ÒI have found the book of law in the house of the Lord.Ó(2Kings22:8)
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In the process of repairing the temple during the reign of King Josiah, Hilkiah the high priest founded the Book of Law in the house of the LORD. Having found the Book of the Law, he forwarded it to King Josiah. 2 kings < ?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>22:11 now it happened, when the king heard the words of the Book of the Law, that he tore his clothes
~ Word of God~
Evidently, the Book of the Law (the word of God) was never lost. The book has always been in the temple but the people of God have been lost from the book. Hilkiah the priest was the first to find the book because he was also lost from the book. In this case, the priest that should have been leading in propagating the book was lost from the book. The king was no where to be found where the book was located while the whole country could not recognize if the book actually existed. The priest, king and the whole country were lost from the book. The story is not different from the story today except that there is a slight difference from the situation of today. Today, so many know that the Book of Law is in the house of the LORD but they have chosen to ignore the Book of the Law of the LORD (Intentional grounding). It has been packed up and replaced by the book of the government or the book of self. The ones in position of the priest have subjected to the book of this world. Without any doubt, among the cause for this exchange of the Book of the Law with the book of the government, self and world is the absence of the FEAR of the LORD God almighty.
~Fear God~
Man no longer fears God with their heart but with the mouth. Church as the leading offender could only confess the fear of God with the mouth but not with the heart. The church could no longer be confirmed in what they confess. It is not possible to be fearful of God and be full of yourself. In the world today, man is full of himself and God is empty in self. Where the fear of God is missing, there is a misplacement of the Book of the Law of God. Every time there is a misplacement of the Book of the Law in life, there is an automatic replacement into the avenue of eternal damnation.
~Will of God~
Without any compromise, the will of God for man is to fear God. Clearly it is stated in both the Old Testament and New Testament of the Bible for anyone that chooses to hear and learn to fear Him.Deut.31:12, 13 ÒGather the people together, men and women and little ones, and stranger who is within your gates, that they may hear and that they may learn to fear the LORD your God and carefully observe all the words of this law, Òand that their children, who have not known it, may hear and learn to fear the LORD your God as long as you live in the land which you cross the Jordan to possess.Ó The same God yesterday, is the same God today and forever. He has not changed, and He will not change. The word of God remains forever the same. Also, what He has spoken to them He has also spoken to us. The will of God is for man to fear Him. They could not fear Him then and now because they have been lost from the Book of the Law that supposes to have been teaching them to learn to fear Him. Josh.24:14 ÒNow therefore, fear the LORD, serve Him in sincerity and in truth, and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the River and in Egypt. Serve the LORD! When you fail to hear and learn, you cannot fear Him and you will miss Him in your service.