The Bible is From God

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The Bible is From God

• Super Sunday Lesson 3

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• Archeology is from two words (archos ancient)
  and (logos discourse) the study of human
  culture through recovery and analysis of
  documents and artifacts.
• Can the things we find in the earth, buried for
  centuries, prove the Bible is from God? YES!

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• Why are they still there?
• DRY In many areas of the Middle East the
  rainfall is less than one half of one inch per
  year.
• SAND AND WIND Things and even buildings are
  quickly buried in sand by the windstorms

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• What do archeologists find?
• Documents scrolls, parchments, writings on
  clay, stone, monuments
• Cities whole cities have been buried in the
  sand, abandoned because of disease (Ephesus) or
  destroyed by invasion

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• What do archeologists find?
• Artifacts dishes, pottery, coins, tools,
  household items, furniture
• The rest of this lesson will look at some of the
  discoveries that have proved the Bible to be from
  God.

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• Dead Sea Scrolls
• Qumran was occupied from 250 BC to about 150 BC
• Copied OT Scriptures

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• Dead Sea Scrolls
• Isaiah scroll was most important
• More than 1,000 years older then any known copy
• Preserved in clay jars

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• Dead Sea Scrolls
• Many coins found
• Emperors picture on coins
• Type of inks used help to date the time of the
  scrolls

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• Moabite Stone
• A German missionary discovered this stone in 1868
• It recorded an event from 850 BC

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• Moabite Stone
• King Mosha, king of Moab was in subjection to
  Israel
• This stone names Omri as king of Israel
• This event is recorded in 1 Kings 1616

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• Belshazzar
• The Bible teaches that Belshazzar was the last
  king of Babylon Daniel 522 Daniel 71
• Critics said the Bible was wrong
• The last records showed that Nabonidus was king
  of Babylon
• Is the Bible in error here?

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• Belshazzar
• In 1876, Sir Henry Rawlinson discovered more than
  2,000 tablets relating to Nabonidus
• Nabonidus decided to travel and appointed his
  son, Belshazzar to be king in his absence
• They were co-regents for several years.

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• Here is one of the tablets now known as the
  Nabonidus Chronicles.
• We now know that the Bible was correct.
  Belshazzar was king of Babylon

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• Sargon II
• Isaiah 201 - In the year that Tartan came to
  Ashdod, when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him,
  and he fought against Ashdod and took it,
• For centuries there was NO RECORD of any king
  of Assyria named Sargon.

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• Sargon II

• A team of archeologists were walking along in the
  desert.
• One stubbed his toe on a stone.
• As the sand was swept away they realized it was a
  stairway.
• The stairway led to a room.

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• Sargon II

• Another room and then another room.
• Sargons name on the walls
• There was a huge entrance arch which led to the
  main palace.
• THIS WAS THE PALACE OF SARGON!

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• Sargon II

• The entire palace had a wall around
• Here is a long section of the original wall.

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• Sargon II

• Around the outer wall was a large moat with
  bridges that could be closed if under attack

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• Sargon II

• The entire area has now been excavated
• It is a 72 room palace
• Sargons name and exploits are all over the walls

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• Sargon II

• On the wall was the description of how Sargon
  captured Samaria (the capital city of Israel in
  the divided kingdom)
• SARGON REALLY DID EXIST
• Isaiah was right all the time.

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• There are dozens more similar examples that could
  be given
• But I hope that these examples have given you a
  renewed assurance that the Bible is from God.
• It could not be the product of man because many
  of these points would have been missed.

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• You can be assured that
• The Bible is accurate in detail
• The Bible is correct in names and places
• The Bible gives information that is without error
• THE BIBLE IS FROM GOD