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Hidden Under the Cross - Lutheran (Jeremiah 29:11)
Source: Lutheran interpretation81 words
Jeremiah 29:11 came to people who had every reason to think God had abandoned them. Temple destroyed. Nation conquered. Promise seemingly broken. Yet precisely THERE, God spoke of hope and future. Luther called this the "hidden God"—working beneath what appears to be defeat.
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