After Jeremiah listed all
the people who were affected by the desolation within the nation of
Judah and particularly the city of Jerusalem, in chapter five and
verse nineteen in Lamentations he directs his attention toward the
Lord once again where we read:
You, O LORD, remain for
ever; your throne from generation to generation.
The
verse begins, “You, O LORD, remain for ever;” Jeremiah
begins his declarations of the Lord in prayer and states, “You,
O LORD” which is the Hebrew
word “Jehovah” and is “the proper name of the one true
God”. His name means “the existing One”, and there is no one
better to which Jeremiah may direct his attention. Jeremiah adds
“You, O LORD remain for ever” which means he “dwells,
inhabits, sits down or abides” for a “long duration, antiquity,
futurity, for ever, ever, everlasting, evermore, perpetual, as in an
old, ancient world”. The Lord is “ancient, always, and eternal,
with a continuous existence, and a perpetual, everlasting, indefinite
or unending future, and He exists for all of eternity”.
The
verse goes on to say, “your throne from generation to
generation.” Jeremiah adds
that the perpetuity of the Lord's “throne” or “seat (of honor),
royal dignity, authority, and power” will continue “from
generation to generation”. The idea is that the ruling power of
God will last throughout the ages and from worlds without end. There
has been and there never will be a time when the Lord does not
ultimately rule. Judah and Jerusalem went through a horrific time of
devastation and destruction, but the fact that the Lord continues to
rule extended hope to them no matter how difficult their times might
be.
When we allow ourselves to
direct our attention toward the Lord rather than our circumstances
and situations, we carry ourselves immediately toward the place of
hope. Factoring without the Lord as the ultimate, everlasting and
eternal One always leaves us in despair, however, as soon as we
remember that there are no powers that be without the Lord allowing
them, we have hope. God is eternal, all-powerful, and nothing is too
difficult for Him. Jeremiah's final words in this book are directed
toward the holy, eternal and everlasting God. Without Him being
involved, there was no hope for Judah, Jerusalem or for us for that
matter. May Jeremiah's words direct us to look to the Lord Jesus,
remember His powerful position, and cling to Him in hope regardless
of what we are facing in our lives for He indeed remains.
Next
time we see Jeremiah wonder why the Lord has forgotten and forsaken
Jerusalem and Judah, so read ahead, and we shall join together then.
Until
tomorrow...there is more...
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Generation to Generation”, the marriage book “So, You Want to Be
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