Today's Favorite Verse: Jeremiah 36:2, 32

Today's Favorite Verse: Jeremiah 36:2, 32

"Take thee a roll of a book, and write therein all the words that I have spoken unto thee against Israel, and against Judah, and against all the nations, from the day I spake unto thee, from the days of Josiah, even unto this day.

Then took Jeremiah another roll, and gave it to Baruch the scribe, the son of Neriah; who wrote therein from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the book which Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned in the fire: and there were added besides unto them many like words."

Jeremiah was faithful and had Baruch write on the roll of a book all prophecies he dictated to him. Once the roll was read Jehoiakim, the king burned the book. As if destroying something like that would stop the fulfillment of prophesy. You cannot stop the Lord's work. Jeremiah was again commanded by the Lord to have Baurch scribe the prophecies and this time even more prophecies were given.

This all made me think of a video I watched this morning from Expedition Bible, "The OLDEST copy of the Scriptures every found! (Even older than the Dead Sea Scrolls)". What I found fascinating is these two small silver rolls date to the 7th century BC. The time of the first temple period, and Jeremiah. This is the time of Lehi, and Nephi, and Laban and the brass plates. In order to retain the scriptures they were engraven on metal plates, be it silver or brass. As I could see from this chapter if they were written on parchment they stood the chance of being destroyed.

"And also a record of the Jews from the beginning, even down to the commencement of the reign of Zedekiah, king of Judah;

And also the prophecies of the holy prophets, from the beginning, even down to the commencement of the reign of Zedekiah; and also many prophecies which have been spoken by the mouth of Jeremiah.

Wherefore, he said that these plates of brass should never perish; neither should they be dimmed any more by time. And he prophesied many things concerning his seed."

(1 Nephi 5:12-13, 19)

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