Jeremiah and Jesus...

When I read the 26th chapter of Jeremiah, I cannot help but think how it parallels with Jesus. I don't think time changes people. There will always be time. Circumstances change people, but not always for good. The pride of humanity will always oppose God. And as that pride grows, it begins to lose its common sense. It loses its ability to be rational, to weigh it's options. It fails to discern truth from fiction, and leaves the practitioner without the ability to honestly even carry on a civil conversation. The argument eventually turns to violence and threats. And the response is "how dare you tell me..." Jeremiah faced this type of human pride when he spoke of God's judgement on Jerusalem. Jesus did the same. When one man agreed with Jeremiah, he had to flee to Egypt for his life, only later to be captured, brought back to Jerusalem, and executed. Why is it when you oppose someone on a sinful issue, the prideful response is intolerant threatening? Because people who have no reverence for God don't have the ability to see truth, for God has taken away their ability to embrace it. Their comfortable world of evil behavior is threatened by the truth of God, so the only solution is to remove the source promoting truth. Does this not parallel Jesus' life? When He prophesied against the Temple? Did the people react the exact same way? Sound like modern day America?

7 The priests, the prophets, and all the people listened to Jeremiah as he spoke in front of the Lord’s Temple. 8 But when Jeremiah had finished his message, saying everything the Lord had told him to say, the priests and prophets and all the people at the Temple mobbed him. “Kill him!” they shouted. 9 “What right do you have to prophesy in the Lord’s name that this Temple will be destroyed like Shiloh? What do you mean, saying that Jerusalem will be destroyed and left with no inhabitants?” And all the people threatened him as he stood in front of the Temple. Jeremiah 26:7-9 11 The priests and prophets presented their accusations to the officials and the people. “This man should die!” they said. “You have heard with your own ears what a traitor he is, for he has prophesied against this city.” Jeremiah 26:11 14 As for me, I am in your hands–do with me as you think best. 15 But if you kill me, rest assured that you will be killing an innocent man! The responsibility for such a deed will lie on you, on this city, and on every person living in it. For it is absolutely true that the Lord sent me to speak every word you have heard.” Jeremiah 26:14-15