{"id":1975,"date":"2020-12-28T15:10:58","date_gmt":"2020-12-28T15:10:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bobjanet.org.uk\/bobsblog\/?p=1975"},"modified":"2020-12-28T15:10:58","modified_gmt":"2020-12-28T15:10:58","slug":"with-weeping-they-shall-come-and-with-consolations-i-will-lead-them-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bobjanet.org.uk\/bobsblog\/2020\/12\/28\/with-weeping-they-shall-come-and-with-consolations-i-will-lead-them-back\/","title":{"rendered":"“With weeping they shall come, and with consolations I will lead them back…”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

…So it says in the Jeremiah reading from next Sunday’s Lectionary<\/a>. Despite the tears, this is a happy piece of prophecy. The people have lived through a lot, the elite have been in exile, and cut off from their homeland … now they are to return. They’ll weep, and they will be consoled. Maybe not every return to the homeland is comparable. There’s not a hint in the Jeremiah passage (31:7-14) that this particular return will be contested. There’s no word in this passage about who might have been living in the land already – possibly many of the Israelites were there already: maybe under the supervision of the Persian empire this wasn’t an issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But anyway, they have lived through a lot of trouble – but their troubles will end, a remnant will return to the land. What does this say to you and me? Even in the dark times, hope is still valid. Even when you’re in a minority living in a world gone strange, hope is still valid. Even when the powers that be are too strong, God “has ransomed Jacob, and has redeemed him from hands too strong for him<\/strong>.<\/em>” The Way of Jesus is not dead yet, not by any means.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

…So it says in the Jeremiah reading from next Sunday’s Lectionary. Despite the tears, this is a happy piece of prophecy. The people have lived through a lot, the elite have been in exile, and cut off from their homeland … now they are to return. They’ll weep, and they will be consoled. Maybe not … <\/p>\n

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