Jeremiah 50:1-8 The word that the LORD spake against Babylon and against the land of the Chaldeans by Jeremiah the prophet. Declare ye among the nations, and publish, and set up a standard; publish, and conceal not: say, Babylon is taken, Bel is confounded, Merodach is broken in pieces; her idols are confounded, her images are broken in pieces. For out of the north there cometh up a nation against her, which shall make her land desolate, and none shall dwell therein: they shall remove, they shall depart, both man and beast. In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together, going and weeping: they shall go, and seek the LORD their God. They shall ask the way to Zion with their faces thitherward, saying, Come, and let us join ourselves to the LORD in a perpetual covenant that shall not be forgotten. My people hath been lost sheep: their shepherds have caused them to go astray, they have turned them away on the mountains: they have gone from mountain to hill, they have forgotten their restingplace. All that found them have devoured them: and their adversaries said, We offend not, because they have sinned against the LORD, the habitation of justice, even the LORD, the hope of their fathers. Remove out of the midst of Babylon, and go forth out of the land of the Chaldeans, and be as the he goats before the flocks.
So many events this week point directly to God and his precious promises. Let us break them down into basically THREE categories:
Politics (which can include war and famous deaths):
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Since last we took count (c. 30 days ago) God has slaughtered an additional TWENTY-FIVE soldiers and LEOs from the United States.
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Here are some highlights: https://www.aol.com/tim-walz-makes-everyman-pitch-034816631.html.
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FBI is seeking information on unknown subjects who may or may NOT have left maggots at the DNC breakfast: https://www.aol.com/fbi-probes-possible-maggot-attack-192916837.html.
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A little town has declared a lockdown due to mosquitos carrying disease: https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/us-town-imposes-a-lockdown-to-avoid-deadly-mosquito-borne-infection/ss-AA1pg2T9?ocid=socialshare&pc=U531&cvid=583827ac2e4546f1901475f36daa47f5&ei=47.
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Arkansas Supreme Court has upheld their abortion law: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna167819.
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Even while US fertility rates drop: https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/20/health/us-birth-rate-fertility-final-data-2023/index.html.
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A Super Yacht sank & many have died: https://www.aol.com/fifth-body-recovered-sunken-superyacht-084418807.html.
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A Mexico Pyramid collapsed, and logically they are concluding it as a “bad omen”: https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/bad-omen-declared-after-ancient-pyramid-suddenly-collapses/ar-AA1p7yx9?ocid=socialshare&pc=W099&cvid=2f5e1b7891b144149481a86f32a655b5&ei=35.
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Maybe if it were a marching band of Terantulas they would have something: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/tarantulas-on-the-march-in-kansas-what-to-know/ar-AA1p4bCZ?ocid=socialshare&pc=U531&cvid=11d755d8f5cc43389aa45d77dea3a0f2&ei=48.
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Latest in Israel:
vv. 9-16 For, lo, I will raise and cause to come up against Babylon an assembly of great nations from the north country: and they shall set themselves in array against her; from thence she shall be taken: their arrows shall be as of a mighty expert man; none shall return in vain. And Chaldea shall be a spoil: all that spoil her shall be satisfied, saith the LORD. Because ye were glad, because ye rejoiced, O ye destroyers of mine heritage, because ye are grown fat as the heifer at grass, and bellow as bulls; Your mother shall be sore confounded; she that bare you shall be ashamed: behold, the hindermost of the nations shall be a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert. Because of the wrath of the LORD it shall not be inhabited, but it shall be wholly desolate: every one that goeth by Babylon shall be astonished, and hiss at all her plagues. Put yourselves in array against Babylon round about: all ye that bend the bow, shoot at her, spare no arrows: for she hath sinned against the LORD. Shout against her round about: she hath given her hand: her foundations are fallen, her walls are thrown down: for it is the vengeance of the LORD: take vengeance upon her; as she hath done, do unto her. Cut off the sower from Babylon, and him that handleth the sickle in the time of harvest: for fear of the oppressing sword they shall turn every one to his people, and they shall flee every one to his own land.
GodSmack!
Crimes (may include war crimes):
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Drug Cartels war is very disruptive to town folk: https://www.aol.com/news/drug-cartels-turf-war-mexicos-100036018.html.
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While this guy was arrested for providing illegal alcohol to inmates: https://www.foxnews.com/us/georgia-mayor-arrested-felony-charges-after-allegedly-storing-alcohol-ditch-inmates.
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Maybe it is because they had to “live in filth”: https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/other/we-were-living-in-filth-gold-medallist-trashes-the-paris-olympics/ss-AA1p67Uu?ocid=socialshare&pc=W099&cvid=2f5e1b7891b144149481a86f32a655b5&ei=23.
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There was a knife attack in Germany: https://www.npr.org/2024/08/23/nx-s1-5088138/knife-attack-solingen-germany-festival.
vv. 17-23 Israel is a scattered sheep; the lions have driven him away: first the king of Assyria hath devoured him; and last this Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath broken his bones. Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will punish the king of Babylon and his land, as I have punished the king of Assyria. And I will bring Israel again to his habitation, and he shall feed on Carmel and Bashan, and his soul shall be satisfied upon mount Ephraim and Gilead. In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, the iniquity of Israel shall be sought for, and there shall be none; and the sins of Judah, and they shall not be found: for I will pardon them whom I reserve. Go up against the land of Merathaim, even against it, and against the inhabitants of Pekod: waste and utterly destroy after them, saith the LORD, and do according to all that I have commanded thee. A sound of battle is in the land, and of great destruction. How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken! how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations!
Weather (to include global geographical events):
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Fires:
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You see that one continent is rising?: https://www.sciencealert.com/one-of-earths-continents-is-rising-up-and-the-effects-could-be-huge.
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Volcanic activity:
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High Temperatures:
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Water problems:
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Hurricane Hone: https://ssnews.page.link/yZWHRa7SuRnGNGg97.
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Flooding in Bangladesh: Floods maroon many people in Bangladesh and India and cause at least 15 deaths | Watch (msn.com).
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