Ancient History

Babylon: Past, Present, and Future

–[ < 1 MIN READ] Bible history and prophecy depict Babylon as a social, economic and religious power. The Bible portrays Babylon as a woman riding a seven-headed, 10-horned beast described as “Mystery, Babylon the great, the mother of prostitutes and of the abominations of the earth.” (Revelation 17:5). Babylon has fascinated countless people over the centuries. But its story …

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Missing Bible Tribes

–[ 15 MIN READ] http://www.orange-street-church.org/text/missing-tribes.htm A cryptic introduction is given by the apostle James in his epistle, which begins with the words:“James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting.” Who were these ‘twelve tribes’ scattered abroad? Biblical commentaries often plead ignorance as to who these mysterious people …

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The OLDEST copy of Scripture ever found! (Even older than the Dead Sea Scrolls)

–[ < 1 MIN READ] The Ketef Hinnom scrolls. In 1979 two tiny silver scrolls, inscribed with portions of the well-known Priestly Blessing of the Book of Numbers and apparently once used as amulets, were found in a burial chamber. The delicate process of unrolling the scrolls while developing a method that would prevent them from disintegrating took three years. …

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Did Methuselah live until after the flood?!

–[ 2 MIN READ] A friend is writing a book on the chronology of the bible, a huge undertaking. One of problems, he posed, is the Septuagint seems to say Methuselah lived 14 years AFTER the Flood! You may ask, why not simply use Usher’s chronology, the simple answer is because he got his information from the Masoretic Text …

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