Lost Tomb Of Jesus? Real? Hoax? Mistake?
Ξ February 26th, 2007 | → Comments Off | ∇ Christian Living, End Times |
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James Cameron, of Titanic fame, has made a documentary that, in the
words of ABC news anchor Charles Gibson, strikes at the heart of
Christianity. Frankly, I do not believe that. The documentary is about
an archaeological dig in the 80’s where they uncovered a tomb that had
small coffins in them called "ossuaries" that held bones of family
members. The documentary maintains that these bones belonged to Jesus of
Nazareth, family and son. The original archaeologist disagrees saying
that the names Jesus and Mary were particularly common at the time of
uncovered bones. In addition, he states that the names on the ossuaries
were very difficult to read and hard to interpret.
It seems that James Cameron, whether by mistake or design, is trying to
discredit the beliefs of many hundreds of thousands of Christians. It
may be that he is not doing this deliberately but there are others who
are only too happy to discredit any Christian but are ecstatic to try
discrediting Jesus of Nazareth. However, that is not possible. Jesus is
Who He says He is according to the Bible. There is entirely too much
proof of His existence and His deeds. The only real question is…..did
He die on the cross, get buried and then rise from the dead? My Bible
says yes!!! But you will need to determine that answer for yourself.
The scriptures are quite clear that in the last days (end times) there
will be things coming up that will sway the faith of those who do now
believe. I tried for a long time to figure out what event could possibly
make so many people defect if they were truly dedicated and believed in
the Lord Jesus.
There was a book some years ago, I believe it’s called The Skeleton in
God’s Closet", a fictional account of just this scenario finding what
appeared to be the bones of Jesus. In the end, it proved to be a hoax.
Today, there is another hoax being put forth to the public designed
specifically to destroy the faith of those who are already believers.
The scriptures are also quite clear that there comes a time when there
is a "falling away" (2 Thessalonians 2:3, "Let no man deceive you by any
means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away
first,"). The Greek word for falling away is "apostasia". That says that
there will be people who have proclaimed a belief in the Lord Jesus who
will leave that faith and go against all they have believed, denying the
Lord.
Many folks like to think that this is talking about people who said they
were Christians but were not. However, that does not work here. The word
"apostasia" means to fall away from something or forsake. You cannot
fall away if you never had it to begin with. A person can only forsake
something that they already believed to be true. The question then
becomes…what could possibly make people forsake the Lord? Now we have
come full circle.
Lost Tomb Of Jesus? Real? Hoax? Mistake?
Feb. 26, 2007 — In late 1982, Tova Bracha’s family moved into a
modest apartment in a cluster of cookie-cutter housing units in
Talpiyot, a Jerusalem neighborhood.
A few days after moving in, her children were playing in the
construction debris downstairs and came across what James Cameron’s new
documentary, "The Lost Tomb of Christ," maintains is the tomb of Jesus
and his family.
Two years earlier, Israeli archaeologist Amos
Kloner was the first to find the tomb. He found the tomb and the
ossuaries — the urns or vaults used to hold the bones of the dead —
interesting but of no particular archaeological importance. He said
there are more than 900 buried tombs just like the "Jesus" tomb within a
2-mile radius of Talpiyot. Of them, 71 bear the name Jesus and two
Jesus, son of Joseph. The tomb in Talpiyot is one of them. But the
inscription, he said, was barely decipherable and therefore questionable.
Have they found the bones of Jesus? I say a resounding NO! NO! NO! they
have not. It is a hoax, mistake, or whatever you choose to call it. What
it is not is reality.
This is something that each individual has to face for him/herself. Come
before the Lord, seeking the answers to the questions you ask and He
will give them to you. Ask for forgiveness. That is a
free gift from God. Believe that Jesus died on the cross for
you, personally, and you will find salvation, freedom, safety. However,
if you buy into the belief that the bones of Jesus have now been found,
you will lose more than you can possibly understand or know.
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