"Thus saith the LORD; If heaven above can
be measured, and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, I will also
cast off all the seed of Israel for all that they have done, saith the LORD."
(Jeremiah 31:37)
"The people of Israel, in spite of all God had done for them,
continually rebelled against Him, even turning to other gods. One might think
God would have destroyed them and started again, but He had made a promise first
to Abraham, then to Isaac, and then to Jacob, that this nation would be His
special people, and He would not break that promise.
In our text God reveals the "conditions" under which He would cast
off Israel, but they are such that there is no possibility of their being met.
If heaven above can be measured: Neither Abraham nor
Jeremiah could have had any concept of the number of stars or the depth of
space. Now, with modern telescopes, we see unthinkable distances and even
farther and farther as our technology increases. Estimates of the radius of the
universe now stand at around 15-20 billion light years, and no end is in sight.
If the foundations of the earth [can be] searched out
beneath: Sometimes scientists claim they know more about the sun than they
do the earth. But in reality, only one percent of the earth's radius has been
explored. The pressures and temperatures which exist deep inside the earth are
unthinkably great, and we don't even know how matter acts under those
conditions.
But this we do know - The promise to Israel is secure."
John D. Morris
Institute for Creation Research
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