Jeremiah 42-46 : A remnant rebels - Justice Comes

Do not fear, O Jacob my servant; do not be dismayed, O Israel.
I will surely save you out of a distant place, your descendants from the land of their exile.
Jacob will again have peace and security, and no one will make him afraid.
Do not fear, O Jacob my servant, for I am with you," declares the LORD .
"Though I completely destroy all the nations among which I scatter you,
I will not completely destroy you.
I will discipline you but only with justice;
I will not let you go entirely unpunished - Jer 46:27,28

These are tough chapters - a powerful God who takes obedience seriously lays it on the line for the remnant of Judah, "trust me or perish" - they choose to perish - and yet at the end of chap 46 when you fear that God has wiped out the promise [though we know he hasn't], fear that He will stop the line of Judah, the line from which He will save Israel and the whole world - we get verses 27 and 28.

Words of hope, words of explanation - God is disciplining, God is being Just - He has not forgotten His promise and He will raise up a people again, He will bring them back to the land He promised them, He will be faithful, even though His People have been unfaithful.

And that is the same God now, a God who disciplines, a God who is faithful when I am not.
A God who offers hope - hope through His son - a God who promises so much and never ever once goes back on those promises.