2,500 Year Old Jewish Tablets Discovered in Iraq

[Kinyungu]

As we watch horrific images of beheadings from the country formerly called Iraq - a country that is disintegrating into various tribal fiefdoms before our eyes - it is easy to forget that it was once the cradle of civilization. In point of fact, Arabs are latecomers to the area.

They are first mentioned in the mid 9th century BCE as a tribal people subjugated by the Assyrians. Way before that, the area was home to the Babylonians. First records indicate that Babylon was established as a city around the 23rd century BCE. It stood about 50 miles south of modern Baghdad. The city is mentioned in the Biblical Book of Genesis (11:9) as the home of the infamous Tower of Babel.

In 587 BC, it was the Babylonians, under King Nebuchadnezzar II, who destroyed Jerusalem, the capital of the Kingdom of Judah. They also destroyed the Temple of Jerusalem - the "House of God" - built by King Solomon, as the centrepiece of Jewish faith. It stood on Jerusalem's Mount Zion for almost 400 years. After the destruction, the legendary Ark of the Covenant, that had once housed the Ten Commandments, disappeared. According to Jewish tradition, it was hidden by the prophet Jeremiah. It has never been discovered.

The Biblical books of 2 Chronicles and 2 Kings describes how the Babylonians took the elite of the Jewish people into captivity. Psalm 137:1 records the anguish of the captives: "By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept, when we remembered Zion". After the Babylonian empire was defeated by the Persians from modern Iran, the prophets Ezra and Nehemiah led a minority of Jewish exiles back to Jerusalem, motivated by an ancient version of Zionism.

Now for the first time, one hundred and ten, 2,500 year old Babylonian tablets have been discovered in Iraq which provide a glimpse of Jewish life in Babylonian exile. Put simply, the tablets corroborate the Biblical tale. They describe a town called Al-Yahudu i.e., "the village of the Jews", by the river Chebar, mentioned in Ezekiel 1:1. They also attest to Judaic names such as "Gedalyahu", "Hanan", "Dana", "Shaltiel" and a man with the same name as Israel's current Prime Minister, "Netanyahu". The "yahu" ending to these names is called "theophoric", meaning, they attest to a belief in the God of the Torah, by including part of God's name in people's personal names. The tablets also record everyday business transactions and witness to the Jewish return to Jerusalem (Nehemiah 6:15-16), as commemorated in personal names such as "Yashuv Zadik", meaning, "the righteous shall return [to Zion]".

This discovery is a remarkable confirmation of the historical reliability of the Biblical text. It is also a reminder that many people once lived in Iraq. Today, there are still remnants of some of these people: Jews, Christians, Mandeans (the last remaining followers of John the Baptist) and Yazidis, an ancient people whose beliefs combine elements of Zoroastrianism, the pre-Islamic religion of Persia, early Christianity and Judaism. All these ethnic survivors are now facing massacres, crucifixions, rape and decapitation.
Do we dare let them disappear?


Source:huffingtonpost

 

[ba nso]

What a news!very educational

 

[Prisoner 46664]

Very composed, very fulfilling text.

I have never for once doubted the Biblical text. In fact I have always believed that the times we are in have been predicted to the full by God through his biblical prophets.

In exemplary, I have recently embarked on reading the end time prophecies depicted in the old testament book of Daniel (from Chapter 7 onwards) and I am convinced these foretell with all certainty the coming judgement day and end of the world we live in.

Daniel, from chaper 8 reads;

8 In the third year of King Belshazzar’s reign, I, Daniel, had a vision, after the one that had already appeared to me. 2 In my vision I saw myself in the citadel of Susa in the province of Elam; in the vision I was beside the Ulai Canal. 3 I looked up, and there before me was a ram with two horns, standing beside the canal, and the horns were long. One of the horns was longer than the other but grew up later. 4 I watched the ram as it charged toward the west and the north and the south. No animal could stand against it, and none could rescue from its power. It did as it pleased and became great.

[SUP]5 [/SUP]As I was thinking about this, suddenly a goat with a prominent horn between its eyes came from the west, crossing the whole earth without touching the ground. [SUP]6 [/SUP]It came toward the two-horned ram I had seen standing beside the canal and charged at it in great rage. [SUP]7 [/SUP]I saw it attack the ram furiously, striking the ram and shattering its two horns. The ram was powerless to stand against it; the goat knocked it to the ground and trampled on it, and none could rescue the ram from its power. [SUP]8 [/SUP]The goat became very great, but at the height of its power the large horn was broken off, and in its place four prominent horns grew up toward the four winds of heaven.

