Daily Devotions
Jeremiah
"They shall serve the LORD their God"
Text: Jeremiah 30:9
THE FUTURE OF ISRAEL-JUDAH
The LORD revealed His plans for the future of Israel-Judah. The present “time of Jacob’s trouble” must be endured. The people must not look at the past nor the troubled present. They must ever look forward to a glorious future!
“‘For it shall come to pass in that day,’
Says the LORD of hosts,
‘That I will break his yoke from your neck,
And will burst your bonds;
Foreigners shall no more enslave them.
But they shall serve the LORD their God,
And David their king,
Whom I will raise up for them.'”
Jeremiah 30:8-9
1. “‘For it shall come to pass in that day,’ says the LORD of hosts”
a) This was a solemn word of promise from the LORD of hosts.
b) All that He has promised will come to pass!
2. “That I will break his yoke from your neck, and will burst your bonds; foreigners shall no more enslave them”
a) The yoke of foreign bondage would be broken.
b) The LORD Himself will break the yoke of foreign rule.
c) The bonds that bind His people presently would be burst asunder.
d) No more would foreigners enslave God’s people.
3. “But they shall serve the LORD their God, and David their king”
a) The restored people would serve the LORD their God.
i) As it was meant to be.
ii) Till sin and iniquity caused them to be disciplined by the Lord with exile.
iii) This word looked forward to a time of restored relationship with God.
b) David their king.
i) David’s reign was regarded as the golden age.
ii) He led the nation to worship the LORD their God.
iii) David never bowed his knee to an idol at any time.
iv) His name was used symbolically to describe the future Israel.
4. “Whom I will raise up for them”
a) This King would be none other than the Lord Jesus Christ.
b) He would be the Messiah, the Son of David.