What does Jeremiah 31:35 say about God as Creator and Sustainer?
Jeremiah 31:35 declares the Lord as the Creator who gives the sun for daylight and the ordinances of the moon and stars for night, who divides the sea when its waves roar. He is the Creator Himself, the sustainer and keeper of everything, whose name is the Lord of hosts.
Les explains that Jeremiah 31:35 identifies the Creator Himself as the sustainer and keeper of everything, whose name is the Lord of hosts. The verse says God gives the sun for a light by day and the ordinances of the moon and stars for a light by night, and divides the sea when its waves roar. Les connects this to verse 36: if those ordinances—the laws of nature and science—depart from before God, then the seed of Israel would cease from being a nation forever. If heaven above can be measured or earth's foundations searched out, then God would cast off Israel; since that cannot be done, He will never cast aside His chosen nation. Les uses this to argue God is not through with Israel and will fulfill covenant promises made to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
Thus saith the LORD, which giveth the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, which divideth the sea when the waves thereof roar; The LORD of hosts is his name: