You're not going to be here. One of the most exciting discoveries in reading the Book of Mormon is when we come upon quotations and extracts from the plates of brass.

This is that ancient sacred record that the Sons of Lehi returned to Jerusalem

and risk their lives to obtain. This is a record much larger than our

Old Testament and it contains the prophecies, promises, and covenants of the Lord

from ancient times.

And this week we get to study one of the most significant prophecies given by Joseph of

Egypt that we have record of. Welcome to Meridian magazine's Come Follow Me podcast.

We're Scott and Maureen Proctor and we're so delighted to be with you again this week.

Now, in our our family birthdays are a big deal. We love

to celebrate and to make sure we make something of that day. This week on

February 12th at 5.35 p.m. we celebrate the 25th year birthday of Meridian magazine.

Yes, we've been doing this for a quarter of a century, and it has been quite a ride.

We feel so blessed.

We thank all of you readers and listeners who have joined us and supported us over these past 25 years and we especially thank all of our

stellar riders who have made Meridian what it is. That's right. We have published more than 1,400 writers and more than 40,000

original pieces in these 25 years. I wish we could have a big celebration that just highlighted all these

amazing writers who have blessed our lives and yours for these past 25 years.

One of the ways we keep Meridian magazine going is through our voluntary

subscription campaign. Meridian publishes about 1,600 new original articles a year

and thousands of news links to the most current

news at least 50 podcasts and much more. We begin our campaign today and we'll do it

for about six weeks.

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