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Paran in the
Bible is Mecca today:
The sections of this article are:
1- Paran in
the Bible is Mecca today.
2- Abraham peace be upon him sent Hagar and Ishmael
to Paran.
3- Mecca, Bacca and Paran.
4- More Verses on Paran.
5- Kaabah (the cube black building in Mecca) and
Mecca.
6- Paul in the book of Galatians and the
most recent Archeological Discoveries
suggest that Mount Sinai is
in Saudi Arabia and NOT in Egypt's Sinai desert.
7- Christian Archeologists prove from the Bible
that Mount Sinai is in "Saudi Arabia" today.
8- Muhammad in the Bible, (Isaiah 60),
Pilgrimage to Mecca..!
9- References/Links.
In this article I will prove that
"Paran" in the Bible is indeed referring to the
city or the region of Mecca in Saudi Arabia today, where
Prophet Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him was born
and received the Divine Revelations of Islam.
Important
Note:
After finishing this article, please also visit:
The
detailed story of how the Kaaba was built by Abraham and
his son Ishmael peace be upon them.
The
Kaaba is the House of GOD Almighty, and it too was
mentioned in the Bible.
Abraham
peace be upon him sent Hagar and Ishmael to Paran:
Let us look at the following Verses: "Then
God opened her [Hagar] eyes and she saw a well of water.
So she went and filled the skin with water and gave the
boy a drink. God was with the boy as he grew up.
He lived in the desert and became an archer. While
he was living in the Desert of Paran, his
mother got a wife for him from Egypt. At that time
Abimelech and Phicol the commander of his forces said to
Abraham, "God is with you in everything you do.
(From the NIV Bible, Genesis
21:19-22)"
Hagar was an Arab. Abraham peace
be upon him had Ishmael from her, who was 13 years older
than Issac. After Sarah, Abraham's wife gave birth
to Issac, Abraham decided to let Hagar and her son Ishmael
go. He sent to the desert of Arabia in the region of
Paran.
Then GOD Almighty promised Ishmael that
from him, He will increase his numbers and make from him a
great nation, the Arab nation; "And
as for Ishmael, I have heard you: I will surely bless him;
I will make him fruitful and will greatly increase his
numbers. He will be the father of twelve rulers, and I
will make him into a great nation. (From
the NIV Bible, Genesis 17:20)"
The Bible clearly says that Paran is
south of Sinai in Egypt; "He
said: 'The LORD came from Sinai and
dawned over them from Seir; he shone forth from
Mount Paran. He came with myriads of holy ones
from the south, from his mountain
slopes.' (From the NIV
Bible, Deuteronomy 33:2)"
Kedar came from Ishmael; "These
are the names of the sons of Ishmael, listed in the order
of their birth: Nebaioth the firstborn of Ishmael, Kedar,
Adbeel, Mibsam, and Mishma, and Dumah, and Massa, Hadar,
and Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah: These are the
sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their
towns, and by their castles; twelve princes according to
their nations. Kedar and Ancient Arabs (From
the NIV Bible, Genesis 25:13)"
The Arabian desert region was named after Kedar.
See the second map below.
The Ishmaelites were Arabs and not
Egyptians. They came from the Arabian desert; "As
they sat down to eat their meal, they looked up and saw a
caravan of Ishmaelites coming from
Gilead. Their camels were loaded with spices, balm
and myrrh, and they were on their way to take them
down to Egypt. (From
the NIV Bible, Genesis 37:25)"
"take them down to
Egypt" means taking them to the land of Egypt.
It doesn't mean taking them toward the south direction.
When for instance you say "my house is right down the
street", it doesn't mean the house is south of the
street. The house could be on the north side.
The sentence means that the house is on the street, or
will be found if the person walks in the path that you
lead him to.
The point however
in the above Verse is that the Ishmaelites were not from
Egypt. They came from another land. They had
loaded camels and they were heading to Egypt. Arabs
used to rely heavily on camels for traveling. And as
we've seen from the above Verses regarding Ishmael and his
Mother (Hagar) living in the desert of Paran in the South,
this clearly proves to us that the desert of Paran is
located in Arabia and not in Egypt, since the Ishmaelites
are not Egyptians.
