Subject: [ETI Informal All 1AD.04.12.03] The Exiles to Babylon Were Believers
From: "James R @ ETIMin" <[email-masked]>
To: "Lists @ ETI Min" <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2004 17:41:07 +0200

Greetings

Another passage from Yirmeyahu (Jeremiah) that stood out for me in my reading is verse 38:16:

"So Zedekiah [Tsidqiyahu] the king sware secretly unto Jeremiah [Yirmeyahu], saying, As Yah the eternally self existing liveth, that made us this soul, I will not put thee to death, neither will I give thee into the hand of these men that seek thy life." (KJV, Name corrected)

Notice that the essential Name of the Almighty, that is Yah or Yahu or Yahoo is included in the name of the king and the name of the prophet.

Notice also that the king swears in the Name of Yah indicating that he was indeed a believer.  There are many accounts in Kings, Chronicles and other books in the writings which indicate that the people who were exiled to Babylon were at some level believers.

But, as indicated in recent postings they were sinning in diverse areas.

The Almighty exiled Israel BECAUSE they were believers and they were judged accordingly.

This is important to keep in mind in considering judgment on the body of believers {church} today.

Warm regards and blessings

James Robertson