Riverside Baptist Church

10/29/2026

October 29
Reading from Jeremiah 52
A Moment with the Master
Reading through the Bible one chapter a day

Jeremiah 52:1-2 "Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. [2] And he did that which was evil in the eyes of the LORD, according to all that Jehoiakim had done."

Jeremiah leaves the end of the prophesies with the destruction of Babylon in the last chapter and now takes his reader back to describe what he had first been given as prophesy and now to write it as history. He begins by recounting the capture of King Zedekiah and tells how he suffered as he watched his sons killed and then his eyes put out by the king of Babylon. The phrase, "and it came to pass" is the foundation of the writing of this chapter, boldly declaring that what God said would happen, has happened. He continues to tell what happened to their beautiful temple as the armies of Babylon came into Jerusalem and set fire to the house of God and then scavenged all of its precious metals of gold, silver and brass leaving it nothing but a pile of rubble. The people of Judah were rounded up and led off to be captives of Babylon.

In the final verses of this chapter and the book, Jeremiah confirms one of the most powerful of prophecies he had given. In verses thirty-on through thirty-four, is the description of what happened to Jehoiachin. He had been brought to Babylon where he was imprisoned for thirty-seven years, then he was finally released by King Evilmersodach and given a spot with the kings to live out his life and die. In Chapter twenty-four, Jeremiah had prophesied that no king from this line would ever again sit on the throne of David; with Jehoiachin's death that line is ended. The prophesy that a Son of David would sit on the throne through all eternity was born through another line, the line of Nathan. Mary was born in that line, and it is in that line that Jesus Christ has claim to the throne. These details are proof that Joseph could not be the paternal father of Jesus as his linage is through the corrupted line of Solomon. Jesus right to the throne is that of being born to Mary through the line of Nathan. To which we can say that when it comes to the word of God, details matter!

As a child of God, it should be exciting to us to see such detail given as truth over five hundred years before the birth of Christ. The fact that the word of God can be so accurate and that our salvation rests in the truth of a book to which there is no need for change as history unfolds to its prophesies. Our Lord gets it right every time. So, dear child of God, you can put your full trust in anything the word of God says. God said it and that should settle it for us!

10/28/2026

Time change Sunday, November 1st. Get an extra hour of sleep! See you at church on time!!

10/28/2026

October 28
Reading from Jeremiah 51
A Moment with the Master
Reading through the Bible one chapter a day

Jeremiah 51:25 "Behold, I am against thee, O destroying mountain, saith the LORD, which destroyest all the earth: and I will stretch out mine hand upon thee, and roll thee down from the rocks, and will make thee a burnt mountain."

In this chapter, Jeremiah continues the Lord's prophesies against Babylon. Although Babylon has come to power under the authority of God and has been given opportunity to come to the realization that He is the one true God, they have failed to do so. They were just instruments of judgement against a rebellious Hebrew people. And although the Lord will destroy Babylon for their captivity of the Jews, the Lord does not forget Israel. Listen to Jeremiah 51:5 "For Israel hath not been forsaken, nor Judah of his God, of the LORD of hosts; though their land was filled with sin against the Holy One of Israel." Babylon will be destroyed but Israel will be delivered. As we see in history, Babylon is overtaken by the Medes and Persians and is left in total destruction, never to be rebuilt unto this day. A remnant of the people of Israel returned to rebuild Jerusalem and the temple, but even as they did, they were never a nation again ruling without someone ruling them until 1948. God raises up another power over them when the Medes and Persians become the next great power of the world.

The other side of this story is found when we read, “Babylon hath been a golden cup in the LORD'S hand, that made all the earth drunken: the nations have drunken of her w**e; therefore the nations are mad. Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: howl for her; take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed.” (Jeremiah 51:7-8) If we are familiar with the great w***e of the Revelation, we recognize this statement as being the destruction of the Babylon government that will come to power under the Antichrist bringing judgement against all who would recognize God as the one true God in the last days. Revelation 17:5-6 "And on her forehead was written a name of mystery: '“Babylon the great, mother of prostitutes and of earth's abominations.”' [6] And I saw the woman, drunk with the blood of the saints, the blood of the martyrs of Jesus. When I saw her, I marveled greatly."

