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Go Into Captivity...or else!


Jeremiah 27:6-7 And now have I given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, My servant; and the beasts of the field have I given him also to serve him. And all nations shall serve him, and his son, and his son's son, until the very time of his land come: and then many nations and great kings shall serve themselves of him.


Our Father told us through Paul that the events of the past happened as an example to us of what will again happen in the last days [1 Cor.10:11]. That lesson is also in....


Ecclesiastes 1:9 The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.

Knowing that...we see in Jeremiah that the Lord told His children that they would go into captivity to the king of Babylon (he is a type for Satan). So...we too are in captivity. This is the one world order, the first beast of [Revelation 13]. To help the king/Satan, God gave him "beasts of the field," and they do help through control. The field is the world [Mt.13:38] and all the world is Babylon. The beasts of this world are those in control of Politics, Finance, Education and Religion. The four dynasties with which Satan controls us. We are now captive to this beast, to the king of Babylon, and they are bringing about the one world order when "all nations shall serve him" as written in Jeremiah. This has already been accomplished but we aren't yet aware the transformation has taken place. We await a future event as they pull the wool over our eyes, letting us believe we are in control of our nation.


Remember, as alarming as this sounds....we are to go into captivity until, "the very time of his land come." When is that? When this age ends. God is very stern in instructing us on this....

27:8-9 And it shall come to pass, that the nation and kingdom which will not serve the same Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, and that will not put their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, that nation will I punish, saith the LORD with the sword, and with the famine, and with the pestilence, until I have consumed them by his hand. Therefore hearken not ye to your prophets, nor to your diviners, nor to your dreamers, nor to your enchanters, nor to your sorcerers, which speak unto you, saying, 'Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon:


27:10-11 For they prophesy a lie unto you, to remove you far from your land: and that I should drive you out, and ye should perish. But the nations that bring their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him, those will I let remain still in their own land, saith the LORD; and they shall till it, and dwell therein.' ' "


So, we're not going to be flown away...leaving this terrible world behind as the prophesying liars tell us. No, we're here toiling away but...our eyes are being opened to those in control, those keeping our necks in a yoke. It is all part of His great plan:

27:14-16 Therefore hearken not unto the words of the prophets that speak unto you, saying, 'Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon: for they prophesy a lie unto you. For I have not sent them, saith the Lord, 'yet they prophesy a lie in My name; that I might drive you out, and that ye might perish, ye, and the prophets that prophesy unto you.' " Also I spake to the priests and to all this People, saying, "Thus saith the LORD; 'Hearken not to the words of your prophets that prophesy unto you, 'Behold the vessels of the LORD's house shall now shortly be brought again from Babylon: for they prophesy a lie unto you.


The vessels of the Lord's house are His children, His children in Babylon, in the world. The lying prophets, lying in His name, tell us....you won't see the tribulation...you'll be whisked away. They prophesy a lie unto us! Do we believe them?


11 Thessalonians 2:10-12 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

27:18-20 But if they be prophets, and if the word of the LORD be with them, let them now make intercession to the LORD of hosts, that the vessels which are left in the house of the LORD, and in the house of the king of Judah, and at Jerualem, go not to Babylon.' For thus saith the LORD of hosts concerning the pillars, and concerning the sea, and considering the bases, and concerning the residue of the vessels that remain in this city. Which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took not, when he carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah from Jerusalem to Babylon, and all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem;


27:21-22 Yea, thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning the vessels that remain in the house of the LORD, and in the house of the king of Judah and of Jerusalem; They shall be carried to Babylon and there shall they be until the day that I visit them, saith the LORD: then will I bring them up, and restore them to this place.' "


The plot thickens...who are these vessels He speaks of? Why are His children ordered to go into captivity and yet some of the vessels remain???

From the previous verses in the OP we see that God told Jeremiah His people were to go into captivity....captivity to the king of Babylon, who is symbolic of Satan and his one-world order. That was an example of us going into captivity to this same entity. "All nations" were to serve him and we do for he controls this present world. It is necessary to repeat some of the verses....


