Sharper Iron From Kfuo Radio

Rev. Matt Wietfeldt, Director of Admissions and the Christ Academy program at Concordia Theological Seminary in Ft. Wayne, IN, joins host Rev. Timothy Appel to study Jeremiah 46:1-28. The book of Jeremiah begins a section of oracles directed to the foreign nations surrounding the land of Israel. Jeremiah faithfully preaches God’s Word according to his call to be a prophet to the nations beginning with the land of Egypt. The historical setting is the battle of Carchemish in 605 B.C. Though the Egyptian commanders barked their orders in confidence of victory, the Babylonian army defeated them. This was no historical accident; this was the LORD’s doing. He brought His day of judgment upon the Egyptians as He had once done in the Passover and the Exodus. By bringing the Babylonians to wreak havoc on Egypt, the LORD showed that He, and not Pharaoh, was truly King. Through these actions, the LORD reminded His own people that He had not forgotten them and was working for their ultimate salvation. The LORD also was