Jeremiah 41

Well, good morning. Good morning. Welcome to coffee and devotions. This morning we are at Jeremiah chapter 41. We're going to keep finding out what's going on here with this Galiah fellow. >> Jeremiah 41. >> Jeremiah 41. Yep. We had talked about Galiah. He had been this governor appointed by Nebuzared and uh somebody's come to him and they've said someone's going to kill you. He said nah. We're going to find out what happens. So, let's have a coffee. We'll pray and we'll get into God's word. Let's pray. Father, we thank you so much for time we get to spend together in your word. We pray as we read your word that uh we would be instructed. It's a historical section. It's an interesting section to read because it's dealing with your people and what happened after the Babylonians conquered them. And so, Father, we pray that your spirit would please help us to understand the history of it, but also how it applies to our lives. We pray in Jesus's name. Amen. All right, here we go. Jeremiah chapter 41, we'll just read paragraph by paragraph. You can ser them. Now, it came to pass in the seventh month that Ishmael, the son of Nathan, >> Nethaniah, >> the son of Elma, >> Mhm. of the royal family of the officers of king of the king came with men to get galiah the son of aim >> aayakim >> aayakim >> aikim sorry >> ahikim at the at mispa and there they ate bread together in Misbah then Ish the son of >> and the 10 men who were with him of oath and struck Gadalia, the son of >> Ephim. Ahikim >> Ahikim the son of Sephim by the sword and killed him whom the king of Babylon had made governor of the land. Ishmael also struck um down all the Jews who were with him that is with Riah at Mitzvah and the Jodans who were from the men of war. >> Okay. So uh this Ishmael guy is uh of noble birth to the Ammonites, right? And so it was uh Johannan who had come and told Galiah, the new governor, uh that hey, he's going to kill you. Ishmael's going to come. He's going to kill you. And yet Eliah didn't believe him. And so now what happens? >> Well, he has Ishmael and 10 of his guys come. The new capitals at Misbah because Jerusalem's been burned down. And what does Ishmael do? >> Kills him and all the other Jews that he finds Mispo. All right. And it happened on the second day after he had killed Gdaliah, when as yet no one knew it, that certain men came from Sheckchham, from Shiloh, and from Samaria, 80 men with their beards shaved and their clothes torn, having cut themselves with offerings and incense in their hand to bring them to the house of the Lord. Now Ishmael the son of Nethaniah went out from Mispa to meet them weeping as he went along. And it happened as he met them that he said to them, "Come to Galileiah the son of Ahikim." So it was when they came into the midst of the city that the Ishmael that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah killed them and cast them into the midst of a pit. He and the men who were with him. But 10 men were found among them who said to Ishmael, "Do not kill us, for we have treasures of wheat, barley, oil, and honey in the field." So he detested and did not kill, sorry, he desisted and did not kill them among their brethren. Now the pit into which Ishmael had cast all the dead bodies of the men whom he had slain because of Galileiah was the same one Asa the king had made for fear of Bashan king of Israel. Ishmael the son of Nathaniah filled it with the slain. Then Ishmael carried away captive all the rest of the people who were in Misbah, the king's daughters, and all the people who remained in Misbah Mispa, whom Neb Nebuzzared, the captain of the guard, had committed to Galiah, the son of Ahikim. And Ishmael, the son of Nathaniah, carried them away captive and departed to go over to the Ammonites. All right. So, what's this Ishmael guy keep doing? What's he did here? >> This people who are blindful. >> Well, I don't think they're mourning for get alive. I think these people are given over to all kind of half pagan, half uh Jewish worship. >> That's why it's got this weird like they're offering incense. They're cutting themselves. are great. But it's clear they've got some type of mourning like what you're pointing out, but I don't think it is what they're like I this is not what you would normally think of with Israelite worship. But it's interesting they they go and it's first greeding them and then killing them, but then some of them are like, "Hey, look, we got >> they got stuff to give." >> Yeah. And so he leaves some of them alive. But then it's talking about this pit that Asa dug because of fashion. This is like all sorts of interesting historical notes here, right? Which is one of the things that makes me think like I think this is actually history. It really did happen. Surprise, surprise. Right. Yeah. Uh okay. And the point is he's killing a whole bunch and then he takes a bunch captive. Takes them back to the Ammonites. All right. You want to do the next card? But when Joanna, >> the son of Kerry and all the captains of the forces that were with him, part of all the evil that Ishmael, the son of Neani had done, they took all the men and went to find fight with Ishmael, the son of Nefar. >> Nessiah. And when they found him by the great pool that is in Gideon, Gibian. So, so it was when all