Mecca,
Bacca and Paran:
Let me paste for you the following
Verses from the Bible and the Noble Quran:
"Blessed is
the man whose strength is in thee; in whose heart are the
ways of them. Who passing through the valley
of Baca make it a well; the rain also filleth the
pools. (From the NIV
Bible, Psalms 84:5-6)"
"The first House (of worship)
appointed for men was that at Bakka full
of blessing and of guidance for all kinds of beings: In it
are signs manifest; (for example) the Station of Abraham;
whoever enters it attains security; pilgrimage thereto is
a duty men owe to Allah those who can afford the journey;
but if any deny faith Allah stands not in need of any of
his creatures. (The
Noble Quran, 3:96-97)"
"And God heard the voice of the
lad; and the angel of God called Hagar out of heaven, and
said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar? fear not; for God
hath heard the voice of the lad where he is. Arise, lift
up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for I will make
him a great nation. And God opened her eyes, and she
saw a well of water; and she went, and filled the bottle
with water, and gave the lad drink. And God
was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in the
wilderness, and became an archer. And he dwelt in
the wilderness of Paran: and his mother took him
a wife out of the land of Egypt. (From
the NIV Bible, Genesis 21:17-21)"
More
Verses on Paran:
"Then the
Israelites set out from the Desert of Sinai and traveled
from place to place until the cloud came to rest in the
Desert of Paran. (From
the NIV Bible, Numbers 10:12)"
Here the desert of Paran means the region of Paran, which
would be either at or near Mecca.
"After that,
the people left Hazeroth and encamped in the Desert of
Paran. (From the NIV
Bible, Numbers 12:16)"
Here the desert of Paran means the region of Paran, which
would be either at or near Mecca.
"So at the
LORD's command Moses sent them out from the Desert of
Paran. All of them were leaders of the Israelites. (From
the NIV Bible, Numbers 13:3)"
"These are
the words Moses spoke to all Israel in the desert east of
the Jordan--that is, in the Arabah--opposite Suph, between
Paran and Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth and Dizahab. (From
the NIV Bible, Deuteronomy 1:1)"
Kaabah
(the cube black building in Mecca) and Mecca:
Atharva Veda X, 2, Mantras 28 and 31
28. Whether it is built high, its walls are in a straight
line or not, but God is seen in every corner of it. He who
knows the House of God, knows it because God is remembered
there.
31. This abode of the angels has eight circuits and nine
gates. It is unconquerable, there is eternal life in it
and it is resplendent with Divine light.
The Ka'bah is not exactly cubical and
its sides are not of the same length. The Holy
Sanctuary (Haram) of which Ka'abah is at the center
remains open day and night throughout the year and it is
always filled with people praying and supplicating to
Allah (the One True God). Muslims face toward it during
prayer forming circle in the Haram (Holy House) and the
circle extends out in this manner throughout the planet
Earth.
The holy sanctuary (Haram) has remained
unconquerable. Abraha al-Ashram, the Abbysinian viceroy of
Yemen, tried to demolish it in 570 CE with a strong army
and hordes of elephants but was prevented from entering
the city (Holy precinct). The people of Makkah had decided
not to defend the Ka'bah, fled the city and took refuge in
nearby hills overlooking Ka'bah. By Allah's Command, the
'Abaabeel' (flying creatures, birds) pelted stones at
Abraha's army and decimated it, leaving them like green
crops devoured by cattle.
This incident is described in the Surah
(chapter) 105 of the Qur'an. The year 570 CE is popularly
known by the Arabs as 'The year of the Elephant,' and
Prophet Muhammad was born in that year.
Paul in
the book of Galatians and the most recent Archeological
Discoveries suggest that Mount Sinai is in Saudi Arabia
and NOT in Egypt's Sinai desert:
Recent archeological discoveries along
with Paul's own words in Galatians 4:25 clearly suggest
that Mount Sinai is located in Saudi Arabia. This
means that Paran being south of Mount Sinai clearly means
that it is the Holy City of Mecca as I showed above:
The Bible clearly says that Paran is
south of Sinai in Egypt; "He
said: 'The LORD came from Sinai and
dawned over them from Seir; he shone forth from
Mount Paran. He came with myriads of holy ones
from the south, from his mountain
slopes.' (From the NIV
Bible, Deuteronomy 33:2)"
This verse is
elaborated on further above. Now, let us first look
at Galatians 4:25, then the archeological evidence:
"Now Hagar
stands for Mount Sinai in Arabia
and corresponds to the present city of Jerusalem, because
she is in slavery with her children. (From
the NIV Bible, Galatians 4:25)"
From http://www.carm.org/questions/desert.htm
Why
isn't there any record of millions of Jews wandering in
the desert?
