Because your heart was responsive and you humbled yourself before God

2 Chronicles 34:18-33
Great is the Lord’s anger that is poured out on us because those who have gone before us have not kept the word of the Lord; they have not acted in accordance with all that is written in this book.”
This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: Tell the man who sent you to me, ‘This is what the Lord says: I am going to bring disaster on this place and its people—all the curses written in the book that has been read in the presence of the king of Judah. Because they have forsaken me and burned incense to other gods and aroused my anger by all that their hands have made,[my anger will be poured out on this place and will not be quenched.’ Tell the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of the Lord, ‘This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says concerning the words you heard: Because your heart was responsive and you humbled yourself before God when you heard what he spoke against this place and its people, and because you humbled yourself before me and tore your robes and wept in my presence, I have heard you, declares the Lord. Now I will gather you to your ancestors, and you will be buried in peace. Your eyes will not see all the disaster I am going to bring on this place and on those who live here.’”
Josiah removed all the detestable idols from all the territory belonging to the Israelites, and he had all who were present in Israel serve the Lord their God. As long as he lived, they did not fail to follow the Lord, the God of their ancestors
But, despite the king's lead, the people's response is too little and too late to avert judgment. There are some differences between the accounts in Kings and Chronicles, mainly in the order of events, but neither writer is primarily concerned with chronology. The real significance of the events lies in what they teach.
在聖殿找到律法書似乎很稀奇，有些奇怪，卻顯示當時許多人包括祭司都沒有看過律法書了。
約西亞王再次悔改認罪，當眾撕裂衣服，不顧王的面子，顯示他的謙卑。
他心裏敬服，就是心中柔軟，哀痛的人有福了。
神一定會處理人的罪，若以後的王同樣謙卑，敬畏神，審判會繼續延後，人不會承擔過去人的罪，而是因為自己所行的受審判，或是得赦免。
強調約與順服。歷史上神的教會什麼時候回歸神的話語，什麼時候就開始復興。
馬丁路得宗教改革就是回歸聖經。
唯獨基督、唯獨信心、唯獨恩典、唯獨聖經。
Why?
Josiah did what he can do to remove all detestable idles and follow the way of the Lord. From the book of Moses, he knew what the word of the Lord has spoken and why the disaster came up with them and their ancestors.
Josiah knew to ask the word of the Lord for he fears the Lord and chose to obey God's command.
How?
Do our best to follow the way of the Lord, no matter what circumstance are. God will give us peace and jou.