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Jeremiah, Who Were You?
If you think, “Uggh, the weeping prophet. How depressing,” think again. Jeremiah is fascinating. He’s so much more than a man who needs a box of Kleenex. This blog post is part of a series on the inspiration for my inspirational fantasy series, The Prophet Chronicles. We’ve talked about Josiah – how he was crowned at age eight. EIGHT! His dad was a rotten guy. He probably made disastrous choices when it came to marriage. He started following the Lord around age fifteen. Why? He became a godly king. Who or what influenced him. Who would he have listened to? Jeremiah! What do we know about Jeremiah? The words of Jeremiah…
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Prophet
Jesus isn’t just our Priest and King, He’s a Prophet. Do you stumble over that notion like I do? When I think of prophets, I think of “Thus says the LORD,” and “The word of the LORD came to the prophet so-and-so.” In Jesus’s case, that translates to, “Thus says Me,” and, “I came to Me.” That makes me smile. He’s a ringer! Furthermore, we think of prophets telling of future events. With Jesus, it’s like cheating or insider trading. The one who’s telling the future is the one who ordained it. He knows the end from the beginning. Come on, Jesus, you’ve got insider information. You wrote the book.…
