Are We In Jeremiah 48:11?

"Moab has been at ease since his youth;
He has also been undisturbed, like wine on its dregs,
And he has not been emptied from vessel to vessel,
Nor has he gone into exile.
Therefore he retains his flavor,
And his aroma has not changed."

Then verse 12 says: "'Therefore behold, the days are coming,' declares the LORD, 'when I will send to him those who tip vessels, and they will tip him over, and they will empty his vessels and shatter his jars.'"

What's this about and how does it relate to us?

Verse 11 is describing the wine making process, and using that to describe what has not been happening in Moab.

As wine ferments a sour "sludge" forms and needs to be removed. What was done was to pour the wine into a new jar' leaving behind the "sludge" which is called the dregs. This was done over and over and over, pouring the wine from one jar to another, and removing the dregs from the bottom of the each jar after the wine was poured out. Eventually the result is a sweet tasting, quality wine.

Jeremiah 48:11 is saying that the people of Moab have had an easy life. Things have been good, with nothing to disturb that good life. They have not been poured from jar to jar, which would have purified them. Wine in which the dregs are not removed is a sour, foul tasting wine that is thrown away and the jars that held it are destroyed. Moab is like that, and God is warning them that the time is coming when they will be destroyed.

Isn't America like that? We've had it easy. We've not been refined by troubles. We've not been disturbed by being poured from jar top jar. We are rich, comfortable, enjoying life and ignoring God. We are just like Moab was in Jeremiah 48:11... and we can expect tghe same result -- to be poured out and destroyed.

Can we avoid this? Is there a way to be saved from God's wrath? Yes, God sent Jesus Christ to earth to save us from God.

Trust Jesus

I started wondering about the number of places in which the Bible tells us to trust God (Jesus). I gave up trying to count. If you wanted to summarize the Bible in two words, those words would be "trust Jesus."

For example:

"Do not fret because of evildoers
Be not envious toward wrongdoers.
For they will wither quickly like the grass
And fade like the green herb.
trust in the Lord and do good;"
-Psalm 37:1-3

"Who is among you that fears the LORD,
That obeys the voice of His servant,
That walks in darkness and has no light?
Let him trust in the name of the LORD and rely on his God."
-Isaiah 50:10

"Trust in Him at all times, O people;
Pour out your heart before Him;
God is a refuge for us."
-Psalm 62:8

"...indeed we had the sentence of death within ourselves so that we would not trust in ourselves, but in God who raises the dead." - 2 Corinthians 1:9