Friday, December 20, 2019

I have found the Book of the Law in the temple of the Lord

2 Chronicles 34:1-17
Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem thirty-one years. He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord and followed the ways of his father David, not turning aside to the right or to the left.
In the eighth year of his reign, while he was still young, he began to seek the God of his father David. In his twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem of high places, Asherah poles and idols.
In the eighteenth year of Josiah’s reign, to purify the land and the temple, he sent Shaphan son of Azaliah and Maaseiah the ruler of the city, with Joah son of Joahaz, the recorder, to repair the temple of the Lord his God.
While they were bringing out the money that had been taken into the temple of the Lord, Hilkiah the priest found the Book of the Law of the Lord that had been given through Moses. 15 Hilkiah said to Shaphan the secretary, “I have found the Book of the Law in the temple of the Lord.” He gave it to Shaphan.
Josiah desecrated and demolishes places and objects of pagan worship, and repairs the Temple.  During his reign, the book of the law (probably Deuteronomy, perhaps in an earlier form) is discovered, and a measure of true repentance follows.
Why?
Josiah desecrated himself and demolishes the Temple, so they found the book of the Law.
Josiah did what was right in the eyes of the Lord and followed the ways of David, so the blessing of the Lord comes upon them.
Josiah purges the idols not only in Juda but also in neighbor tribes in Israel.
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約西亞王做1.潔淨聖殿  拆偶像 2.重建聖殿:恢復與神的關係
潔淨的非常徹底。潔淨的心很徹底。我們有時想過潔淨生活,卻往往留下一點尾巴,省一點紀念或是懷念。
猶太人正常不會用火葬,一般是土葬或是放洞中,所以骸骨用火焚燒,是極刑,表示了對罪惡的態度。
銀子交給這些人,特別說明這些辦事誠實。通常人在事工中工程中常常會偷工減料,這裏強調,提醒人,我們是軟弱的。十戒中特別提到不可貪心。
奉獻來自留守殿的人,從瑪拿西、以色列等地來的,表示北國雖然亡國,但是有許多人願意修復與神的關係。
讓我們拆除一點會使我們犯罪的東西。不斷修復建立與神的關係。
How?
Always purify me from sins and faithfully follow the way of the Lord. The Lord is living God.

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