17 For this is what the LORD says: 'David will never fail to have a man to sit on the throne of the house of Israel, 18 nor will the priests, who are Levites, ever fail to have a man to stand before me continually to offer burnt offerings, to burn grain offerings and to present sacrifices.' "
19 The word of the LORD came to Jeremiah: 20 "This is what the LORD says: 'If you can break my covenant with the day and my covenant with the night, so that day and night no longer come at their appointed time, 21 then my covenant with David my servant—and my covenant with the Levites who are priests ministering before me—can be broken and David will no longer have a descendant to reign on his throne. 22 I will make the descendants of David my servant and the Levites who minister before me as countless as the stars of the sky and as measureless as the sand on the seashore.' "
Jeremiah 33:17-22
Do you know what a covenant is? Dictionary.com's #1 definition is "an agreement, usually formal, between two or more persons to do or not do something specified." God has made covenants with His people. Here in this passage, God restates what we know as the Davidic Covenant. He promises that ultimately Jesus - a descendent of David - will rule forever. God will not break the covenants He has made. Or will He?
In this passage, God actually gives a condition where he will break his covenant. What? Look back at verse 20. "If you can break my covenant with the day and my covenant with the night, so that day and night no longer come at their appointed time," All the Jewish people have to do to get God to break the covenant is to stop day from happening during daytime and night from happening during nighttime. Does anyone want to give that a try?
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