Peace Promise
“Then I said, “Ah, Lord GOD! Surely You have greatly deceived this people and Jerusalem, Saying, ‘You shall have peace,’ Whereas the sword reaches to the heart.”...“Your ways and your doings Have procured these things for you. This is your wickedness, Because it is bitter, Because it reaches to your heart.”” Jeremiah 4:10, 18 NKJV http://bible.com/114/jer.4.10,18.nkjv Unlike men, whose relationships are bound by contractual agreements, God’s promises of peace and preservation are enshrined by His covenant relationship with the people. While changes in the policies of nation or human conditions and circumstances can lead to the cancellation of contracts, God will never break His covenant relationship with the people. However, prophet Jeremiah was disturbed by God’s revelation of Judah’s captivity and future punishment, given that one of God’s promises on the covenant relationship says ‘You shall have peace’. And God was accused of deception until this clarification was provi...