Wednesday | 19 August 2026
The fourth element of Jeremiah’s ordination as a messenger is that the Lord gave to him prophetic authority over nations and kingdoms. He had authority to root out and to pull down, to destroy and to throw down, to build and to plant. Jer 1:10. Jeremiah’s prophetic mandate to build and to plant was initially fulfilled by the apostle Paul. In relation to building, we are reminded that the apostle Paul described himself as ‘a wise master builder’. He laid the foundation of Jesus Christ in every place, and then exhorted every man to take heed how they built their own house upon that foundation. 1Co 3:10. Similarly, Paul was sent to plant lampstand churches among the Gentile nations. 1Co 3:8.
The mandate given to Jeremiah extended beyond his ministry to the Jewish nation in relation to the kingdom of Babylon in his own day. He was the ‘type’ of the ministry of Christ’s lampstand administration as we approach the time of the end. Immediately after Jeremiah received his personal mandate, the Word of the Lord came again, saying, ‘Jeremiah, what do you see?’ He responded, ‘I see a branch of an almond tree.’ Jer 1:11. The branch of an almond tree is a lampstand.
The Lord declared, ‘You have seen well, for I am ready to perform My word.’ Jer 1:12. The key point is that the Lord uses a lampstand administration to proclaim His word and to accomplish His purpose among the nations. The lampstand is the Lord’s prophetic instrument that reveals the sevenfold Spirit of Yahweh as the Light of the world. The Lord will use a lampstand administration to fulfil His purpose in the end of the age, which includes judging the seventh world kingdom and bringing over half of the world’s population into the kingdom of God.
Further Study:
Isaiah 60
References:
Jer 1:10-12
See, I have this day set you over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out and to pull down, to destroy and to throw down, to build and to plant. Moreover, the word of the LORD came to me, saying, ‘Jeremiah, what do you see?’ And I said, ‘I see a branch of an almond tree.’ Then the LORD said to me, ‘You have seen well, for I am ready to perform My word.’
1Co 3:10
According to the grace of God which was given to me, as a wise master builder I have laid the foundation, and another builds on it. But let each one take heed how he builds on it.
1Co 3:8
Now he who plants and he who waters are one, and each one will receive his own reward according to his own labour.