I am reminded that within the vast demonic horde, there sits tiny little demons, perched upon the shoulders of well-meaning Believers--demons named "Doctrine" and "Theology" for example. These two demons especially, seek to prod and egg Believer's into engaging in mindless banter, such as that of questioning the validity of a person claiming Jeremiah 29:11 as a personal promise. For context or not, the word "prosper", in its original language (Hebrew), denotes, among other things, that of drawing one into a state of "completeness," i.e., a "completeness" in being centered in Christ. Therefore, if a person wishes to claim Jeremiah 29:11, they certainly have my blessing to do so.
@Clarabelle - Apparently chatboard posts are limited in length. Instead I posted it as a blog entry on my site. http://tom.revelife.com/703607919/plans-to-prosper-you-jeremiah-2911/ I'll message you this as well.
@Clarabelle - By RC do you mean Roman Catholic? Otherwise I'm confused on that one.
If you read the book of Jeremiah or even the few chapters before chapter 29 you will see that Jeremiah is telling the people that they will be taken into captivity, for 70 years they will be in captivity in Babylon. And then when the 70 years are up they will be returned. Verse 11 is part of the promise that God hasn't abandoned them and when the 70 years are up he will return them.
This is a little bit of the context of just chapter 29, for a full understanding you have to read the whole book of course, but even if you read the few chapters before it becomes pretty clear.
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"Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, to all the exiles whom I have sent into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon:
@Tom - Hi Tom - Could you explain the proper context of that verse please? I am a new Christian, and am curious to know. I often hear people quoting that verse from Jeremiah 29. I am also an ex RC.
On your profile you mentioned Jeremiah 29:11 and how you try to live according to it. Are you aware of the proper context of that verse? While I strongly support living by the promises of the bible, that one is mostly taken completely out of it's context.
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I am reminded that within the vast demonic horde, there sits tiny little demons, perched upon the shoulders of well-meaning Believers--demons named "Doctrine" and "Theology" for example. These two demons especially, seek to prod and egg Believer's into engaging in mindless banter, such as that of questioning the validity of a person claiming Jeremiah 29:11 as a personal promise. For context or not, the word "prosper", in its original language (Hebrew), denotes, among other things, that of drawing one into a state of "completeness," i.e., a "completeness" in being centered in Christ. Therefore, if a person wishes to claim Jeremiah 29:11, they certainly have my blessing to do so.
@Clarabelle - Apparently chatboard posts are limited in length. Instead I posted it as a blog entry on my site. http://tom.revelife.com/703607919/plans-to-prosper-you-jeremiah-2911/ I'll message you this as well.
@Clarabelle - By RC do you mean Roman Catholic? Otherwise I'm confused on that one.
If you read the book of Jeremiah or even the few chapters before chapter 29 you will see that Jeremiah is telling the people that they will be taken into captivity, for 70 years they will be in captivity in Babylon. And then when the 70 years are up they will be returned. Verse 11 is part of the promise that God hasn't abandoned them and when the 70 years are up he will return them.
This is a little bit of the context of just chapter 29, for a full understanding you have to read the whole book of course, but even if you read the few chapters before it becomes pretty clear.
4"Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, to all the exiles whom I have sent into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon:
5)="">(@Tom - Hi Tom - Could you explain the proper context of that verse please? I am a new Christian, and am curious to know. I often hear people quoting that verse from Jeremiah 29. I am also an ex RC.
On your profile you mentioned Jeremiah 29:11 and how you try to live according to it. Are you aware of the proper context of that verse? While I strongly support living by the promises of the bible, that one is mostly taken completely out of it's context.
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