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Like many people who work on dissertations, I often feel quite paranoid about losing what I have written. As a result, I have a robust backup system, saving everything I write in three different locations: (1) my hard drive, (2) an external USB drive, and (3) a cloud service. Even if (God forbid!) there were a fire destroying all of my possessions, my files would be safe in the cloud.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Jeremiah was not writing a dissertation, but something far more important \u2013 he was prophesying the word of God. Jeremiah had long prophecies in his head that he needed to deliver to King Jehoiakim and the people of Judah. Unfortunately, because he already prophesied so much gloom and doom about Judah\u2019s impending fall to the Babylonians, Jeremiah himself could no longer publicly prophesy without putting his life in danger.<\/span><\/p>\n

Jeremiah enlists the help of Baruch the Scribe, having him write down the prophecy on a scroll to take and read before the people. As Baruch begins to read the scroll, he attracts the attention of the king\u2019s officials who confiscate the scroll and take it to the king. As the scroll is being read, the king cuts off several columns at a time and throws them into the fire. He is trying to avert the disaster decreed by God\u2019s words.<\/span><\/p>\n

I found it impossible to read this story and not think of my dissertation. I would be upset beyond words if my work were somehow destroyed. When I send work to my advisor to look over, it can sometimes feel that he is cutting up my work with his astute edits. However, I know his edits are meant to improve what I have written, rather than destroy it. My advisor has certainly never burned any of my work and it is rather hilarious to imagine him doing so.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Although we do not know how Jeremiah and Baruch felt about the destruction of the scroll, God seems displeased. God instructs Jeremiah to dictate to Baruch every single word that was written on the old scroll, plus an extra prophecy against King Jehoiakim for good measure.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

What we learn from this is that when King Jehoiakim destroyed the first scroll, he was not destroying God\u2019s word, but instead only a saved copy. God\u2019s word still existed both in Jeremiah\u2019s mind and even more significantly, with God. Here we can imagine a kind of divine cloud drive, containing files of truth that cannot be destroyed.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Of course, as human beings, we do not have full access to God\u2019s cloud drive. As for me, I will continue to back up my work semi-obsessively, just in case one day my advisor decides to burn it after all. <\/span>
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