The Temple of God
Today’s Focus: Invasion of Babylonian Systems: Consequences of the Absence of the Temple
Scripture: Lamentations 4; Lamentations 5
Greetings Kingdom Citizens
We are going to cover two chapters of Lamentations and we know that Lamentations is a book of the prophet Jeremiah weeping for the nation of Israel. We know that we are spiritual Israel and these very same things are happening right now so let’s get started
Lamentations 4:1,2: How is the gold become dim! How is the most fine gold changed! The stones of the sanctuary are poured out in the top of every street. The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter.
This scripture is a picture of believers who have lost their luster, shine, or golden appearance. They are also scattered and not organized. There is an absence of the joining of believers and stable relationships with other households of faith. Men and Women are no longer fashioned by the grace of God but fashioned by men’s hands through psychology, psychiatry and motivation speaking.
Lamentations 4:3: Even the sea monsters draw out the breast, they give suck to their young ones: the daughter of my people is become cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness.
In this system, animals show a better value system than man for their young. There is an absence of fathering, nurturing and mentoring. Now why would God use an ostrich? Because the ostrich lays it’s egg in the open on the ground and does not tend to it. This is what we have done with the young children, we do not nourish them in the Word of God and mentor them from the aspect of fathering but we leave it up to the world and sometimes, the world within the church to raise our children.
Lamentations 4:4,5: The tongue of the suckling child cleaveth to the roof of his mouth for thirst: the young children ask for bread, and no man breaketh it unto them. They that did feed delicately are desolate in the streets: they that were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills.
This scripture is a picture of hunger and thirst of the people of God but nobody wants to do the feeding. Bread or grace is available. It is the job of leadership to feed the flock and when you feed the flock it shows that you love God. In addition this is also a picture of people who should pursue deep truth but are absent because of the increase in their superficiality.
Lamentations 4:7,8: Her Nazarites were purer than snow, they were more ruddy in body than rubies, their polishing was of sapphire: Their visage is blacker than a coal; they are not known in the streets: their skin cleaveth to their bones; it is withered, it is become like a stick.
A superficial church judges people on the external. Nazarites could no longer be recognized because of all the dead bodies in the street. As a result the Nazarite would have to touch the dead bodies and this would be a violation of his covenant. So, he would have to go back home and shave and no one would recognize that he is a Nazarite anymore. This is a powerful picture of the true people of God that cannot be recognized in a Babylonian system. Hence we have people that have to show vestments or garments that say we are pastor or apostle or prophet.
Lamentations 4:10: The hands of the pitiful women have sodden their own children: they were their meat in the destruction of the daughter of my people.
This is a sad picture of the carnal nature of the people infected by the Babylonian system. This produces infighting amongst the people, gossip, slander and cannibalism. This cannibalism is not in the natural sense but they seek to destroy each other and feed off of the weakness of those children.
We will continue to look at the devastating effects of the Babylonian system on the people of God and how it prevents them from building the Temple
Peace, Love and Grace from the Father,
Calvin Calhoun, Jr.
