(a) When king Josiah was eighteen years old on the throne, he started his religious reforms. During the repair of the temple, a copy of the book was discovered by Hilkiah the high priest. Hilkiah gave the book to Shapan who read it and later read it to the king. When the king heard the content of the book of the law, he became sad and sent Hilkiah to go and find out from the Lord concerning the words of the book that had been found. The book contained the wrath of God which was looming on the people of Judah. Huldah, the prophetess was consulted. She said that Judah would suffer because the people had forsaken the Lord and worshipped baals. It was also prophesied that the king would be freed from this punishment, but the impending doom would happen to Judah after his reign. King Josiah cared the elders to the temple and read the book to them. Immediately, the king began to destroy the foreign cults and their practices. The vessels made for baals and Asherah were destroyed. He also destroyed all the houses built for male cult prostitutes which were built in the house of God.

(b) The religious situation of today is similar to that of Josiah's time in many ways among which are:
(i) Crimes and various vices are prevalent in our churches today.
(ii) There are many corrupt practices in our society (or churches) today.
(iii) As it was in Josiah's days when the people were filled with immoral acts, so also we have in our society today people we think to be practicing the religion, but instead are doing something else.