Babylon, like many of the nations of the earth have been used by the Lord to bring His judgement against His people for their disobedience, yet He never forgets His people. As a child of God, we surely have come to realize that although we may suffer for the unrighteousness of our nation, we are remembered as His bride. God, our holy and righteous judge must punish sin but God our gracious and loving Father is always ready to deliver His children as His own from sin and its judgement. Of course, this is all based on the redemption we have found in Christ our Savior. That is why, before the Antichrist is revealed and given the right to bring God's judgement against those who have rejected Him, He will take His bride out of the world as the redeemed and purchased church of Jesus Christ.

10/27/2026

October 27
Reading from Jeremiah 50
A Moment with the Master
Reading through the Bible one chapter a day

Jeremiah 50:4 "In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together, going and weeping: they shall go, and seek the LORD their God."

Finally, the judgement against Babylon. What is interesting to a student of the Bible is God's continued love and watch care over Israel. As we have read the account of the invasion of Babylon and the Chaldean armies, we have heard the Lord reference Nebuchadnezzar as "my servant" on three different occasions. It is obvious that this king and his kingdom although a heathen nation, would be used by God to bring this judgement against the Hebrew people. “Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith the LORD, and Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and against all these nations round about, and will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and an hissing, and perpetual desolations.” (Jeremiah 25:9)

As the promised seventy-year captivity ends, the work of Nebuchadnezzar and the Chaldeans is complete, the Lord will then bring a nation from the North to make her land desolate. “For, lo, I will raise and cause to come up against Babylon an assembly of great nations from the north country: and they shall set themselves in array against her; from thence she shall be taken: their arrows shall be as of a mighty expert man; none shall return in vain.” (Jeremiah 50:9) And the Medes and Persians do exactly as is prophesied here. Their takeover would be complete, and the great nation of Babylon would fall, and its great city would be made desolate. Here we are some twenty-six hundred years later, and it has never been inhabited again. There was an attempt to rebuild the old city Babylon but not in its same location, but even that has failed.

Now notice again, Jeremiah 50:4 "In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together, going and weeping: they shall go, and seek the LORD their God." It would seem that when Babylon would be destroyed that all of Israel and Judah would run back home to their homes anxious to worship and serve the Lord, but that is not what happened. This passage is still prophetic. This is referring to the time when the Lord will draw them back to their promised possession of Israel and establish His kingdom. Dear child of God we look for that day of the Lord when His final judgments shall be completed and He comes as King of kings and Lord of lords and takes His rightful position as the righteous Judge of His promised kingdom. We can be sure of this day just as every prophecy we have read about has come true, so is His return just as assured. Look up dear child of God, our redemption draweth nigh!

10/26/2026

Wednesday Fellowship Dinner:
Your choice of Spaghetti or Goulash
Salad
Toast
Dessert

10/26/2026

Sunday at RBC ….

10/26/2026

October 26
Reading from Jeremiah 49
A Moment with the Master
Reading through the Bible one chapter a day

Jeremiah 49:16 "Thy terribleness hath deceived thee, and the pride of thine heart, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, that holdest the height of the hill: though thou shouldest make thy nest as high as the eagle, I will bring thee down from thence, saith the LORD."

