Friday, August 7, 2009

August 7

Jehoiakim Burns Jeremiah's Scroll - Jeremiah 36:1-4, 45:1-5, 36:5-32

"So Jeremiah took another scroll and gave it to the scribe Baruch son of Neriah, and as Jeremiah dictated, Baruch wrote on it all the words of the scroll that Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned in the fire. And many similar words were added to them." Jeremiah 36:32

lol, not only did burning the book not work.... Jeremiah just added more words in the second pass.

A king thought to kill the word by burning it. Only to have it return, stronger than before. Just as a king would try to kill the word by putting it on a cross. Only to have it return, stronger than before.

What kills without God enlivens and liberates with God. What is punishment to some is power to others. Lord knows.

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