The 7000

There is a word that has become almost sacred in the modern world. Politicians repeat it. Corporations put it in their values statements. Schools teach it. And now churches preach it as though it were a fruit of the Spirit. That word is tolerance. But search the Scriptures and a different picture emerges. Every time the Bible uses that word, someone is either under judgement for permitting evil or being praised for refusing to. The Kingdom of God is not governed by tolerance.

Every generation has its false voices. The personalities change, the technology changes, the platforms multiply, but the question never changes: where did the voice come from? Jeremiah 23 is a chapter about source, not primarily about false prophets. The issue is not whether a message sounds persuasive, compassionate or successful. The issue is whose altar formed it and whose council influenced it. Jeremiah begins with an astonishing accusation. The prophets of Samaria did no