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Timeline of Israel’s 3 Waves of Babylonian Deportation
605 Much of the nobility, ruling class and leading citizens
597 Most of the remaining leaders, skilled artisans and the merchant class
586 (Total destruction of Jerusalem) The rest of the population except for the most poor
Jeremiah 29:1, 4-7 NASB1995
Jeremiah 29:1 The people whom Nebuchadnezzar had taken into exile
Jeremiah 29:4 To all the exiles that I have sent into exile…
Every event in your life, good or bad, has a visible and immediate cause.
But every event also has a deeper Divine purpose and the unseen Hand of a Being who loves you.
Genesis 50:19-20 NASB1995
Spiritual blindness is when you can only see the visible circumstances and causes but are unable to see the spiritual circumstances and causes behind it.
Jeremiah 29:8-9 NASB1995
Spiritual denial and escapist dreaming keeps us from God’s purposes and blessings.
To live in spiritual reality you have to recognize and accept God’s present assignment for you as your appointed place of blessing.
In order to live in the fullness of God’s blessing you must believe three things:
1. God determines the place and circumstances of your assignment.
2. God determines the duration of your assignment.
3. God determines the end result of your assignment which is always for your good.
Jeremiah 29:10-11 NASB1995
Jeremiah 29:17a, 19
“…thus says the Lord of hosts, ‘Behold, I am sending upon them the sword, famine and pestilence…. 19 because they have not listened to My words,’ declares the Lord, ‘which I sent to them again and again by My servants the prophets…”
It wasn’t their location or circumstances but their obedience that determined if they would be blessed.
Do not curse the place where God has appointed to bless you.
Will you trust God to bless you and make you fruitful in the place He appoints for you, for as long as He desires?
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