There has been a lot of speculation on the route of the
Exodus and why the traditional site hasn't yielded any
archaeological evidence. After all, if two million
people wander in a desert for forty years, you'd think
that at least something would be found to support it.
But, nothing at all has been unearthed in the Sinai
Peninsula supporting the biblical account of the Exodus.
Various explanations for this range from the idea that it
is naturally difficult to find any archeological evidence
in a desert of sand to the explanation that the
traditional site is the wrong one.
First of all, no archaeological
find has ever contradicted the Bible. Archaeology
has only confirmed what the Bible says. As has been
the case with so many other things in the Bible, as
archaeology progresses, they will most certainly uncover
evidence in the future. The Bible has yet to be
proven wrong by archaeology.
Second, lack of evidence doesn't
mean there wasn't an Exodus. However, this is
a slippery slope since having a lack of evidence for an
ice cream factory on Jupiter doesn't mean that there is
one. What we need is evidence and it is fair to say
that there should be some evidence for the wanderings of
two million people for forty years in a desert.
Third, it may be that the
traditional site of Mt. Sinai is incorrect. Gal. Gal.
4:25 says "Now this Hagar is Mount Sinai in
Arabia, and corresponds to the present Jerusalem, for she
is in slavery with her children." Present
theories dealing with Mt. Sinai's location have it in the
Sinai Peninsula, yet the Bible says it was in Arabia.
The map to the right shows the traditionally accepted
route (in black) and the currently accepted location of
Mt. Sinai. The problem is that there has been
absolutely no archaeological evidence unearthed at that
site to verify the Exodus. The route in red
shows an alternate path that is consistent with Paul's
description in Gal.
4:25. This would have Mt. Sinai be in Arabia,
which is now Saudi Arabia, instead of the traditionally
accepted Sinai peninsula.
In a recent book titled "In
search of the Mountain of God," by Bob Cornuke and
David Halbrook (Broadman and Holman, 2000), Bob Cornuke (a
Christian) recounts his story of going into Saudi Arabia
with his friend Larry Williams (a non-Christian
commodities trader). They uncovered evidence of an
alternate site where the real Mt. Sinai might be.
Bob Cornuke was a police officer, swat team member, and
crime scene investigator in Southern California and is the President
of the Bible Archaeology Search and Exploration (BASE)
Institute BaseInstitute.org.
He and Mr. Williams have produced a video and book
(available on that site) where they claim to have found
evidence in Saudi Arabia to support that Mt. Sinai is
located within its borders. Now, I must admit that
this has not been verified by any "official"
archaeologists, but the video, which I have seen, does
raise some interesting possibilities.
Mr. Cornuke and Williams claim to
have simply let the Bible guide them as they attempted to
locate the actual route of the Jews of the Exodus.
Through trial and error over several weeks, they followed
what they believed was the route as is laid out by the
Bible and they found the items described in Exodus 13
- 19
including, springs, a split rock, an altar, an underwater
land bridge at the end of the Sinai Peninsula where the
people of Israel could have crossed, and much more.
The present location of Mt. Sinai, according to the locals
in their account, is known as Jabal Al Laws as is
traditionally known by them as the mount of Moses.
The Saudis have the area fenced off with warning signs in
Arabic and English telling people not to enter. If
this is so, why would the Saudis not want anyone to know
about the place? It might be because if Mt.
Sinai is located in Muslim territory then one of the most
holy places of the Jewish and Christian religions it could
pose serious political problems.
I must admit that this is
speculative at present and it has not been verified.
But the video was compelling. Whether or not this is
a valid option is yet to be determined and it is
supportive of the idea that the traditional location of
Exodus route might indeed be incorrect, as Gal.
4:25 seems to suggest.
Christian
Archeologists prove from the Bible that Mount Sinai is in
"Saudi Arabia" today:
From http://www.baseinstitute.org/Sinai_1.html
Is Mount SINAI in the SINAI?
For centuries Bible
scholars and religious pilgrims have been seeking the
location of the real Mt. Sinai.Today, most people are
unaware that not one piece of hard evidence has been
produced to verify thatwhat is traditionally designated at
“Mount Sinai” in the south central Sinai Peninsula is
indeed thefamed mountain of Moses and the Exodus. In fact,
the only verifiable reason that the traditional site is
designated “Mount Sinai” at all is because a Roman
mystic designated it and Helena, mother of Constantine I,
anointed it as the true Mount Sinai early in the 4th
century AD. (Helena also claimed she discovered the true
“holy sepulchre” in Jerusalem and the true cross of
Christ.)
