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We see now how things worked out for two different people, Jeremiah and Uriah. Shemiah had been preaching the same things as Jeremiah. Now he was, apparently, preaching faithfully, for it says he was prophesying as Jeremiah did, and did so in the name of the Lord. The king wanted to have Uriah put to death. Uriah heard about this and fled. So far things are very similar to what happened to Jeremiah, except that Jeremiah did not flee. Uriah did flee, and he was killed.
Now we might then take the lesson that we should always resist and refuse to move. However, Jesus told His disciples that if they were not welcome in a town, then they should leave. And there were times in Acts when the disciples were scattered. So things are not so simple. Ecclesiastes probably has the best advice. There is a time to stay and a time to flee. There are not rules about these things. What we can learn is that we need to walk in step with the Spirit. If this means we stay and fight, then it is God who decides whether or not we die. Jeremiah was not handed over to death.
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