James Ossuary
Amnon Rosenfeld et al recently published an article in the Open Journal of Geology citing further evidence vindicating the authenticity of the James Ossuary.
HT: Ben Witherington
March 24, 2014
More evidence in favor of the authenticity of the James Ossuary
Posted by Jason Dulle under Archaeology[4] Comments
Thinking to Believe 
March 24, 2014 at 11:49 am
Reblogged this on The Space Beyond Being.
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March 24, 2014 at 5:15 pm
These are two primary areas that develop evidence for the truth and accuracy of the Bible: archaeology and prophecy. As science & technology become increasingly advanced; evidence becomes more sophisticated and abundant.
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March 24, 2014 at 5:37 pm
This has nothing to do with the truth and accuracy of the bible since the truth and accuracy is spawned supernaturalism which is thousands of years has never changed, never progressed, is still wish in the eye of the beholder believer and absolutely not a shrd of proof offered by all the pseudoscienticist tea producers in China..
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March 25, 2014 at 2:24 pm
In keeping with the topic of this post note the following commentary:
* “In chapters 15 and 16 the prophet Isaiah predicts the downfall of Moab, a people descended from Lot and his eldest daughter (Gen. 19:31-37). Their land was east of the Dead Sea, between the city of Jaazer in the north and the Wadi Zered in the south, a territory now part of Jordan. The Moabites worshipped Chemosh and Baal-Peor, to whom they offered human sacrifices, and practiced a licentious cult.
Although closely related to each other by descent and language, there was bitter enmity between the Moabites and Israel. During the Egyptian exodus, when Israel asked permission to pass through the land of Moab, their request was refused (Jud. 11:17).
Balak, king of Moab, fearing the growing strength of Israel, hired Balaam to curse them (Num. 22-24). Later, the Israelites were seduced by the Moabite women (Num. 25).
Because of their unfriendly spirit and acts, the Ammonites and the Moabites were excluded from the community of Israel (Deut. 23:3, 4).
During the days of the Judges, Eglon, king of Moab, invaded Israelite territory, as far as Jericho, and oppressed the land for eighteen years, until he was assassinated by Ehud the Benjaminite (Jud. 3:12-30).
Nevertheless, there apparently was some sporadic contact between the two neighboring peoples.
Elimelech of Bethlehem emigrated to Moab, and his sons married Moabite women, one of whom, Ruth, later married Boaz and became the ancestress of King David (Ruth 4:18-22, Mt. 1:5-6).
In the year 1868 a German missionary in Southern Palestine came across one of the most important archeological finds in history, the so-called Stone of Mesha. It was a slab of stone three feet ten inches high and two feet across, containing thirty-four lines of writing, relating the triumph over Israel by Mesha, son of Chemosh, king of Moab. The inscription recorded how Mesha threw off the yoke of Israel and built a high place as an expression of gratitude to Chemosh. The inscription reads in part: ‘As for Omri, king of Israel, he humbled Moab for many days, for Chemosh was angry at his land. And his son followed him, and he also said: “I will humble Moab-but I have triumphed over him and Israel perished for ever.”‘
The Moabite Stone dates back to about 830 B.C. and covers a period during the reign of Ahab of Israel, and of his son Joram (2 Ki. 1-3).
Moab was frequently invaded by the Assyrians, the Babylonians, the Persians, and later by various Arab tribes. In the early part of the 6th century B.C. the Moabites lost their national independence, but survived as a separate people until the 2nd century B.C. when they were subdued by Alexander Jannaeus. After that they disappeared from the scene of history.
Thus the prophecy of Isaiah and of the later prophets concerning the national extinction of Moab was literally fulfilled.”
The Stone of Mesha is housed in the British Museum.
* THE PROPHET ISAIAH A Commentary By Victor Buksbazen, Th.D.
Copyright 2008 by The Friends of Israel Gospel Ministry, Inc., pages 203 & 204
“For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says YHWH, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end. And you shall seek me, and find me, when you shall search for me with all your heart.” (JEREMIAH 29:11, 13)
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