Several other proposed
sites for the true Mount Sinai have been suggested by
biblical scholars, but thus far they have produced no
archaeological evidence to support them. If we are ever to
discern a correct location for the historical events
recorded in the biblical Book of Exodus, it’s important
to use the Scriptures as a guide, just as we would use any
ancient documents that have proven reliable in the past.
In the New Testament,
Paul wrote in Galatians 4:25, “Now
Hagar stands for Mount Sinai in Arabia . .
.”Although some argue that here the Roman designation of
Arabia includes the Sinai Peninsula, Arabia in Paul’s
day encompassed a larger region that primarily designated
the populated regions of ancient Midian, or modern-day
Saudi Arabia. As a “Hebrew of Hebrews,” Paul’s
understanding of Arabia would have been one that was
consistent with Old Testament passages like 1
Kings 10:15, 2 Chronicles 9:14, Isaiah 21:13, Jeremiah
25:24, and Ezekiel 27:21, in which Arabia is
clearly identified with the region east of the Gulf of
Aqaba, where “kings” ruled and the “Dedanites”
co-dwelt with other nomadic peoples.
Even more telling, Exodus
3:1 plainly identifies Mount Horeb (Sinai) as being in
Midian: “Now Moses was tending the flock of Jethro his
father-in-law, the priest of Midian. And he led the flock
to the back of the desert, and came to Horeb, the mountain
of God.” Here, there are two important issues.
First, the region of “Midian” referred to here is
undeniably the same as present-day Saudi Arabia. Second,
at the traditional site of Mt. Sinai on the Sinai
Peninsula, there is nothing that would cause it to be
geographically identified with the “back” of a desert,
in distinction from its surroundings. By contrast, the
site proposed by BASE Institute is, indeed, on the far
side or margin of a vast desert in ancient Midian.
However, can ancient
Midian be identified with the Sinai Peninsula, which in
the time of Moses, was considered a part of Egypt
(although designated as the “wilderness” of Egypt)? It
is apparent from Exodus 2:15
that the two were separate entities. After killing an
Egyptian, Moses fled Egypt for safer ground: “When
Pharaoh heard of this, he tried to kill Moses, but Moses
fled from Pharaoh and went to live in Midian.”
Egypt and its holdings would not have been safe for Moses
under any circumstances. He would not have fled to the
Sinai Peninsula, where archaeology shows that Pharaoh had
multiple mining interests and military outposts. The Bible
is clear that Moses went out of Egypt, to the land of
Midian east of the gulf of Aqaba.
The Bible makes several
references to Moses returning to Egypt from Midian,
including Exodus 4:19 where
we read, “Now the Lord had said to
Moses in Midian, ‘Go back to Egypt, for all the
men who wanted to kill you are dead.” All
passages associated with Moses’ stay in Midian point
toward present-day Saudi Arabia as the area to which Moses
fled, subsequently met God at the burning bush, and then
returned with the children of Israel.
Because so many Bible
references as well as archaeological evidence (or the lack
of it) pointed away from traditional Mount Sinai and
toward Saudi Arabia as the location of the historical
mountain of Moses, a site inspection was necessary to
determine if other evidence could be found to support this
theory. Saudi Arabia’s closed borders made it impossible
for a team of scholars and archaeologists to enter the
country. As a result, Larry Williams and I surreptitiously
slipped into the country, traced what appears to be the
Exodus route, and climbed the mountain which many scholars
now consider to be the true Mount Sinai.
What
follows is a condensed account of our
adventures, our findings, and how these relate directly to
the Bible.
From http://www.baseinstitute.org/Sinai_2.html
Mt.
Sinai - the Evidence
RED
SEA CROSSING SITE In
1 Kings 9:26, the Bible tells
us, “King Solomon also built ships
at Ezion Geber, which is near Elath in Edom, on the shore
of the Red Sea.” This verse provides us with some
compelling clues. First, Solomon had his port at Elath
(modern Eilat) on the shores of the northern tip of the
Gulf of Aqaba (which forms the eastern “finger” of the
Red Sea proper). The NIV Study Bible references this verse
as follows: “Red Sea. The Hebrew for this term, normally
read as Yam Suph (‘sea of reeds’), refers to the body
of water through which the Israelites passed at the time
of the Exodus. It can also be read, however, as Yam Soph
(‘sea of land’s end’), a more likely reading when
referring to the Red Sea, and especially . . . to its
eastern arm, the Gulf of Aqaba.”
