shall dwell safely: and this is the name wherewith she shall be called, The Lord our righteousness.” Chapter 33:15, 16.AGP 142.3

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