- Posted January 25, 2026
If the word of God is water, the history of Man is like a vast desert, with a spring…
I’m sure you realize that there are a lot of prophets scattered around the world—people who claim to speak for God, to foretell the future? Except for a few cult members, no one ever takes them very seriously. Once in a while, one of them will get himself killed, usually because of stupidity rather than his prophecies. Probably more of them kill themselves and their cult members than are killed by others. So you have to wonder what’s going on when one does get himself killed.Jeremiah had been preaching for over 23 years and was well known around Jerusalem