This could well mean that
the “sea of land’s end,” at the tip of the Sinai
Peninsula, was the site of the Israelites’ crossing. At
the very least, the use of the same Hebrew term both for
the place where the Israelites crossed and for the Gulf of
Aqaba at Elath shows that the body of water in question is
not an isolated lake, but includes the bulk of what we
know as the Red Sea.
BITTER
LAKES: Many scholars suggest
that the actual crossing of the “sea of reeds” was in
the Bitter Lakes region, north of the Gulf of Suez, where
some observers have claimed that wind can cause the lake
level to fluctuate several feet. However, this simply is
not consistent with numerous other Biblical references,
including the account of an entire, Egypt-engulfing locust
swarm being blown into Yam Suph (Exodus
10:19), Solomon sailing a fleet of ships on Yam
Suph (1 Kings 9:26), and the
description of the way in which Pharaoh’s soldiers died
at Yam Suph: “But You blew with
your breath, and the sea covered them. They sank like lead
in the mighty waters” (Exodus
15:10). The Bitter Lakes region is a marsh with no
mighty waters. At the tip of the Sinai Peninsula, however,
at the entrance of the Gulf of Aqaba, the “mighty
waters” of the Red Sea can reach incredible fury and
awesome depths.
TRADITIONAL
MOUNT SINAI: Having visited the
traditional Mount Sinai in the southern Sinai Peninsula, I
have seen first hand that the only place the Israelites
could possibly have camped was a small, flat valley area
adjacent to the mountain, allowing for only about one
square yard per person (assuming that roughly 2 million
people were involved in the Exodus). And despite extensive
archeological investigation throughout the region, nothing
has ever been found that can conclusively be tied to the
Exodus of the Hebrews from Egypt - or can even argue for a
large population of people ever occupying the area.
UNDERWATER
LAND BRIDGE: Following a theory
that the route of the Exodus actually took the Hebrews
past (not through) the bitter Lakes and then southward
along the west coast of the Sinai Peninsula, we traveled
to the tip of the Sinai and explored the underwater
topography (bathymetry) of the Strait of Tiran, where the
Gulf of Aqaba is narrowest between the Sinai Peninsula and
Saudi Arabia. There we found that an underwater land
bridge exists that today is so problematic for shipping
that two separate routes or “lanes” are designated for
northbound and southbound ships to pass through. Further
correlation of the Bible’s account of the route of the
Exodus causes us to realize that this unusual submarine
formation may well have been trod by the Hebrews
themselves.
BITTER
SPRINGS OF MARAH: Exploring the
further possibility that the Israelites passed through the
waters of the Red Sea at the Strait of Tiran, we picked up
our search for landmarks on the Saudi Arabia side of the
Gulf of Aqaba. There we started at the coastline on the
eastern side of the Strait of Tiran and traveled the most
natural route approximately 30 kilometers inland to a
group of springs, where the water in some of the springs
was terribly bitter. Exodus 15:22-23
tells us, “So Moses brought Israel
from the Red Sea; then they went out into the wilderness
of Shur. And they went three days in the wilderness and
found no water. Now when they came to Marah, they could
not drink the waters of Marah, for they were bitter.”
THE 70
PALMS AND 12 SPRINGS OF ELIM: As
we traveled generally toward Jabal al Lawz (the Saudi
Arabian mountain that is held by generations of Bedouins
to be the mountain of Moses), we next encountered a group
of clear water springs, with a grove of palm trees
adjacent to them. We marveled at the description in Exodus
15:27: “Then they came to Elim, where there were twelve
wells of water and seventy palm trees; so they camped
there by the waters.”
CAVES
OF MOSES: While at the springs,
we discovered that some nearby caves were being excavated
by Saudi archaeologists. A worker at the site said that
writings found in the caves indicated that the prophet
Musa (Moses) had come through this area with his nation of
Hebrews.
