The Bible and the Book of Mormon

Did you know that there is a prophesy in the Bible about the Book of Mormon?  It can be found in today's scripture mastery: Ezekiel 37:15-17

 15 The word of the Lord came again unto me, saying,

 16 Moreover, thou son of man, take thee one stick, and write upon it, For Judah, and for the children of Israel his companions: then take another stick, and write upon it, For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and for all the house of Israel his companions:

 17 And join them one to another into one stick; and they shall become one in thine hand.

Huh?  What are these sticks that Ezekiel talks about?  Well, the Hebrew word that was translated to stick means "wood."  The footnotes for verse 16 tell us that "Wooden writing tablets were in common use in Babylon in Ezekiel’s day."  So in other words, the Lord would cause His words to be written for both Judah (those words became what we know as the Bible), and for Joseph (those words became the Book of Mormon)


Both the Bible and the Book of Mormon contain writings of prophets who teach their people about Christ.  They come from two different continents anciently, but they both witness of the divinity of our Savior, Jesus Christ.  They complement each other, and we can learn a lot about how we should live by studying each of them.  Again, these words from 2 Nephi 29:11-14 explain the need for both much better than I could:

 11 For I command all men, both in the east and in the west, and in the north, and in the south, and in the islands of the sea, that they shall write the words which I speak unto them; for out of the books which shall be written I will judge the world, every man according to their works, according to that which is written.

 12 For behold, I shall speak unto the Jews and they shall write it; and I shall also speak unto the Nephites and they shall write it; and I shall also speak unto the other tribes of the house of Israel, which I have led away, and they shall write it; and I shall also speak unto all nations of the earth and they shall write it.

 13 And it shall come to pass that the Jews shall have the words of the Nephites, and the Nephites shall have the words of the Jews; and the Nephites and the Jews shall have the words of the lost tribes of Israel; and the lost tribes of Israel shall have the words of the Nephites and the Jews.

 14 And it shall come to pass that my people, which are of the house of Israel, shall be gathered home unto the lands of their possessions; and my word also shall be gathered in one. And I will show unto them that fight against my word and against my people, who are of the house of Israel, that I am God, and that I covenanted with Abraham that I would remember his seed forever.