"But I will consume them by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence."
Here we have judgment specifically on Israel and He is determined that his word of God shall execute judgment over those who rejected the Gospel. For Israel when God came down on the mount Sinai it was the trumpet for alarm. The Lamb who was prevailed upon to open the book with seals does not differentiate the Gentiles from the nation of Israel. We see this in this passage Re.6:3-8:
"And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second beast say, Come and see./And there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword./And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand./And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine./And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see./And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth." The command number Four is a tag for the Word. So one fourth part of the earth is assigned for the disobedient.
God tells Jeremiah thus: "Thus saith the Lord; Such as are for death, to death; and such as are for the sword, to the sword; and such as are for the famine, to the famine; and such as are for the captivity, to the captivity." (15:2)
The prophet in his lament uses three, sword, famine and pestilences as judgment over the nation and they proved that they were reprobate silver and worthless.
"But I will consume them by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence."
Here we have judgment specifically on Israel and He is determined that his word of God shall execute judgment over those who rejected the Gospel. For Israel when God came down on the mount Sinai it was the trumpet for alarm. The Lamb who was prevailed upon to open the book with seals does not differentiate the Gentiles from the nation of Israel. We see this in this passage Re.6:3-8:
"And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second beast say, Come and see./And there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword./And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand./And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine./And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see./And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth." The command number Four is a tag for the Word. So one fourth part of the earth is assigned for the disobedient.
God tells Jeremiah thus: "Thus saith the Lord; Such as are for death, to death; and such as are for the sword, to the sword; and such as are for the famine, to the famine; and such as are for the captivity, to the captivity." (15:2)
The prophet in his lament uses three, sword, famine and pestilences as judgment over the nation and they proved that they were reprobate silver and worthless.
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