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D 13 COopcn COOP I It Ine In t tho Ands London versn Ens ( ) ( Dng ) MnS'lzlne MnSlzlne ' ' ne , Answers AnswersThe The essential truth of tbe the Bible Is Isnot isnot of ofIts ofIts the accUlacy accuracy not ependent dependent upon Its history , nnd and tbere there ure are many pas- pas pass.Iges passages - Sacred WrltlD Wrltrnas S "hich hich which "hichmust whichmust " s.Iges sIges sages . in the interpreted Intm preted In n a symbolic symbolicrather symbolicrather must b'1 b1 beg b'1Intm beginterpreted ' rather th.Jn thJn than . n a literal sense senseIt senseIt It Is remarl\able remarl able remarhnble \ , howe\ howe howeer however \ er , bow how bowOld howOld Old Testament hlbtory history , after being beinglabeled beinglabeled labeled as ' Ie legendary endary , " or , at best , " recentI recently ) been confirmed con confil ' , gerated , has 'e e eaoi .n n > . , Independent re research research of fil firmed me as a result search searchror searchTor while , ror Tor Instnnce instance , a little ago simply laughed at atthe atthe destlllcth destiuctlve e crItIcs the story of the floo flood , and at such suchincl suchincidents tbe the crossing of Jor Jordan Jordandrysliod an andryshod incl incidents ents as dryshod drysliod and the coll1pse collapse of the thewalls thewallsof \ \ aIls aIlsof of JerIcho But today e\ca\atlons e ca atlons excavations ecaatlonson excavationson " \ : \ on ancIent .Ites Ites Sites . in Palestine , egypt I'gypt Igypt egyptIesopotaml1 ' , and elsewhere have havevindicated \Iesopotaml1 Iesopotaml1 Jlesopotamia : \ , Indicated vindicated the Bible n'1rI n1rI narrative ' atlve com completeb completely \ most sell sellousl sellously pleteb pletely , e\ e een even \ en on un the points ousl ously ) ' challened challenged challengedTo ; 1'0 10 To ' ' t'1lce t1lce talce ' an e\ e e1mple example \ . 1mple ' , it used to be beurged beurged urged that Ahrahnm Abraham must hn\e hn e hate \ been beenmerely beenmerely merely a nomad , Quite unlettered unlettere , and utterly Incap'1ble Incap1ble Incapable ' at of the acts nnd and nndWOl andwords nttrlbuted attributed to him himWe himWe WOl words ds an and visIon We no\\ no now nohnow \ hnow know , from discos lsco\ lsco lscoprIes \ prIes erles nt at ntUr atUr Ur of the Ch'lldees Chlldees Chaldees ' , that , ns as n a youth youthin in that CIty , he "as as was " a member of a acommunity acommunity community enjoIng enjoying } a hIgh de degree degreeof lee leeof of clvI1lzntlon civilization The hnd Jand of Ur h'1d h1d had hadgreat h'1dgreat ' great cIties , settle settled 13\\s 13 s laws \ , a st3te state re re reMoron . llJlOn Moron , a thr1\ thr1 thr1mg thriving \ mg commerce , schools schoolsnnd schoolsand nnd and mtn'1sterles mtn1sterles monasteries ) ' and llbr'11leS llbr11leS libraires librairesSpringing ' pr1Oglng Springing as he did from an in inluentlal Infiuentlal luentlal fiuentlal ! f'1mlIy f1mlIy famlly ' , Ablnh'lm Ablnhlm Abraham ' would \ ould par part'11"e partake t'11"e t11e take ' " of the culture an and IearDlng learning of ofUl ofUr Ul Ur . In short , the clrcumstances circumstances of ofplace ofplace place and time as we \ e now I\now I now know Inowthem knowthem \ them , are not opposed to the Bible Biblen'1rlahve Biblenarrative n'1rlahve n1rlahve narrative ' n'1rlahveBut narrativeBut But let us see what modern meth methods methods ods of imestlgatlon investigation