How firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord is laid for your faith in his excellent word.

He's at any price.

That's what so many call for as they attempt to bring an end to the violence between nations. War and peace.

Hmm, I wonder what God's word has to say. Welcome to Through the Bible. We'll study just that today

when our teacher Dr. J. Vernon and McGee explains what

peace at any price really costs.

I'm Steve Schwartz, your host, and our lesson picks up in the book of Jeremiah over at

Chapter 45. Now, as we approach the end of this great prophetic book, we'd

like to remind you once again why it's so important to study all the prophetic scriptures

together and in their proper context. You know when we come to McGee's

study in the book of revelation next year we're going to learn from him why it's

necessary to study these other Old Testament prophetic books first before we can understand the last book in the Bible.

To give you a sneak peek into how these passages and chapters all fit together, let's listen

to an excerpt from Dr. McGee's study in revelation.

This book is like a great union station where the great trunk lines of prophecy

come in from other portions of scripture.

Revelation does not originate, nor does it begin anything, but it consummates and concludes that which has begun somewhere else.

It is imperative, therefore to write understanding of the book to be able to trace each great subject of prophecy from the first reference to the

terminal and there are ten great subjects of prophecy which find their consummation here.

And that's the reason a knowledge of the rest of the Bible is imperative to an understanding of revelation.

Well, if you've been listening to through the Bible since the beginning of this five-year

journey, you're in an ideal position to

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