February 21, 2025

If you want to know what it might be like to go through the tribulation, you may want to read Lamentations. Proceed with caution and dare not go there if you are depressed. Even though I’ve read through the Bible many times, I’ve never gone through it slowly and methodically; I’m uncovering things I didn’t know were there. Jeremiah speaks of disturbing and disgusting things that dignified humans don’t even talk about today. Israel was taken captive, but the elderly and the priest were left there to starve. He paints a picture, with words, of a gruesome scene that none of us want to experience. If we weren’t hidden in Jesus, we might have experienced the same wrath of God that Israel went through during this time in history. The best advice I can give you is to repent of your sins daily, seek God’s forgiveness, and ask Him to help you overcome transgressions that break His heart. You can think of sinful things without realizing it. For that reason, we must take every thought captive, or we could end up being taken captive by our enemies, whether physically or mentally. God wanted us to know that He doesn’t play games, and we should take Him seriously. The following verses are the most hopeful that I’ve found in this book.

It is of the LORD'S mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness. The LORD is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him. Lamentations 3:22-24