The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

II Chronicles 34:14-21, “When they were bringing out the money which had been brought into the house of the LORD, Hilkiah the priest found the book of the law of the LORD given by Moses.
15 Hilkiah responded and said to Shaphan the scribe, ‘I have found the book of the law in the house of the LORD.’ And Hilkiah gave the book to Shaphan.
16 Then Shaphan brought the book to the king and reported further word to the king, saying, “Everything that was entrusted to your servants they are doing.
17 ‘They have also emptied out the money which was found in the house of the LORD, and have delivered it into the hands of the supervisors and the workmen.”
18 Moreover, Shaphan the scribe told the king saying, “Hilkiah the priest gave me a book.’
And Shaphan read from it in the presence of the king.
19 When the king heard the words of the law, he tore his clothes.
20 Then the king commanded Hilkiah, Ahikam the son of Shaphan, Abdon the son of Micah, Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah the king’s servant, saying,
21 ‘Go, inquire of the LORD for me and for those who are left in Israel and in Judah, concerning the words of the book which has been found; for great is the wrath of the LORD which is poured out on us because our fathers have not observed the word of the LORD, to do according to all that is written in this book.’”

You may truly have no interested at all in how I fill my days. I do have a lot of interests; however, one of the foremost is: Reading!

For years, a ten-volume set of Six Thousand Years of History has wept dust, awaiting my attention. But, the muIti-volume set of Gibbon’s Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire has been left weeping even longer. Gibbon’s work is over 3,000 pages, and I sincerely doubt that I have eight more years by which to absorb the riches of this ancient document.

Times have changed in many ways; the people of those times have not! What is virtually unbelievable is how the LORD possesses patience with His creation. What Congress is battling today comes close to equaling the experiences of the ancient Romans! As troubling as our current situation is, it is not as novel as you might think! Everyone is his own number one!

Josiah reigned 39 years as king in Jerusalem! As they were doing some
housecleaning, a priest by the name of Hilkiah “found the book of the law of the LORD given by Moses!” Talk about a prize discovery! Worse, however, was the message contained in that book:

“…great is the wrath of the LORD which is poured out on
us because our fathers have not observed the word of the
LORD, to do according to all that is written in this book” (v. 21b).

Currently, we have some born-again men in our Congress, who are battling for truth and justice, as demanded by the LORD’s Book! They
have been elected to represent us; so, we should support them in our prayers. Could II Chronicles 34:24 be a warning directly pointed to us?

Heartily in Christ Jesus,

(Dado III)

Gene L. Jeffries, Th.D.
Springdale, Arkansas 72764
United States of America

“We never know that Christ is all we need until He becomes all that we have.” – Corrie ten Boom