Jeremiah 30:1

 Jeremiah 30:1 says, The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,  Verse two adds, Thus speaketh the LORD God of Israel, saying, Write thee all the words that I have spoken unto thee in a book.  God's word came to Jeremiah telling him to write everything that God had told him in a book.  God is the source of all scripture, even if we do not find it stated so directly that He is.  Verse three declares, For, lo, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will bring again the captivity of my people Israel and Judah, saith the LORD: and I will cause them to return to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they shall possess it.  God said that Jeremiah was to write His words down because He was going to cause he people to one day be restored to the land that He had given their fathers.  God's word is written down for us today because He is one day going to bring us to the land that He has promised us, our heavenly home.  Verse four adds, And these are the words that the LORD spake concerning Israel and concerning Judah.  God's words applied to both Israel and Judah, which were a divided kingdom at that time.  God's word applies to all Christians today.  His promises are true to all, but they also apply to all who will not believe Him, but with bad results instead of good.  Verse five declares, For thus saith the LORD; We have heard a voice of trembling, of fear, and not of peace.  God said that He had heard His people suffering instead of living in peace. Verse six asks, Ask ye now, and see whether a man doth travail with child? wherefore do I see every man with his hands on his loins, as a woman in travail, and all faces are turned into paleness?  God asked why everyone was moaning like a woman giving birth.  God's people had been given a good and prosperous land, but they failed to live up to their covenant relationship with Him, and now they were once again in bondage.  We will not lose our salvation if we fail to live up to our covenant relationship with God through being born again by faith in Christ, but we may find ourselves suffering unnecessarily if we do.  Verse seven states, Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob’s trouble; but he shall be saved out of it.  God said that their suffering was going to be great, but that they would be saved out of it.  No matter how much we may suffer in the world today because of our faith in Christ, the suffering will come to an end so we must simply remain faithful to Him.  Verse eight adds, For it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD of hosts, that I will break his yoke from off thy neck, and will burst thy bonds, and strangers shall no more serve themselves of him:  God said that in His time that He would break the yoke off their necks.  We cannot save ourselves, or break the yoke of sin off our necks by our own power, but must rely on God to do so.  Verse nine declares, But they shall serve the LORD their God, and David their king, whom I will raise up unto them.  God said that they were to once again serve the leader that He would raise up.  When God delivered them once more, they were to serve the man that God put in place over them.  Verse ten adds, Therefore fear thou not, O my servant Jacob, saith the LORD; neither be dismayed, O Israel: for, lo, I will save thee from afar, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and shall make him afraid.  God told them to not be afraid or dismayed, because He was going to restore them to the land.  We should never be afraid or dismayed in the world today, because God is going to restore us to an everlasting relationship with Him in the promised land of heaven if we put our faith in Jesus Christ.  Verse eleven concludes, For I am with thee, saith the LORD, to save thee: though I make a full end of all nations whither I have scattered thee, yet will I not make a full end of thee: but I will correct thee in measure, and will not leave thee altogether unpunished.  God said that He would make an end to all the nations that opposed Israel and Judah, but that He would not make an end to them, but they would be held accountable for their sins still.  We have forgiveness through faith in Christ, but that does not give us a license to sin.