CHARRED PEAK AND MELTED
ROCK: Continuing to Jabal al Lawz, and after a
great deal of maneuvering to gain access to the mountain,
we found the top of the mountain to be thoroughly
blackened, as if the rocks had been severely scorched from
without. When we broke open the rocks, we found that they
were actually granite rocks with a blackened “rind”
and an untouched core of pure granite inside. We had
already read in Exodus 19:18, “Now
Mount Sinai was completely in smoke, because the Lord
descended upon it in fire . . . .”
BOUNDARY
MARKERS: As we explored further
around the base of the mountain, we discovered large piles
of rocks arranged in a semicircle around the front of the
mountain, spaced about every 400 yards. Measuring about
five feet high and 20 feet across, these piles could be
the boundary markers set up by Moses, as he had been
instructed by God: “. . . You
warned us saying, ‘set bounds around the mountain and
consecrate it’” (Exodus 19:23).
GOLDEN
CALF ALTAR: In a flat area at
the base of the mountain we also discovered that large
boulders had been placed together, creating an altar-like
formation 30 feet tall and 30 feet across - quite possibly
the altar where the golden calf was set up and worshiped
by God’s disobedient people. On the rocks were etched
ancient drawings of a bull god, as described in Exodus
32:4, where Aaron “. . . received the gold from the
hand, and he fashioned it with an engraving tool, and made
a molded calf.”
More
Evidence follows on the next page including
information on the golden calf, the split rock at Horeb,
the 12 pillars, Moses' altar and Elijah's cave.
From http://www.baseinstitute.org/Sinai_3.html
Mt.
Sinai - More Evidence
GOLDEN
CALF ALTAR: In a flat area at
the base of the mountain we also discovered that large
boulders had been placed together, creating an altar-like
formation 30 feet tall and 30 feet across - quite possibly
the altar where the golden calf was set up and worshiped
by God’s disobedient people. On the rocks were etched
ancient drawings of a bull god, as described in Exodus
32:4, where Aaron “. . . received the gold from the
hand, and he fashioned it with an engraving tool, and made
a molded calf.”
MOSES'
ALTAR and the 12 PILLARS: At the
foot of the mountain we found a V-shaped altar, with each
arm approximately 60 feet long and 20 feet wide. Next to
it were several toppled pillars in sections measuring
about 22 inches in diameter and 20 inches in length. Exodus
24:4 records that Moses “. . . built an altar at the
foot of the mountain, and twelve pillars according to the
twelve tribes of Israel.”
SPLIT
ROCK AT HOREB: (Full
credit for verification and documentation of the split
rock at Horeb goes to Jim and Penny Caldwell, who
conducted their research while living in Saudi Arabia.) One
of the most startling discoveries at Jabal al Lawz was a
massive, prominent, split rock on the west side of Jabal
al Lawz, which showed evidence of gushing water from
within - jagged rocks that had been smoothed off by an
abundant flow of water. Exodus 17:6 records
God’s instructions to Moses when the Israelites were
dying of thirst in the wilderness: “Behold,
I will stand before you there on the rock in Horeb; and
you shall strike the rock, and water will come out of it,
that the people may drink.”
CAVE
OF ELIJAH: High on the mountain
was a cave by which Elijah may have stood to hear God’s
voice, as described in 1 Kings
19:18b, 13b: “. . . and he went . . . as far as Horeb,
the mountain of God . . . . and he went out and stood in
the entrance of the cave . . . .”
This
expedition yielded the first of a wealth of compelling new
evidence, to suggest that the Strait of Tiran on the Gulf
of Aqaba was the crossing point for the route of the
Exodus, and that Jabal al Lawz in Saudi Arabia is the true
Mount Sinai.
The real
significance in all this is that the Bible again has
apparently been shown to be true, reliable, and accurate,
down to the smallest historical detail. Critics who
claim that the Bible does not coincide with known history
and geography are again shown to be wrong once the
physical evidence begins to surface. The account in the
Bible is true, and the implications are incredible.
God
descended on Mount Sinai in flames like a furnace. He
spoke to Moses and gave him the Ten Commandments as the
laws for the life of Israel. He communicated His love and
mercy through the laws for sacrifice and atonement. And
though we are unworthy, He gave us the opportunity to
enter into a personal, caring relationship with the
Eternal Father.
The
exploits of the BASE Institute team may sound like a
treasure hunt to others, but a more important adventure
awaits those who would seek out the treasures of the Word
of God. The Bible reveals His plan for reconciliation -
and the most important discovery any of us can ever
make is how to begin a personal relationship with Jesus
Christ. This is the best adventure.
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