have re\ealed re ealed revealed reealedabout revealedabout \ about specific Incidents Tahe Take the therlood therlond rlood rlond , upon which \ hlch so much scorn h'1S h1S has h'1Sbeen hasbeen ' been cast . . During the winter \ Inter of of192S 1028 192S 9 , the excmntors excavators of Ur in inBab inBabylonia Bab Babylonia lonla came upon n a stIatum stratum of ofnllm ofalluvial nllm alluvial lal eposit deposit which ' \ hlch made n a clear clearbreal clearbreak breal break ' in tbe the succession of ciVIllz1 civrliza Uons tions occupying occup Ing that site They came cameto cameto to the conclusion that It coul could onl only onlybe be e\plalne e plalne explained ' \ by a flood floo of great ex es exlent estent lent tent an and duration uratlon , occurring occm rIng nbout about 3000 B C or earller earlier . So quite ap1rt apart , from the account accountIn accountin In Geneslc Genesis ; , nn and the one on the B'1by B1by Baby B'1byIonIan Babylonlan ' IonIan lonlan tablets In the Drftlsh British museum museumit it would appear that the account of ofn ofa n a great flood , which \ hlch destro destroyed e clUe cities citiesand ' ) nn and people 0er aver 0\ 0 \ er a vast region , Is not notlegend notlegend legend but history . 'l'he lhe The ' ' \ ery e\.Istence e.Istence e .Istence Istence existence \ . of Sod Sodom om un and andGomorrah Gomorrah , whIch the Bible L'Ible LIble ' tells us uswere were \ ere destroyed estro ed in Abraham Abrahams s time , h'1s h1s has ' been oubted doubted , yet et , only last year } ear , nn an airman fl trying Ing over the Den Dead sea seasaw seasaw saw throu through h the ystulline crystalline CI "a a water waterw " ter w \ \ hat appenred appeared to be extensIve ruins ruinsrurther ruinsFurther rurther Further ill investigation ' estlgatlOn is to be made madeBut madeBut But other ruins have been found , Co\ Co Coered coffered \ ered with \ Jth nshes ashes , In the neighbor neighborhoo neighborhood hoo hood of the Dea Dead sea seaIVe We IVe le1rn learn from the Bible Biblethat Bible l that Lot , Abtaham's Abtahams Abraham's Abrahams ' nephew , chose the valley valleyof , aIle ) of bo Sodom om bec'luse becluse because ' of its extreme fer fertl1lty fertility tl1lty tility . 'loday loday Zoday ' thel there e is , perhaps , no nomore nomore more desolate region regionWhat regionWhat What huppene happened to It ? In the hea\ hea hear heally hearIly \ lly Ily bitumInous soil there plobabl probably probablyoccurred ) occurred occurl ed one of those terrible e et etplosions " { ploslOns plosions and confl.JgratJons conflJgratJons conflagrations . which whichhave \ hich hichha ha\ ha hae have \ e becn been note noted notedrn In rn the simIlar geo geologic'll geological logic'll logicll logical ' formations of the 011 oil dish districts districtsof Icts Ictsof of NOlth North Amelica America AmelicaIn AmericaIn In such sOIl vast \ ast reservoIrs of oil oilan oiland an and ncCmllul'1tlOns ncCmllul1tlOns accumulations ' of g'1S g1S gas ' occur occurThese occurThese These may sud suddenly enly be 1 ele'1sed ele1sed teleased teleasedeither ele'1sedelthel ' elthel either b by ) theIr 0\\ 0 0n own \ n pi pressure essUl e or by byeal byeatthquale eal eatthquale thqll'11 thqll11 ' e The gas cxplodcs explodes and andflJll andflings flJll flings s up masses of . oIl VI which hlch leturn return leturnin returnin in a fiery lain rain which \ hich w \ ill go on onb1'1l'lng onblving