IS THE BIBLE TRUE?
I LOVE IT WHEN I AM HAVING A MEAL WITH SOMEONE AND THEY SAY SOMETHING LIKE "WELL YOU CAN'T BELIEVE THE BIBLE. THERE'S NO EVIDENCE TO BACK UP THE STORIES.
I RESPOND "OH, REALLY? HOW ABOUT.................................."
TRY THESE OUT ON YOUR FRIENDS.
IN THE BOOK OF NEHEMIAH WE READ OF THE FAMILIES WHO WERE TAKEN FROM ISRAEL TO BABYLON AND THEN RETURNED AFTER THEIR MANY YEARS OF EXILE.
IN CHAPTER 7 VERSE 55 WE READ THE FAMILY NAME TAMAH (IN HEBREW TEMECH.)
THESE FAMILIES RETURNED AFTER BEING INFLUENCED BY THE BELIEF IN BABYLONIAN GODS.
SO IMAGINE THE EXCITEMENT THIS WEEK WHEN AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL DIG NEAR THE DUNG GATE OF JERUSALEM'S OLD CITY DISCOVERED A SEAL SUPPORTING THE BIBLE STORY.
IT BEARS THE HEBREW FAMILY NAME TEMECH BUT IT IS ADORNED WITH A PICTURE OF BABYLONIAN PRIESTS MAKING AN OFFERING TO THE CHIEF BABYLONIAN GOD "SIN."
(Jerusalem)—A 2,500-year-old black stone seal bearing the name "Temech" on it was uncovered during an excavation near Jerusalem's Dung Gate this week. (Photo: Edwin Trebels courtesy of Dr. Eilat Mazar)
OTHER RECENT DISCOVERIES INCLUDE THE SEAL OF QUEEN JEZEBEL.
ALSO DISCOVERED WAS THE OSSUARY OF CAIAPHAS THE HIGH PRIEST MENTIONED AT THE TIME OF THE LORD JESUS.
ALSO JOSHUA'S PILLAR, ERECTED WHEN THE TRIBES ENTERED THE LAND AFTER TRAVELLING FOR 40 YEARS FROM EGYPT, IS STILL VISIBLE IN SHECHEM (JOSHUA 24:26.)
OTHER GREAT FINDS, PROVING THE HISTORICAL RELIABILITY OF THE BIBLE INCLUDE: THE MEGIDDO SEAL.
The Hebrew inscription on it reads "Shema" on top, and "Servant of Jeroboam" on the bottom."Shema servant of Yarob'oam" The Megiddo Seal with the Jeroboam Inscription is of great importance in Biblical Archaeology, it mentions one of the kings of the northern kingdom of Israel.2 Kings 14:23-25 "In the fifteenth year of Amaziah the son of Joash, king of Judah, Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel, became king in Samaria, and reigned forty-one years. And he did evil in the sight of the LORD; he did not depart from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who had made Israel sin."
HOW ABOUT PONTIUS PILATE WHO HAD JESUS CRUCIFIED?
THIS SLAB WITH HIS NAME ENGRAVED ON IT IS THE ONLY KNOWN REFERENCE TO HIM EVER DISCOVERED. IT READS AS FOLLOWS:Line 1: TIBERIEUM
Line 2: (PON)TIUS PILATUS
Line 3: (PRAEF)ECTUS IUDA(EAE TIBERIUS. PONTIUS PILATE, PREFECT OF JUDEA.
WE COULD GO ON. WANT TO CHAT ABOUT JULIUS CAESAR AND HIS HISTORY OF THE GALIC WARS? THE EARLIEST COPIES WE HAVE OF THIS HISTORY WAS WRITTEN 1500 YEARS AFTER THE EVENT. WE HAVE ABOUT 10 COPIES. AND WE REGARD THAT AS TRUSTWORTHY HISTORY. NEW TESTAMENT? 25,000 COPIES OF NEW TESTAMENT BOOKS, QUOTES AND PARCHMENTS DATING FROM THE LATE 1ST TO THE 3RD CENTURY. NOW SAY THE BIBLE IS UNTRUSTWORTHY.WHY DO MEN REFUSE TO BELIEVE IT? NOT BECAUSE OF LACK OF EVIDENCE BUT BY CHOICE IN SPITE OF THE EVIDENCE.
