How to Stand Your Ground Despite Opposition
Today's Reading: Jeremiah 26: 20-24 In today's reading, we read of Uriah a prophet of the Lord who had been sent by God to warn the leaders and the people of Judah of impending judgement due to their sins. God warned the people that unless they repented, several of them would be killed and others taken into hostage by King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. However, despite warnings from several prophets such as Jeremiah and Uriah, the people refuse and instead turned against Jeremiah and Uriah. Prophet Jeremiah stood his ground in the face of this opposition, but Uriah fled to Egypt. Uraih feared King Jehoiakim, as he had been told that the king was looking for him to kill him. When the king heard that Uriah had run to Egypt, he sent soldiers after him, who captured him and brought him back to the king, who had him killed. On the other hand, Jeremiah was not afraid to prophesy the same to the people despite what happened to Uriah, he did not flee, but went to the temple and spoke wha...
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