Two mornings in a row now I have woke up to the time 6:16, this reminds me of Jeremiah 6:16 which says, stand at the crossroads and ask for the ancient path. Walking this morning in Waco, TX, I heard the Holy Spirit say, 6:16. I knew there was something in the ancient path promise in Jeremiah, but what I was not sure, until I sat down to read and write.

Jeremiah wrote a scroll, so six leads right into seven without a wrinkle, and what I read in Jeremiah 7:8-11 opened up what Jeremiah 6:16 was saying. “Behold, you trust in deceptive words to no avail. Will you steal, murder, commit adultery, swear falsely, make offerings to Baal, and go after other gods that you have not known, and then come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name, and say, ‘We are delivered!’—only to go on doing all these abominations? Has this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, I myself have seen it, declares the LORD.”

These verses Jesus quoted in Matthew 21 when He turned over the tables in the temple. The abominations happening in the temple were not tolerated by Jesus. What got me is that as I watched part one of The Chosen 5 in the theatre last week, this very scene was depicted. Too many echo’s to ignore and not lean into what God is saying.

The other statement Jesus made is My house shall be called a house of prayer. This a quote from Isaiah 56 which leads to 57 and says, “Build up, build up, prepare the way, remove every obstruction from my people’s way. …I have seen his ways, but I will heal him; I will lead him and restore comfort to him and his mourners, creating the fruit of the lips. Peace, peace, to the far and to the near, says the LORD, and I will heal him.”

We are in praise days, the ancient path is being revealed and is leading us to the house of God, the house of prayer, where we are healed of our backsliding, rebellion, unbelief, greed, and every other form of disobedience that kept us from God and others. The ancient path is open and the obstacles are being removed. It is time to come home.