FOR MORE EVIDENCE GO HERE: http://www.bible-history.com/ UNTIL NEXT TIME MAY MESSIAH BLESS AND KEEP YOU.
I RESPOND "OH, REALLY? HOW ABOUT.................................."
TRY THESE OUT ON YOUR FRIENDS.
IN THE BOOK OF NEHEMIAH WE READ OF THE FAMILIES WHO WERE TAKEN FROM ISRAEL TO BABYLON AND THEN RETURNED AFTER THEIR MANY YEARS OF EXILE.
IN CHAPTER 7 VERSE 55 WE READ THE FAMILY NAME TAMAH (IN HEBREW TEMECH.)
THESE FAMILIES RETURNED AFTER BEING INFLUENCED BY THE BELIEF IN BABYLONIAN GODS.
SO IMAGINE THE EXCITEMENT THIS WEEK WHEN AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL DIG NEAR THE DUNG GATE OF JERUSALEM'S OLD CITY DISCOVERED A SEAL SUPPORTING THE BIBLE STORY.
IT BEARS THE HEBREW FAMILY NAME TEMECH BUT IT IS ADORNED WITH A PICTURE OF BABYLONIAN PRIESTS MAKING AN OFFERING TO THE CHIEF BABYLONIAN GOD "SIN."
(Jerusalem)—A 2,500-year-old black stone seal bearing the name "Temech" on it was uncovered during an excavation near Jerusalem's Dung Gate this week. (Photo: Edwin Trebels courtesy of Dr. Eilat Mazar)
OTHER RECENT DISCOVERIES INCLUDE THE SEAL OF QUEEN JEZEBEL.
ALSO DISCOVERED WAS THE OSSUARY OF CAIAPHAS THE HIGH PRIEST MENTIONED AT THE TIME OF THE LORD JESUS.ALSO JOSHUA'S PILLAR, ERECTED WHEN THE TRIBES ENTERED THE LAND AFTER TRAVELLING FOR 40 YEARS FROM EGYPT, IS STILL VISIBLE IN SHECHEM (JOSHUA 24:26.)
OTHER GREAT FINDS, PROVING THE HISTORICAL RELIABILITY OF THE BIBLE INCLUDE: THE MEGIDDO SEAL.The Hebrew inscription on it reads "Shema" on top, and "Servant of Jeroboam" on the bottom."Shema servant of Yarob'oam" The Megiddo Seal with the Jeroboam Inscription is of great importance in Biblical Archaeology, it mentions one of the kings of the northern kingdom of Israel.2 Kings 14:23-25 "In the fifteenth year of Amaziah the son of Joash, king of Judah, Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel, became king in Samaria, and reigned forty-one years. And he did evil in the sight of the LORD; he did not depart from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who had made Israel sin."HOW ABOUT PONTIUS PILATE WHO HAD JESUS CRUCIFIED?
THIS SLAB WITH HIS NAME ENGRAVED ON IT IS THE ONLY KNOWN REFERENCE TO HIM EVER DISCOVERED. IT READS AS FOLLOWS:Line 1: TIBERIEUM
Line 2: (PON)TIUS PILATUS
Line 3: (PRAEF)ECTUS IUDA(EAE TIBERIUS. PONTIUS PILATE, PREFECT OF JUDEA.
WE COULD GO ON. WANT TO CHAT ABOUT JULIUS CAESAR AND HIS HISTORY OF THE GALIC WARS? THE EARLIEST COPIES WE HAVE OF THIS HISTORY WAS WRITTEN 1500 YEARS AFTER THE EVENT. WE HAVE ABOUT 10 COPIES. AND WE REGARD THAT AS TRUSTWORTHY HISTORY. NEW TESTAMENT? 25,000 COPIES OF NEW TESTAMENT BOOKS, QUOTES AND PARCHMENTS DATING FROM THE LATE 1ST TO THE 3RD CENTURY. NOW SAY THE BIBLE IS UNTRUSTWORTHY.WHY DO MEN REFUSE TO BELIEVE IT? NOT BECAUSE OF LACK OF EVIDENCE BUT BY CHOICE IN SPITE OF THE EVIDENCE.
FOR MORE EVIDENCE GO HERE: http://www.bible-history.com/ UNTIL NEXT TIME MAY MESSIAH BLESS AND KEEP YOU.
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