Jeremiah 27:8-9 And it shall come to pass, that the nation and kingdom which will not serve the same Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, and that will not put their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, that nation will I punish, saith the LORD with the sword, and with the famine, and with the pestilence, until I have consumed them by his hand. Therefore hearken not ye to your prophets, nor to your diviners, nor to your dreamers, nor to your enchanters, nor to your sorcerers, which speak unto you, saying, 'Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon:






27:18-20 But if they be prophets, and if the word of the LORD be with them, let them now make intercession to the LORD of hosts, that the vessels which are left in the house of the LORD, and in the house of the king of Judah, and at Jerualem, go not to Babylon.' For thus saith the LORD of hosts concerning the pillars, and concerning the sea, and concerning the bases, and concerning the residue of the vessels that remain in this city. Which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took not, when he carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah from Jerusalem to Babylon, and all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem;


27:21-22 Yea, thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning the vessels that remain in the house of the LORD, and in the house of the king of Judah and of Jerusalem; They shall be carried to Babylon and there shall they be until the day that I visit them, saith the LORD: then will I bring them up, and restore them to this place.' "



There is an interesting consideration here. Above we're shown "pillars, the sea and the bases" remaining in the city and yet in Kings we read....




I believe the answer is...both are correct. The literal pillars, sea and bases were broken and carried to Babylon, as well as the figurative people that they represent, who are the king of Judah and his nobles...the broken vessels. So the broken vessels were taken but other vessels remained in the city. They are the pillars, the sea and the bases mentioned in [Jeremiah 27:18-20]. Who are they?


Jeremiah himself is one of the "pillars in the house of the Lord" as we too may be and he remained in the city with the king's daughters who are "the vessels of the house of the king of Judah." So the literal items, among which were "brass pillars" were taken, as well as the broken people they are symbolic of. But, not all the vessels were taken, not the "iron pillar!"


Our Father, when first calling Jeremiah said to him....





The king of Babylon has taken captive the world....and this includes God's children who have been taken captive to him through deception...political and religious deception. But, some are set aside...for there are "vessels that remain in the house of the Lord." Of them He tells us, "they shall be carried to Babylon and there shall they be until the day that I visit them...then will I bring them up and restore them to this place." [Jeremiah 27:21-22]


Why does God want His children to go into captivity? Why are they/we blinded to the truth for as much as we might think we laid the golden egg....none of us know it all. He feeds us depending upon our maturity. But...some are blinded not only by God for their protection but by Satan, who blinds their hearts.





To answer the question posed at the ending of the OP....

Jeremiah 27:21-22 Yea, thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning the vessels that remain in the house of the LORD, and in the house of the king of Judah and of Jerusalem; They shall be carried to Babylon and there shall they be until the day that I visit them, saith the LORD: then will I bring them up, and restore them to this place.' "


The plot thickens...who are these vessels He speaks of? Why are His children ordered to go into captivity and yet some of the vessels remain???

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The vessels remaning in the house of the Lord, that are carried to Babylon until He visits them, are His very elect, His kings and priests, His saints, His man child, the seven thousand reserved men....those of the first resurrection! They are the firstfruits of God and the Lamb.


God calls many and many answer but of those many called a few are chosen....they are chosen at the last, in the last days, and they are His first (firstfruits).





They/we are in Babylon (religious confusion) until the day He visits us, the day He calls us by name and brings us up to restore us!


That raises the question....How long are we to stay...or have we been...in captivity?

Continued....

Jeremiah 27:21-22 Yea, thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning the vessels that remain in the house of the LORD, and in the house of the king of Judah and of Jerusalem; They shall be carried to Babylon and there shall they be until the day that I visit them, saith the LORD: then will I bring them up, and restore them to this place.' "


The vessels remaning in the house of the Lord, that are carried to Babylon until He visits them are His very elect, His kings and priests, His saints, His man child, the seven thousand reserved men....those of the first resurrection! They are the firstfruits of God and the Lamb.


They/we are in Babylon (religious confusion) until the day He visits us, the day He calls us by name and brings us up to restore us!


That raises the question....How long are we to stay...or have we been...in captivity?

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From the literal historical example, our Father shows us the spiritual event about our captivity....how long it will last and what to do during this time.



Jeremiah 25:11-13 And this whole land shall be a desolation, and an astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years. And it shall come to pass, when seventy years are accomplished, that I will punish the king of Babylon, and that nation, saith the LORD, for their iniquity, and the land of the Chaldeans, and will make it perpetual desolations. And I will bring upon that land all My words which I have pronounced against it, even all that is written in this book, which Jeremiah hath prophesied against all the nations.





Jeremiah 29:1-2 Now these are the words of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem unto the residue of the elders which were carried away captives, and to the priests, and to the prophets, and to all the people whom Nebuchadnezzar had carried away captive from Jerusalem to Babylon; (After that Jeconiah the king, and the queen, and the eunuchs, the princes of Judah and Jerusalem, and the carpenters, and the smiths, were departed from Jerusalem.)





29:4-7 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, unto all that are carried away captives, whom I have caused to be carried away from Jerusalem unto Babylon; Build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them; Take ye wives, and beget sons and daughters; and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters; that ye may be increased there, and not diminished. And seek the peace of the city whither I have caused you to be carried away captives, and pray unto the LORD for it: for in the peace thereof shall ye have peace.


29:8-10 For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Let not your prophets and your diviners, that be in the midst of you, deceive you, neither hearken to your dreams which ye cause to be dreamed. For they prophesy falsely unto you in My name: I have not sent them, saith the LORD. For thus saith the LORD, That after seventy years be accomplished at Babylon I will visit you, and perform My good word toward you, in causing you to return to this place.





29:12-14 Then shall ye call upon Me, and ye shall go and pray unto Me, and I will hearken unto you. And ye shall seek Me, and find Me, when ye shall search for Me with all your heart. And I will be found of you, saith the LORD: and I will turn away your captivity, and I will gather you from all the nations, and from all the places whither I have driven you, saith the LORD; and I will bring you again into the place whence I caused you to be carried away captive.





29:16-19 Know that thus saith the LORD of the king that sitteth upon the throne of David, and of all the people that dwelleth in this city, and of your brethren that are not gone forth with you into captivity; Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will send upon them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and will make them like vile figs, that cannot be eaten, they are so evil. And I will persecute them with the sword, with the famine, and with the pestilence, and will deliver them to be removed to all the kingdoms of the earth, to be a curse, and an astonishment, and an hissing, and a reproach, among all the nations whither I have driven them: Because they have not hearkened to My words, saith the LORD, which I sent unto them by My servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them; but ye would not hear, saith the LORD.




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So we now know it is seventy years of captivity but from which point do we reckon that time. When did it begin for us...for it has begun? What clues has He given us?

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At the end of the seventy years this age shall end. When did the seventy years begin? Although He tells us we're not to know the day or hour we are to know the season.......



That day ends the seventy years of captivity for all of Jacob/Israel which includes both the house of Israel and the house of Judah...Christians and Jews. When did it begin for us, what was the beginning of the seventy years of captivity? The clues are given in the parable of the fig tree. Mention of the fig trees runs through the Bible...beginning in the garden of Eden when, to cover their nakedness after sinning, Adam and Eve "sewed fig leaves together." How is the fig parable tied to Jeremiah's prophecy of the seventy year generation? It began when Israel became a nation. They were returned and the countdown in captivity began.



The "this generation" refers to those living in "those days" of affliction/tribulation. He instructs us to "learn a parable of the fig tree" and it will tell us of this final generation.....





This same basket of evil figs mentioned in [Jeremiah 29:17] where the Lord said He "will make them like vile figs, that cannot be eaten, they are so evil" are one of the two baskets of figs in the above parable. On May 14, 1948, Pentecost, Israel became a nation. Very good figs were set out with the very evil figs and the time of captivity began. Of the fig tree Jesus tells us...."When her branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is near," and summer is the time of harvest! Also realize He told us...."the Lord shortened those days." Today we see constant turmoil between the two baskets...how much longer? The time will be shortened and what of the "seventy years?" What does the number seventy signify?


Is the seventy years of captivity to be taken literally or spiritually? Is it the spiritually perfect number of years He decides for us to be in captivity or is it actually seventy years? Or, is the seventy years symbolic of seven thousand years? My belief is that it is a literal mark of time. My reasoning is because historically they were in captivity to the king of Babylon for seventy literal years. If the establishment of Israel as a nation in 1948 was the seventy year marker then May 14, 2018 concludes the time in captivity but...the time has been shortened.

He told us we would spend seventy years in captivity but what of the other type we have been given, what of the forty years in the wilderness? Wouldn't both types apply? And if, as I believe, the answer is YES, then they would run concurrently. This age being completed by the last forty years (signifying probation...our time in the wilderness) of the seventy years of (captivity). We're told in Joel what is to happen before the end....



On May 18, 1980 Mt. St. Helens erupted. Was that the sign spoken of in Joel that was to happen before the day of the Lord? Did our time in the wilderness, our forty years of probation, begin then? There was a wonder shown in her "pillars of smoke," that happened to be caught by a photographer.....


Forty years from 1980 would put us at 2020 but....the time has been shortened. So much has gone on in the past years, in this generation...the generation of the fig tree. Are we prepared?