Jeremiah 35 - The Rechabites

 

Jeremiah 35 – The Rechabites

 

The Rechabites are the remnant of believers God kept in Jerusalem. God shows us that there will always be a remnant of His people. When the Great tribulation comes about and all the believers will go into hiding to worship God, there will still be two witnesses that will stand up for God and they won’t be able to be touched until their mission is accomplished. The Lord told Jeremiah to bring the Rechabites to the house of the Lord and give them wine. Based on an earlier commandment in their family they refused to drink the wine. Even still God went on to pronounce judgment on the people of Judah and blessed the Rechabites.

 

The background of the Rechabites was of the family who assisted Jehu in removing Baal worship from the land (2 Kings 10:15-17). When the Babylonian army moved in, the Rechabites had to abandon their nomadic way of life and enter Jerusalem for safety.

 

They abandoned their tents, but they did not abandon their standards. Even though they were in the house of the Lord with a prophet of the Lord, they refused to drink the wine. The Rechabites did not ask others to agree with their tradition, but they would not violate themselves. They were very loyal.

 

Man’s tradition is not necessarily bad, unless it is contradicted by or substituted for God’s truth (Matt. 15:1-20). You may not agree with the traditions of others, but are you as devoted to God’s Word as they are to their traditions? The Jews refused to obey the law of God, but the Rechabites obeyed human traditions. What a statement against the Jews who claimed to know the true God! It is a statement against us today.

 

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J. Vernon McGee Commentary and Nelson’s Quick Reference Commentary.

Dr. David Jeremiah, J. Vernon McGhee Through the Bible.