Why Nebo-Sarsekim Is Actually Important to Your Life

Jeremiah 39:3
"Then all the officials of the king of Babylon came and took seats in the Middle Gate: Nergal-Sharezer of Samgar, Nebo-Sarsekim a chief officer, Nergal-Sharezer a high official and all the other officials of the king of Babylon."

Let's be really honest here. Some verses in the Bible are tough to digest. Sometimes, it's hard to read the minute details of God's Word and see how they apply to your life. If you've read the book of Jeremiah, you've read the above verse. If you gave it any thought, you probably wondered what was the big deal? Why did God decide to tell us that there was an officer in Babylon named Nebo-Sarsekim? How does that help me get through my day?

Well, it turns out that Nebo-Sarsekim was a pretty important guy. Yesterday, a report came out stating that the British Museum has obtained a 2,500 year old cuneiform tablet containing the name of Nebo-Sarsekim. It was a receipt for a financial transaction that took place involving this individual. What's the point? Nebo-Sarsekim is only mentioned in Jeremiah 39:3, almost as an afterthought. His name is about the most inconsequential detail anywhere in the Bible. And now we have archeological evidence that he was an officer in Babylon, just as the Bible says! It is proof that even when recording the most inconsequential tidbits of information, the Bible records it accurately!

Now let me ask you a question: If we can trust the Bible when it tells us about the officers in Babylon, can we not also trust it when it comes to weightier matters involving my life, my marriage, my decisions and my eternity? If the Bible is right about Nebo-Sarsekim, is it not also right about sin, forgiveness, heaven and hell?

I propose that God decided to include Nebo-Sarsekim in the pages of Scripture so that thousands of years later we'd have one more piece of evidence that the Bible is, in fact, the inspired, inerrant, infallible Word of God. And that's why Nebo-Sarsekim is important to my life and to yours!