Francisco Z.

11/29/18
Mrs. Cunningham
Omnibus Summa

God is fair and we are sinners. So, therefore, we have all experienced some sort of judgment.
But what happens when His judgement falls on our culture? How should we react when it does
happen? In the Bible, we observe that in Jeremiah‘s lifetime the Babylonians were rising in
power in Judah. Romans 13:1-2 says, “Let everyone be subject to the governing authorities, for
there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have
been established by God. Consequently, whoever rebels against the authority is rebelling
against what God has instituted, and those who do so will bring judgment on themselves.” What
this verse is saying is all authority is put there by God for a reason and we should obey them
unless what they say goes against what God says. Many false prophets were telling the people
to rebel against Nebuchadnezzar, the Babylonian ruler. Jeremiah is opposed to these false
prophets and believes God is allowing them to rise in power for a reason and because they
were evil they were going to fall even if they don’t rebel. He also knows that the Jews were
going to be destroyed if they were rebelled because the Babylonians were so powerful. The
reason Babylon was getting powerful is because God was using him as His judgment. The
people rebel, and the temple is burned, signifying the peoples’ destruction and dispersal.
Becoming slaves is not the worst feature it could experience. Our reaction to God‘s judgment
should be not to rebel, not to participate in evil ways, to trust God and, to wait it out and pray.