Jeremiah 46:28 (KJV)
Fear thou not, O Jacob my servant, saith the LORD: for I am with thee; for I will make a full end of all the nations whither I have driven thee: but I will not make a full end of thee, but correct thee in measure; yet will I not leave thee wholly unpunished.
God corrects His own in measure.
The lost will one day be judged in the harshest of terms, the lake of fire forever.
The children of God will not be judged (that has been finished at Calvary).
We are, instead, corrected, and that in measure. It is predetermined, limited in intensity, and has a definite end.[1]
Someone will object that this verse is a specific promise to Jacob. It is that. But it has an application that fits the New Testament child of God as well.
Consider,
2 Corinthians 4:17 (KJV)
***For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory; ***
And,
Hebrews 12:5-11 (KJV)
And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him:
For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.
If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?
But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.
Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?
For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness.
Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.
Predetermined, limited in intensity, and has a definite end.
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[1] This, by the way, is how a parent must discipline their child.
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Jeremiah 46:28 (KJV) Predetermined, Limited and Definite
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