Heralds Digest

“Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive to Babylon the remnant of the people who remained in the city and those who defected to him, with the rest of the people who remained. But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left in the land of Judah the poor people, who had nothing, and gave them vineyards and fields at the same time.” ‭‭Jeremiah‬ ‭39:9-10‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ http://bible.com/114/jer.39.9-10.nkjv In the world of competition and the parade of show, the lack of the material things of this world is distasteful. The worth of every man is mostly determined by the value of acquired material possessions. Even when a timer is set on the expiration of material wealth, having ‘nothing’ remains naughty to the pride of the flesh. The timer for king Zedekiah was set with several stages of reminder by prophet Jeremiah; but the thought of parting away with ‘something’, i.e., the tangible affluence of the palace, was unthinkable until the final alarm went off. Then, the stupi...

“Moreover he put out Zedekiah’s eyes, and bound him with bronze fetters to carry him off to Babylon.” ‭‭Jeremiah‬ ‭39:7‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ http://bible.com/114/jer.39.7.nkjv Human senses, including the sense of sight, smell, touch, hearing and taste, add tremendous spice to the living comfort of all. And anyone with impaired physical senses will miss out on productive relationship with fellow men, unless a reliable compliment is provided for companionship. Unfortunately, active physical sights have always constitute a well of distraction to spiritual sensitivity. Obedience to the will of God is readily unattractive to men whose eyes are set on human opinion and sensible assessment of call to divine engagement. Despite an uncompromising declaration of the counsel of God to king Zedekiah to surrender to the king of Babylon, he wasted about 18 months of the Chaldean besiege behind the walls of Jerusalem. Instead of leading his army to have faith in the plan and purpose of God before the penetrati...