1 Nephi 3:19-20

[HoosierGuy]

1 Nephi 3:19-20

16 Wherefore, let us be faithful in keeping the commandments of the Lord; therefore let us go down to the land of our father’s inheritance, for behold he left gold and silver, and all manner of riches. And all this he hath done because of the commandments of the Lord.

17 For he knew that Jerusalem must be destroyed, because of the wickedness of the people.

18 For behold, they have rejected the words of the prophets. Wherefore, if my father should dwell in the land after he hath been commanded to flee out of the land, behold, he would also perish. Wherefore, it must needs be that he flee out of the land.

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19 And behold, it is wisdom in God that we should obtain these records, that we may preserve unto our children the language of our fathers;

20 And also that we may preserve unto them the words which have been spoken by the mouth of all the holy prophets, which have been delivered unto them by the Spirit and power of God, since the world began, even down unto this present time.

QUOTES FOR DISCUSSION

Why Preserve the Plates?
To “preserve…the[ir] language” (1 Nephi 3:20)
To “preserve…the words…of all the holy prophets” [to have the scripture] (1 Nephi 3:20)
To keep a nation from dwindling in unbelief (see 1 Nephi 4:13)
To perhaps save the plates from being destroyed along with the rest of Jerusalem

[pam]

Would that not be the same in today's world? I know if I had to leave quickly because of a catastrophe..one of the first things I would want are my family records. To have a record of these things.