b1'1l'lng b11llng blving ' ' e\en e en even eenhen \ \\hen hen when \ It f'1lls f1lls falls ' on "a a water waterSaline " tel telS1llne S1llne Saline mu mud m'1Y m1Y may ' also be ejected , an and these thmgs things combmetl combined render a afertIle afertile fertIle land uttell utteil3 barren b'1rI b1rI ' en Such a aphcnomenon aphenomenon phcnomenon phenomenon woul would account for 'l11 l11 all 'l11the allthe ' the st'1tements st1tements statements ' In the graphIc lble Bible lblen11 Biblenarrative n11 narrative ra tn e . Now turn to Joshu 1 t 3 14 1417 17 In tho the tholle theRevised lle\ lle llelsed Revised \ lsed VersIOn , in which winch Is rel'1ted rel1ted related rel'1tedhow relatedhow ' how ISf'1el ISf1el Israel ' clossed crossed the .J01c1'1n .J01c11n J01c11n Jordan . ' dry dryshod r shod Moffatt hans1'1tes hans11tes translates ' ' 1he the W'l Wl tiva W'lteIS tivateas ' teIS teas that low flow ! down stoppe stopped an and were weredammed 1mml dammed ' ( ' up at a istance distance at .A A . Ad 1m tm , whale while the theutels \\utels utels waters \ that flow to the theS'11t theSalt S'11t S11t Salt ' sea wele were cut oIT off an and fmle failed " " Ad Adim 1m was \ as a city 1 lI ! miles upstre'lm upstrelm upstream upstre'lmnere upstreamHere ' nere Here there Is a ford now known knownas knownas as Jlsr Jisr cd ed D'1mleh D1mleh Damreh ' , and during urlllg the theeal theeaithquake eal eaithquake thqu.lhe thqulhe . i1elo period ! of 10 1937 7 the west westhank \ est estIJ3nl IJ3nl hank " of this fOl ford collapse collapsed , and p'1rt p1rt part partof p'1rtof ' of the cIIT cliff ] so 1mmed dammed ' the Jor Jordan Jordanthat 1n 1nth'lt ' th'lt thlt that ' no water flowed down own Its be bed bedfor for 21 1 hOUl hours s ' On tl1l three ce occaSIOns , urlnJ during com compaIntl comparatively paIntl\ paIntl paIntlely paratively \ ely recent times a similar re resuIt resalt suIt salt h'ls hls has ' ensue ensued flOIl fionl } great falls of ofrocI ofrock rocI rock " and e1rth earth It seems hl.ely hlely likely . th1t tlrtt th1tsome tlrttsome some slmil'1r slmil1r similar ' e\ e eent event \ ent tooh took place when whenIsrael \ hen henIsr'1el Isr'1el Isr1el Israel ' .l l < . crossed ossed the rIver on then tlieir thenro -ro ro - way wayto 1 ' to Jellcho Ter echo echoThere JellchoThere There fo11o follow " e ed imme Immediately lUtely the themuch themuch much lscussed discussed and orten often rl ridiculed ridiculedcollapse lculed lculedcolhpse colhpse collapse of the walls of Jericho Tericho JerichoPlofessor TerichoI'iofessor Plofessor I'iofessor Iiofessor ' Garstan ; , wlro \ ho is still OC OCCllIJlt occopied CllIJlt copied ! on tlu this ' ) site , says . ' 'Thele Thele There ' re rem'1ms remains m'1ms m1ms mains ' no doubt th It tt the thealls \\alls alls walls ' \ of the thecIty thecity cIty fell out\\ out outnl outward \ nl so completely that thatthe thatthe the 1it atttclers ' lcl"er lcler " , : . were "el el " e uble able to c1'1mber c11mber clamber c1'1mberup clamberup ' up , nnll and 0\ 0 0er otter \ er , the ruins mto into the Clt\ Clt city CltHe \ ' He su suggests gests an e.lrthqu'1l\e e.lrthqu1le e.lrthqu'1l elrthqu1l e earticquake . ' \ as the theposslblc thepossible posslblc possible cauce cause : ; , an and enrthqu'1hes enrthqu1hes earthquakes ' hae have haeoccurle haveoccurred , occurle occurred In thIS reJlon reason recently recentlynel recentlyReaders nel Readers , ers of the Dible