Figs and Futures

Jeremiah 22-26

When God comes before you and declares "I swear by my own name, that..." my advice is to to do whatever God requests. Come to think of it, better go ahead and do what he says before he ever gets to that point. God placed a basket of figs before Jeremiah and asked what he saw... good and bad figs that foretell the future. The good figs represent the Israelites whom God will surely rescue and bring back to Jerusalem later, but the bad figs represent King Zedekiah and his officials whom God will ensure never return to Jerusalem. It seems that some people will not turn from evil no matter how warnings are given... no matter who gives the prophetic warning... until it is too late... until after they have killed the messenger. King Zedekiah was just such a king.