How Daniel Obtained the Word of God to Jeremiah

I'd said this in my previous post...

It’s fun to wonder how Daniel ended up with a copy of God’s Word to Jeremiah…of course it was God’s provision, possibly brought by one of the other exiles, to this man who loved God and whom God esteemed highly.

Upon further study in Jeremiah, I came across the answer...

Jeremiah 29:1-3: "Now these are the words of the letter which Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem to the rest of the elders of the exile, the priests, the prophets (Daniel!) and all the people whom Nebuchadnezzar had taken into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon. (This was after King Jeconiah and the queen mother, the court officials, the princes of Judah and Jerusalem, the craftsmen and the smiths had departed from Jerusalem.) The letter was sent by the hand of Elasah the son of Shaphan, and Gemariah the son of Hilkiah, whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent to Babylon to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon..."

It's also worth noting these words which came later on in the same chapter - I'd given you verses 10 and 11, but verses 12-14 really caught my attention...Daniel read that God's people would call upon Him, and Daniel was the first!

Jeremiah 29:10-14:  10“For thus says the Lord, ‘When seventy years have been completed for Babylon, I will visit you and fulfill My good word to you, to bring you back to this place. 11 For I know the plans that I have for you,’ declares the Lord, ‘plans for welfare and not for calamity to give you a future and a hope. 12 Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. 13 You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart. 14 I will be found by you,’ declares the Lord, ‘and I will restore your fortunes and will gather you from all the nations and from all the places where I have driven you,’ declares the Lord, ‘and I will bring you back to the place from where I sent you into exile.’

Having read through almost the entire book of Jeremiah...it almost seems vv. 12-14 has a near/far view to it...

Bible study is so much fun...