Derek Prince: Prophets Higher Plane

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Jeremiah 1:10
See, I have this day appointed you to the oversight of the nations and of the kingdoms to root out and pull down, to destroy and to overthrow, to build and to plant.


Derek Prince

This is authority on a higher plane
than the normal forces that shape secular politics. To judge by
outward appearances, the subsequent career of Jeremiah gave little indication of such authority. On the contrary, his message was
almost universally rejected, and he himself was continually
subjected to indignity and persecution. For several months, he languished in prison, and at various times, he was at the point of death, either by execution or by starvation.

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It is important to observe that Jeremiah stood in a twofold
relationship to the secular government of his day. On the natural plane, as a citizen of Judah, he was in subjection to the government of his nation, represented by the king and the princes. In no sense did he preach or practice political subversion or anarchy. Nor did he ever seek to evade or to resist decrees made by the government concerning him, even though these were at times arbitrary and unjust. Yet on the spiritual plane to which God elevated him through his prophetic ministry, Jeremiah exercised authority over the very rulers to whom he was in subjection on the natural plane

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