Through the Bible: JeremiahSample

Neighboring Strongholds

Moab shall be destroyed and be no longer a people, because he magnified himself against the LORD. 

Jeremiah 48:42 (ESV)

For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds, casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ.  

2 Corinthians 10:4-5, (NKJ)

Jeremiah prophesied Babylonia’s final destruction of Israel’s neighboring enemies – the Philistines from Crete with a stronghold base in Gaza on their left-side, and Israel’s enigmatic kin the Moabites on their right-side. The Philistines had deployed schemes with Delilah’s seduction, Goliath and other giants’ threats, even the taking away of the sacred Ark. While Moab, after Balaam’s failed attempt to curse Israel, followed his plot to entice and blur the Israelites' identity, through mix-marriages. In the latter days, King Solomon even built a high place for their idol called Chemosh. 

Israel prevailed in the Promised Land whenever they practiced discernment. How much more should the Church discern her full redemption in Christ and the given authority in His Kingdom here on earth? One day, the trace of temptations, curses and threats will be wiped out; sin shall be no more. 

Prayer

Father, You lamented through the prophet Jeremiah over judgments, and You’ve placed all judgments upon Your Son for our justification. While sin is not yet utterly extinct, please help us to discern when the enemy comes in like a flood with his deceits, infiltrations or threats. In Jesus’ mighty name, Amen.