I don't think the king liked what was read to him and how it would affect him. I think he was hoping if he destroyed the scrolls, that would be the end of it and he could move on with his life, his power, etc. I think he was inwardly afraid of the message on the scrolls. He also could have destroyed them in anger because he did not like what they said. So a combination of fear, anger and loss of power could have resulted ih the destruction of the scrolls. God's word stands forever, and it can never be destroyed,
I liked verse 3, "Perhaps when the people ...hear about every disaster I plan to inflict on them each of them will turn from his wicked way; then I will forgive their wickedness and their sin." I don't know why the king burned the scroll. All I could think of what how long it must have taken Baruch to write it all down and then to have to start all over. I am not sure I would have been happy about that. But God's word does prevail. The proof is that we are reading it today.
I don't think the king liked what was read to him and how it would affect him. I think he was hoping if he destroyed the scrolls, that would be the end of it and he could move on with his life, his power, etc. I think he was inwardly afraid of the message on the scrolls. He also could have destroyed them in anger because he did not like what they said. So a combination of fear, anger and loss of power could have resulted ih the destruction of the scrolls. God's word stands forever, and it can never be destroyed,
ReplyDeleteI liked verse 3, "Perhaps when the people ...hear about every disaster I plan to inflict on them each of them will turn from his wicked way; then I will forgive their wickedness and their sin." I don't know why the king burned the scroll. All I could think of what how long it must have taken Baruch to write it all down and then to have to start all over. I am not sure I would have been happy about that. But God's word does prevail. The proof is that we are reading it today.
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