the people who were with Israel saw Jo Hannah Hannan the son of Kira and all the captains of the forces who were with him that they were glad. And all the people whom Ish had carried away captive from Misbah turned away and came back and went to Jo and the son of Kira. But Ishmael the son of a high escaped from Johannan with eight men and went to the >> right. So this Johannan is the guy who tried to warn Gallayia that Ishmail is going to kill them. He shows up with some men and what happens? >> Ishmail flees and everybody's lots of people are happy because >> Yeah. So he goes to war, right? And people desert. They get their freedom. They go join Johannan. All right. Then Johannan the son of Koreah and all the pe captains of the forces that were with him took from Nisbah all the rest of the people whom he had recovered from Ishmael the son of Nethaniah after he had murdered Galiah the son of Ahikim the mighty men of war and the women and the children and the Unix whom he had brought back from Gibian. And they departed and dwelt in the habitation of Chahim, which is near Bethlehem, as they went on their way to Egypt, because of the Chaldans. For they were afraid of them, because Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, had murdered Galileiah, the son of Ahikim, whom the king of Babylon had made governor in the land. All right. So, Johannan comes, he saves the people, and what do they decide to do? Do they say are they going to stay in Misba the new capital? >> No. >> No. Where are they going to go? >> Yeah. Go to where is it? I forget. >> Well, they're making a pit stop down by Bethlehem, but where are they really going as they're head south? >> To Egypt. >> Yeah, they're going to go to Egypt. I remember they had tried to get Egyptians to come up and help them fight against the Babylonians, but that didn't work. But now they're going to try to find refuge down there. Eat and eat. Yeah. So, all right. So, that's kind of where we're just left off, right? So, uh they're afraid of Ishmael. They're afraid of the Chaldans. Things are going wrong. Get Eliah's dead. People are murdered. Let's go to Egypt. Is that a good summary? >> Okay. So, what do you think would be the best verse to summarize this section? Let's see. That's kind of a hard one. I really don't have much underlined. I have I think it maybe verse 18 for me. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. Probably that kind of similar is it? >> They're afraid of the Chaldans, Gibians or Galia's dead, afraid of Ishmael. They're going down to Egypt. >> That's more helpful when it's like this. They're like give us one boss. is like kind of like David writes a song that's like one like he makes a like statement that's like a point of what he's trying to get at here. It's like a big story and you can't just like pick one. >> Yeah, it can. Yeah, it can be kind of tough but okay. So, man, what is this? How how does this give us a call to action or point us to the covenant of grace? How does this give us any hope in Jesus Christ? What? Why? Why? Why even read verse 41? Why does it matter to Christians or chapter 41? [Music] >> Yeah. I mean, why read a story about how people are being treated after the destruction of Jerusalem? Do you think people might think that like God had utterly forsaken them? >> Yeah. >> Good. >> Yeah. I think that there's an actual connection here between the covenant faithfulness of God, right? Like remember why all this is going on? It's going on because Israel sinned. And instead of one of them chasing away a thousand like when they entered into the promised land, now they're heightailing and they're afraid of one guy. They're afraid of this nation. They're afraid of that nation. They can't >> one guy with a >> Yeah. Right. Like it's they're all super poor like this is the this is the point. Like they may feel like God has utterly abandoned them and now they're even looking to go other places. God is actually dispersing the Jews here. This is part of the the what's called the diaspora, right? They're having to get dispersed, but it's also a reality that this is what they brought on themselves too by their own actions. And so, but God hadn't utterly forsaken them. He had promised Jeremiah that even this was part of his plan. So, I think that's what this is. I think even in the hard times that we might think man I don't know how God can be in this story just need to wait a few pages even in our lives we don't understand it now that's okay just wait a few pages good to go >> thanks so Lord we thank you for giving us your word and giving us a historical account. Lord, what a blessing it is to us to know that this is not a makebelieve story, but there's real things that are are just difficult and some peculiar things, but it's it's helpful to us to know that your word is true and not some type of fable. And God, we pray that even as we may be strangers and sojourers in this life, that we would also struggle what's going on. Lord, I pray that even in the midst of not knowing what's going on in our lives, in the history of our life, that we would trust you. Please God, be with us and care for us. We pray in Jesus's name. Amen. May the Lord bless you. May you walk in the joy of and peace that comes from being in Jesus Christ. And we'll see you next time.