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Davidic line? Where did the words come from that Jeremiah spoke to Baruch? How many words was Jere miah commanded to write? About what three classes was he commanded to write? What was the purpose of his writing these words? Was this ver bal inspiration? That is, did God give Jeremiah the words or the ideas, for Baruch to write? Did the first reading of the roll seem to foster repentance because Jehoiakim proclaimed a fast? Who rejected this message of Jehovah in writing, the people or the religious and civil rulers? Who are rejecting today the written Word of God, the Bible? . Did they study the roll as a whole before beginning its penknife de struction? 'Have the destructive critics studied the Bible reverently and as a whole before they condemned certain portions of it? Are not the modernists using the penknife method today in taking away certain parts of the Scrip tures? Whose writings have stood the test of time, those of Jehudi, Elishama and Michaiah, or those of Jeremiah? Will people read the writings of Spi noza, Wellhausen, Eichhorn, Driver, Briggs, and Shailer Mathews, two thousand years from now; or those of Paul and Peter, John, Beza, Bengel, Tischendorf and many others of that Godly, reverent class who believe the Bible is the Word of God and obey it? PROPHETIC QUESTIONS Did Jeremiah say some definite events would come to pass? Would the king of Babylon come and destroy the city? Did he come three years later? Was Jehoiakim never to have one of his offspring sit upon David’s throne? Was the king to be killed? Was the king’s dead body to be cast out? Davis’ Bible Dictionary says, “ The purpose of carry ing him (Jehoiakim) to Babylon was, however, abandoned. He died or was murdered, and his body had the burial of an ass, drawn and cast forth beyond the gâtés of Jerusalem.”
v. 29. Thou bast burned this roll. Though the attempts of those who de spise the Word of God are very daring, yet not one tittle of it shall fail. Though many a Bible he burned and many a critic use his penknife, this cannot abol ish it nor destroy the accomplishment of its prophecies.— Sum. Bible. v. 30. None to sit upon the throne. His son Jehoiachin reigned only three months and then only on sufferance (2 Kings 24:6-8).— Comp. Bible. v. 32. Took another roll. You do not alter facts by neglecting them, nor abrogate the divine creed by disbeliev ing it. The awful law of God goes on its course.— Sel. PICTORIAL. QUESTIONS Who was Jehoiakim? By what other name was he known? II Kings 23:34- 35. Who was Jeremiah? What came to Jeremiah? What was the roll? Whom aid Jeremiah call as his scribe? What was it that Jere miah could not do? What command did Jeremiah give Baruch? What was the purpose of writing this roll? What great condemnation rested upon the people? What was the result of reading the roll in the temple? Before whom did Baruch also read the roll? What did the princes tell Baruch and Jere miah to do? What did the princes do with the roll? To whom did they make known the words of the roll? Who was sent to fetch the roll? Where was the king at this time? What month was it? How was the winter palace heated? What did Jehudi do with the roll after reading a few pages of it? What did the king command to be done after the burning of the roll? What had God done with Baruch and Jeremiah? What, did God command Jeremiah to do after the roll was burned? To what message in the roll did the king and princes take exception? .What added message was put in the second roll? What curse was pronounced upon this king never pronounced upon any other ruler of the UESSON QUESTIONS W. H. Pike
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