Jeremiah 36 - King Johoikim

 

Jeremiah 36 – King Jehoikim

 

God told Jeremiah to record all His words in a book. So, Jeremiah told all of God’s words to Baruch who wrote them down. He then instructed Baruch to take the scroll into the house of the Lord and read it to all the people. When the princes heard that Baruch was reading it to the People, they had Baruch come into them and told him to take Jeremiah and go into hiding. After that, a scribe took it and read it to the princes and to King Jehoikim. When the king heard it, he took a pen knife and cut it into pieces and threw it into a fire. He didn’t care for it, he didn’t accept it, and he didn’t believe it. There was no remorse in what he did.

 

That didn’t stop God. In fact, He told Jeremiah to write it down again and send a message to Jehoikim. In his message he told Jehoikim that there would be no more of his family sitting on the throne again. And there wasn’t.

 

Unlike any other book, the Bible is God’s Word, inspired by the Spirit of God (2 Tim. 3:3-17; 2 Peter 1:9-21). Therefore, it can be trusted, and it must be obeyed.

 

The King should have been copying the law for himself (Deut. 17:18-20) and heeding its message. Instead, he destroyed what Jeremiah had spoken and Baruch had written. You can try to destroy the Bible, but you will fail.

 

The king and his family are gone and would be forgotten were it not for the Book he tried to destroy! God’s Word will endure: “Forever, O Lord, Your word is settled in heaven” (Psalm 119:89); “Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will by no means pass away.” Mathew 24:35

 

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J. Vernon McGee Commentary and Nelson’s Quick Reference Commentary.

Dr. David Jeremiah