Sharper Iron From Kfuo Radio

Rev. Mark Barz, pastor at Crown of Life Lutheran Church in San Antonio, TX, joins host Rev. Timothy Appel to study Jeremiah 51:34-64. The people of God lament what Nebuchadnezzar has done in devouring them and pray for the LORD’s vengeance. The LORD promises that destruction will come upon Babylon, a foreshadowing of how the LORD defeats death and the devil by taking all the judgment against us upon Himself. The LORD calls His people out of Babylon, and they sing His praises as they once praised Him for the Exodus. In the same way, the LORD calls His Church out of the world to sing His praises for the resurrection victory of Jesus on Easter. The LORD calls His people to remember Him and their homeland even in their exile, just as He calls us to remember what He has done for us in Jesus Christ as we live in this world awaiting the resurrection. Jeremiah fulfilled his call to be a prophet to the nations by sending the Word to be proclaimed in Babylon. In the same way, the LORD sends His Church to proclaim His