An interpretation of the ram and the goat are given in the same chapter as;
[SUP]
19 [/SUP]He said: “I am going to tell you what will happen later in the time of wrath,because the vision concerns the appointed time of the end.[SUP][c][/SUP] [SUP]20 [/SUP]The two-horned ram that you saw represents the kings of Media and Persia. [SUP]21 [/SUP]The shaggy goat is the king of Greece, and the large horn between its eyes is the first king.[SUP]22 [/SUP]The four horns that replaced the one that was broken off represent four kingdoms that will emerge from his nation but will not have the same power.

The two kings of Media and Persia mentioned above seem to be those of modern day Iraq and Iran. And the Greece mentioned refers to the current United States of America (i.e. the use of the word Greece in the New Testament refers to educated people/Gentiles/those who seek wisdom and civilization rather than Christ and not literally people from the nation Greece).

As Iraq was the smaller of the two kingdoms and had already been attacked by USA, Iran will grow bigger for sometime before it is also attacked by the goat from the west (USA). A recent speech in the US assembly by the Israel prime Mr. Netanyahu is a vivid depiction of a probable move to such intent.

The Bible has also predicted timings for such events. In Daniel chapter 8 still, the Angel of God mentioned the timings to Daniel;
[SUP]
13 [/SUP]Then I heard a holy one speaking, and another holy one said to him, “How long will it take for the vision to be fulfilled—the vision concerning the daily sacrifice, the rebellion that causes desolation, the surrender of the sanctuary and the trampling underfoot of the Lord’s people?”
[SUP]14 [/SUP]He said to me, “It will take 2,300 evenings and mornings; then the sanctuary will be reconsecrated.”

I love the holy BIBLE.

 

[jembepori]

Very composed, very fulfilling text.

I have never for once doubted the Biblical text. In fact I have always believed that the times we are in have been predicted to the full by God through his biblical prophets.

In exemplary, I have recently embarked on reading the end time prophecies depicted in the old testament book of Daniel (from Chapter 7 onwards) and I am convinced these foretell with all certainty the coming judgement day and end of the world we live in.

Daniel, from chaper 8 reads;

8 In the third year of King Belshazzar’s reign, I, Daniel, had a vision, after the one that had already appeared to me. 2 In my vision I saw myself in the citadel of Susa in the province of Elam; in the vision I was beside the Ulai Canal. 3 I looked up, and there before me was a ram with two horns, standing beside the canal, and the horns were long. One of the horns was longer than the other but grew up later. 4 I watched the ram as it charged toward the west and the north and the south. No animal could stand against it, and none could rescue from its power. It did as it pleased and became great.

[SUP]5 [/SUP]As I was thinking about this, suddenly a goat with a prominent horn between its eyes came from the west, crossing the whole earth without touching the ground. [SUP]6 [/SUP]It came toward the two-horned ram I had seen standing beside the canal and charged at it in great rage. [SUP]7 [/SUP]I saw it attack the ram furiously, striking the ram and shattering its two horns. The ram was powerless to stand against it; the goat knocked it to the ground and trampled on it, and none could rescue the ram from its power. [SUP]8 [/SUP]The goat became very great, but at the height of its power the large horn was broken off, and in its place four prominent horns grew up toward the four winds of heaven.

An interpretation of the ram and the goat are given in the same chapter as;
[SUP]
19 [/SUP]He said: “I am going to tell you what will happen later in the time of wrath,because the vision concerns the appointed time of the end.[SUP][c][/SUP] [SUP]20 [/SUP]The two-horned ram that you saw represents the kings of Media and Persia. [SUP]21 [/SUP]The shaggy goat is the king of Greece, and the large horn between its eyes is the first king.[SUP]22 [/SUP]The four horns that replaced the one that was broken off represent four kingdoms that will emerge from his nation but will not have the same power.

The two kings of Media and Persia mentioned above seem to be those of modern day Iraq and Iran. And the Greece mentioned refers to the current United States of America (i.e. the use of the word Greece in the New Testament refers to educated people/Gentiles/those who seek wisdom and civilization rather than Christ and not literally people from the nation Greece).

As Iraq was the smaller of the two kingdoms and had already been attacked by USA, Iran will grow bigger for sometime before it is also attacked by the goat from the west (USA). A recent speech in the US assembly by the Israel prime Mr. Netanyahu is a vivid depiction of a probable move to such intent.

The Bible has also predicted timings for such events. In Daniel chapter 8 still, the Angel of God mentioned the timings to Daniel;
[SUP]
13 [/SUP]Then I heard a holy one speaking, and another holy one said to him, “How long will it take for the vision to be fulfilled—the vision concerning the daily sacrifice, the rebellion that causes desolation, the surrender of the sanctuary and the trampling underfoot of the Lord’s people?”
[SUP]14 [/SUP]He said to me, “It will take 2,300 evenings and mornings; then the sanctuary will be reconsecrated.”

I love the holy BIBLE.

Conglats!

 

[MR UNINFORMED]

Copy of the copy of the copy of the copy....am still searching for original copy....of the holy book.