But in Jeremiah 25 17 it says this, this is Jeremiah, it says, Then took I the cup at
the Lord's hand and made all the nations to drink under whom the Lord had sent me.
So these are nations where Jeremiah is sent to preach.
To wit Jerusalem, so that's the first place he goes, Jerusalem and the cities of Judah
and the kings thereof and the princes thereof to make them a desolation and astonishment
and hissing and a curse as it is this day.
You say, oh wow, big deal, so he's preaching in Israel.
Well what a shock, okay.
Well Pharaoh king of Egypt and his servants and his princes and all his people and all
the mingled people and all the kings of the land of Uz and all the kings of the land of
the Philistines and Ashkelon and Asa and Ekron and the remnant of Ashdod, Edom and Moab and
the children of Ammon.
You say, well that's just, that's still stuff that's just in the immediate area there.
And all the kings of Tyrus and all the kings of Zidane and the kings of the isles which
are beyond the sea, did you see that?
The isles which are beyond the sea, Dedan and Timah and Buz and all that are in the
utmost corners and all the kings of Arabia and all the kings of the mingled people that
dwell in the desert and all the kings of Zimrai and all the kings of Elam and all the kings
of the Medes and all the kings of the north, far and near one with another and all the
kingdoms of the world which are upon the face of the earth.
Now is Jeremiah preaching to a lot of kingdoms or is it just me?
That's a lot of kingdoms.
I mean I haven't even heard of any of those places.
I don't even know what he's talking about.
He's talking about all these cities and nations I've never even heard of.
He's going to the north, he's crossing the sea to places, he's going out into the deserts
of the east, he's going to all these kings, he's going to every nation, every king upon
the face of the earth.
Everybody who's a king, he's going there and preaching to them.
And it says in verse number 26, and all the kingdoms of the world which are upon the face
of the earth and the king of Shishak shall drink after them.
That's the last one he's going to do.
Therefore thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, drink
ye and be drunken and spew and fall and rise no more because of the sword which I will
send among you.
And it shall be if they refuse to take the cup of thine hand to drink, thou shalt say
unto them, Thus saith the Lord of hosts, ye shall certainly drink.
For lo I begin to bring evil on the city which is called by my name and how shall ye be utterly
unpunished.
And he goes on and on with the message from God, God's word being preached.
So the man, one man, one person, one prophet, Jeremiah, traveled to all those places and
preached.
Not for years, but he went on a journey of many, many years and traveled to all these
different nations preaching God's word as he went.
So you can't tell me that God isn't caring about people or he's not directing his servants
and his prophets to go preach in all the world.
It's not just a New Testament thing.
Even in the Old Testament they're preaching it to all the world.
Many people are hearing the gospel.