Prophesy Is Being Fulfilled

Prophesy is Being Fulfilled

“If you really change your ways and your actions and deal with each other justly, if you do not oppress the alien, the fatherless or the widow and do not shed innocent blood in this place, and if you do not follow other gods to your own harm, then I will let you live in this place, in the land I gave your forefathers for ever and ever.
Jeremiah 7:5-7

The above words were ones that came to the Prophet Jeremiah from God, and that he was to proclaim to the people. This one scripture mentions the violation of many of the Ten Commandments. But when Jeremiah gave these words to the people they did not listen and continued in their own sinful ways, and continued to suffer and be punished by God for their actions. We do not have prophets, such as Jeremiah in today’s world, to proclaim the word of God, but we do have the Bible, which is God’s written word, which gives us the same messages that the prophets gave. But regardless of who gives us the message, our society still does not obey God’s word, as we continue to go about our own ways, disregarding the commandments, and we are also going to be punished. The Prophets were prophesying about Jesus’ coming and what the future held for the people of Israel. They did not have the New Testament which proved that what the Prophets had prophesied had come true, but we now have these also to tell us what will happen when Jesus again returns. But just as the people of Israel did, we also are not listening and being obedient to God’s word. It is so important to heed the wisdom of God, and put it into practice in our everyday lives. These words should not be taken lightly, and dismissed, in that we convince ourselves that we still have tomorrow to begin to obey them, but rather we need to be ready as the prophesy’s are being fulfilled.