Gems From Mother's Bible Journal

Ezekial 15:7~~~"...THOUGH THEY HAVE COME OUT OF THE FIRE, YET THE FIRE WILL CONSUME THEM."
To go through the purifying fire without being purified is fatal.
Instead of gold there will be nothing but ashes.

1Samuel 5~The story of the Ark of God in the land of the Philistines: the idol Dagon was continually toppled and broken by It's presence; the people either died or were smitten by tumors.
Even before Satan was disarmed by Jesus on the Cross, God was much more powerful than he.

Jeremiah 41~ The story of the terrible consequences to Gedaliah and the remnant that he was in charge of because he was unwilling to take advice and receive the warning against his life. Where was Jeremiah?
Chapter 42-He is still with the remnant and they come to him for a word from God, which they did not receive or obey.
Chapter 43- In their arrogance they accused Jeremiah of lying. And Jeremiah was taken by them (with the remnant that was left) into Egypt.
Chapter 44- The incredible arrogance of the men and the women who are mentioned over and over again. And the blessing of God in crops and health they credit the queen of heaven for. And their suffering, they claim, came because they had quit offering sacrifices to her. The good fortune in our lives always comes from God, not from our own efforts and the 'idols' that we serve. Even after all their flaunting of the power of their idols against the power of God in Chapt 46:28, God declares His continuing love and says, "DO NOT FEAR...FOR I AM WITH YOU...I SHALL NOT MAKE A FULL END OF YOU; BUT I SHALL CORRECT YOU PROPERLY, AND BY NO MEANS LEAVE YOU UNPUNISHED."

In Jeremiah 48, God declares all His wrath and judgment that will fall on Moab yet in the midst He cries, v.36, "MY HEART WAILS FOR MOAB LIKE FLUTES" and they weren't really 'His people.'
How much more does His heart wail when He need to punish us, His children!

Up to Jeremiah 51, God declares His judgment on all the nations that have nearly destroyed Israel-especially Babylon. Many times, arrogance is mentioned as an incentive for judgment. And many times being recompensed to them as they have done to others is stated as one of God's continuing 'precepts.'