![]() We are first introduced to the book while discussing Seth and Enos after briefly mentioning Adam ( Moses 6:1-4), and Enoch mentions that through it “we know them … and even the first of all we know, even Adam. ![]() This original book was kept by the early fathers, but we don’t have a direct statement that Adam wrote in it himself. The person who keeps “the history … of Zion” is designated “the Lord’s clerk, whom he has appointed” ( D&C 85:1). It is also the pattern we see in the Doctrine and Covenants. The small plates of Nephi were to be “handed down from one generation to another, or from one prophet to another, until further commandments of the Lord” ( 1 Nephi 19:4). This is a pattern we see in the Book of Mormon. ![]() This book was authored by inspired writers. “ book of remembrance was kept, in the which was recorded, in the language of Adam, for it was given unto as many as called upon God to write by the spirit of inspiration” ( Moses 6:5). It does, however, exist in a larger context of divinely mandated records and we can learn quite a bit about the Lord’s views on record keeping through this and similar examples. Very little is shared in the scriptures concerning that first book of remembrance. I was wondering if you could shed a little more light on just what a book of remembrance is, other scriptural references to similar records and what a private, modern day book of remembrance would look like, if one had an inclination to create one. My understanding is that it was a book designed to help them remember God’s dealings with them, a spiritual record of sorts. I’ve always been intrigued by the reference in Moses 6:5 about Adam keeping a book of remembrance.
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