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Jeremiah chapter 28 verses 8 and 9.

The prophets who preceded you and me from ancient times prophesied war, famine, and pestilence against many countries and great kingdoms.

As for the prophet who prophesied peace, when the word of that Prophet comes to pass,

then it will be known that the Lord has truly sent the Prophet.

What's happening here is so critical to understanding God's word and specifically

God's word in the mouths of those who proclaim it. The issue here is that there were prophets who were prophesying peace when peace was not the word of God.

They were saying, hey, everything's fine. It's not a big deal that we're in sin and in idolatry and

immorality and as a result people were saying hey we're fine so a prophet

comes along and prophesied judgment coming and horrible things to come.

Nobody wants to hear them. They like the prophet who says peace is coming.

And basically what Jeremiah 28 is saying here is, okay, it's not that peace is not the

word of God at certain points, but it'll be shown whether or not a prophet was actually

truly proclaiming the word of God if that

peace actually comes and the whole point here in Jeremiah is this is not a peace time

this is not promises of peace right now,

certainly to come in the future when God restores his people

and ultimately brings restoration through Jesus.

But this was not a time for proclaiming peace.

So all that to come back to, okay, how does that relate to our lives?

You think about it, and we've done this before, just application on two different levels,

one on a church level, and those who teach God's

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