The Lord through Jeremiah's prophesies is destroying any hope that the neighboring countries that surround Israel would be of any help to the remnant who are left after the invasion of Babylon. Here in this chapter six more nations' futures are given and each of them is a prophesy of doom. Jeremiah begins with the prophecy of Ammon. It is said of it in Jeremiah 49:4, "Wherefore gloriest thou in the valleys, thy flowing valley, O backsliding daughter? that trusted in her treasures, saying, Who shall come unto me?" Then in the prophesy to Edom the Lord finds its pride to be its downfall. “Thy terribleness hath deceived thee, and the pride of thine heart, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, that holdest the height of the hill: though thou shouldest make thy nest as high as the eagle, I will bring thee down from thence, saith the LORD.” (Jeremiah 49:16) Damascus was next on this list of surrounding countries and it appears that where once it had been a nation that had once been a city of praise was to be a city of fear. “Damascus is waxed feeble, and turneth herself to flee, and fear hath seized on her: anguish and sorrows have taken her, as a woman in travail.” (Jeremiah 49:24). In these three nations we find the problems that brought about their demise, first a trust in their treasures, then pride in self-made securities. and lastly fear.

The last three nations to be judged were Kedar and Hazor who found their security in being able to be mobile living in tents and living a nomadic lifestyle. However, when Nebuchadnezzar was making his move to take Jerusalem, they were swept up and destroyed. “Their tents and their flocks shall they take away: they shall take to themselves their curtains, and all their vessels, and their camels; and they shall cry unto them, Fear is on every side.” (Jeremiah 49:29) Then finally the nation of Elam. The Elamites were notorious for their abilities with the bow; they were great archers. But as great as they were, they were no match for the Lord. “For I will cause Elam to be dismayed before their enemies, and before them that seek their life: and I will bring evil upon them, even my fierce anger, saith the LORD; and I will send the sword after them, till I have consumed them:” (Jeremiah 49:37)

The remnant of Judah who had been left in Jerusalem and the surrounding area after the invasion of the Babylonians, could have stayed in their homeland and spent their time rebuilding. However, fear had overtaken them. In that fear they ran instead of staying where God had told them to stay. In these prophesies of Jeremiah, they are told that seeking refuge anywhere other than in their own homeland was futile. Dear child of God, if there is one thing our enemy has found that works well in getting us outside of God's will is fear. Fear that in some way God might not keep His word concerning us. How foolish is that? God has never failed to keep His word. “For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.” (2 Timothy 1:7)

10/25/2026

Pastor Jim Newton's video sermon, "God Writes History."

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10/25/2026

October 25
Reading from Jeremiah 48
A Moment with the Master
Reading through the Bible one chapter a day

Jeremiah 48:15 "Moab is spoiled, and gone up out of her cities, and his chosen young men are gone down to the slaughter, saith the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts."

Here we read of another of Israel's neighboring nations that will suffer at the hand of the Lord. They will not be a wise choice for Judah to seek refuge from Babylon. The Lord puts this nation of Moab on notice that it will cease to exist. Let us remember that Moab was one of the sons of Lot who was born to his oldest daughter in in**st with her father. This nation has caused havoc toward Israel and the last time they are mentioned in scripture is in Zephaniah 2:9 where is says, “Therefore as I live, saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be as S***m, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, even the breeding of nettles, and saltpits, and a perpetual desolation: the residue of my people shall spoil them, and the remnant of my people shall possess them.”

God had established His truth and had chosen Israel to be the carrier of His truth to all nations but because of their pride and unwillingness to follow the Lord with all their heart, they had failed to make a difference in the lives of those around them. Now when they are in trouble with the Lord and are amid suffering because of their disobedience, they want to find help from those who have become their enemy. When they should have been the light in the middle of darkness, they are the darkness seeking light, but they are seeking it from anywhere and anyone other than the source of light, their God.

Jesus preached to the Jews that they were to be the salt and light of the world. “Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men. Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid. Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house.” (Matthew 5:13-15) This message certainly rings true for us that are Christians the ones who have experienced His grace and forgiveness. Dear child of God, let your light shine and if it has grown dim, then seek the source of our light, get close to the Lord and find the power to live a life that shines brightest in the darkest of nights.

10/24/2026

It was Moo Moo and Bunco day.

Bobbie, Phoebe, Shirley, and Phoebe again got bunco and got to wear the dice!!!!

Tanya got the prize for losing the most games which was everyone kissing her face.