Bible hno\l hno l know \ th'1t th1t drat ' , although the Israe1ltps IsraelltPs ha had large largeh1ltlal largeinitial h1ltlal initial successes In their imaclOn invasion ; ofCanaan of ofCan'lan Can'lan Canlan Canaan ' , they faile failed to subjugate the the"hole thewhole "hole hole whole " hn land , an and the J Jebusite ebusl te city , which \ hIch hIch.as \.as .as was \ . llier l rter l"nown lnown known " 1S as Jerus'llem Jerusllem Jerusalem ' , held out untIl the tUlle time of Da\1 Da 1 David \ It It"ns Itwas "ns ns was " ecee exceedingly " { mgly SUl'lll SUllll small ' compare compared wIth wIththe withthe the modern city CI t , occuplng occupy , ing the sum sumn11t summgt n11t mgt of n a great I eat rocI rock " called c'111e c111e ' Ophel , t1 tl e \ l area C'1 C1 ' be1l1g being not more th'1n th1n than ' some ten tenacres tenacres acres acresWhen When D'lvl Dlvl David ' 1m InvFsted pste it , the in inhabitants inhabitants habitants felt so secure that they theys'1ld theysaid s'1ld s1ld said ' the b1Jn blind an and lame could hol hold holdIt it uJ'1lllst uJ1lllst against ' him D'1\ D'1 D1 D'1Id David ' \ Id sal said : ' Who IVlro Whosoe IVlrosoever soe\ soe soeer soever \ er smlteth smiteth the J ebuslles Jebusites let him himgl himgo gl go guttf'l guttor ) up the the1tercourse \\1tercourse 1tercourse watercourse ' \ ' " CA ( A . V . gut tf'l tfl tor ' ) . It USl used to be un understood erstoo thus : Whoe\ Whoe Whoeel Whoever \ el smites the Jebusltes Jebusites let him hurl mto into the wat6rcoUN watldreour.edt watldreouredt . watldreour.edtt'nw ' It ( . l10\\ l10 t'nw tnw l10n \ n the preclPh.e preclPhe precipice . ) th the lame a t { { blln blind blindThen Then e\cmahon e cmahon excavation \ takes plaCt plan mal.es males makes 14mal.es 4makes . the whole , \ hole thing 14 4 simple . , 1\1J 1 1J " \ ' e . ren's rens eren's ' sh'1ft sh1ft shaft ' , ; " ' named after the ey c Bator eyBator \ 1tor ' "ho ho who " cllcco\ered cllcco ered dlseovered : ; \ It itprondsitr , prondEJJ itprondsitrkey l.ey ley key . to the Clt city city'this 1hls 'this this ' ' 'sh'1ft sh1ft 'shaft shaft ' ' " had been con canto to cantoto fOl form m a s1fe safe , sheltered way yap drn dm to drnto dmto the theI the'hgm I ' \'hgm 'hgm hgm Viogin \ ' : . , Wen 11'ell 11ell ' , ' from tram .i i . oi , ,1tel 1tel vater ' ,1tel1S , \\1S 1S was \ \ ' drawn dllrlngas duringtSee ; , 51 51"h'1t , vv " "h'1t h1t hat ' D'1\u D'1 D1 u David ' \ ] s'lid slid said ' In effect Wb sax : th3 rht "Il Il rht"Il " "hat hat " hat "e e vse " h'1e h1e hire ' , to do 13tOCZS 13tOCZSmto is to cf cfinto ! mto into the city by My nay of the lit no ! noshaft sh'1ft sh1ft shaft ' " The 1ppe:11ance 1ppe11ance appearance ' : of Joab JoabUld Joabsod Uld sod k 1s ! 1scompanions comp'1nJOns comp1nJOns companions ' tool\ tool took toolthe \ the garmmn glrn : n ce cepletely ( ' ; ) pletel pletely ) by surprISe , the clly city reO rep U ! l bec.Jme becJme became . the nucleus ot of JernsUl Jerauh3 JernsUlthe Jerauh3the the Clt Cit ) of Da\ld Da ld Daud Daud'these \ 'these these ' 1 h e e e\ e e1mples examples ' \ 1mples ' suffice sufce to da dahow , ho how " not1bly notably the lbIe L'ible Lible ' narrabrt Darra re i it itbeing ibemg bemg being confirmed by record recordaloagL recordaloagLin lot ; 11 10 in the depths of the earth atdsi atdsibeing and n,1 n1 n,1bemg , bemg being le\ le lec'1led iesealed \ c'1led c1led ' by modern modernrtuuth rMlrCi |