Dec 23 2006
"Then the LORD rained down burning sulfur on Sodom and Gomorrah – from the LORD out of the heavens…" (Gen. 19:24) During our 1998 trip of Israel-Jordan-Sinai, Ron Wyatt, our tour leader, took us to the ruins of Gomorrah destroyed by fire along with Sodom at the time of Abraham and Lot some 4,000 years […]
Dec 23 2006
Introduction The two places most sacred to Christians should be the Crucifixion site and the Burial site of Jesus Christ. Are these places known? Wait a minute: aren’t thousands of pilgrims visiting Jerusalem every year to see these sites? Everyone has heard about the Church of the Holy Sepulcher and the Via Dolorosa (the route […]
Dec 23 2006
Can We Find the Real Temple Site? Virtually all maps of Jerusalem show the location of Herod’s Temple of Jesus’ time on the elevated rectangular walled-in space called Haram esh-Sharif which means Temple Mount. What do you see on the ‘Temple Mount’? There is one structure standing prominently on it that can be seen from […]
Dec 23 2006
The Pool of Siloam is well known to New Testament readers from the story of Jesus healing the blind man who was commanded to wash his eyes in the pool (John 9:1-11). Many liberal Bible scholars considered the story fiction than fact. For one thing, the real Pool was nowhere to be found. What we […]
May 14 2007
Mt. Sinai & Exodus Highlights
The Exodus Puzzle This article examines a very complex topic: the ancient route of Exodus of the Israelites from their departure in Egypt to their arrival in the Promised Land. The most puzzling aspects of Exodus are: The site of Red Sea Crossing where Pharaoh’s army drowned The location of Mt. Sinai where Yahweh spoke […]