Pause, and calmly think on that.
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The great document Where in the World is Osama bin Laden? is playing behind me and I just watched the scene in which Morgan Spurloch walks through an orthodox Jewish quarter in Jerusalem.
He is assailed quite angrily by young and old very old school Jewish looking men. He is pushed, shoved and yelled at. One man threatens to break the camera.
The great documentary Where in the World is Osama bin Laden? is playing behind me and I just watched the scene in which Morgan Spurloch walks through an orthodox Jewish quarter in Jerusalem.
He is assailed quite angrily by young and old very old school Jewish looking men. He is pushed, shoved and yelled at. One man threatens to break the camera.
I’ve seen parts of the doc a few times and that scene, in particular, always strikes me. I know my history. I know my scriptures. I know the unending struggles of the nation of Israel.
To me, it always surprised me that some still react in the way they do – and believe they are acting in the right way.
But I do see why they would act like that…
Back in the day, Limp Bizkit was a popular band. I don’t care for them much but one song in particular hits the right chord. The songs speaks to hate and why we hate. The way that it presents the thought brings to your mind something you knew all along but only just below the surface of understanding.
Here’s the song.
Listen for the lyric, “Now I know why you wanna hate me \ ‘Cause hate is all the world has even seen lately.”
While you’re there, bask in the head banging serenity that is the chorus.
The world sees so much hate. It’s a miracle any of us show any other emotion at all.
Approach everything with a healthy dose of skepticism while leaving open the possibility that perhaps you might be coming up against the god of the universe and he just might be telling us the truth.
Earlier, I asked you to check out 6000years.org. I came across some videos about four extraordinary accounts in the old testament.
The interesting thing about these videos is, while they reference stories and news items that were big news twenty years ago, the videos themselves are up-to-date and using new info. One of videos has footage of Google Earth to help support the case at hand. Each video is quite well made to boot and the quality is a credit to their authors.
Noah’s Ark – The Bible says that around 4,400 years ago God sent a world-wide flood upon the earth and had a man named Noah build a large boat (Ark) to save his family and selected animals from the Flood. It says that after the Flood, the Ark landed on the mountains of Urartu (Ararat), which is modern day Eastern Turkey. If this is true then we should be able to find evidence of the remains of such a boat (both in History and archaeology). That is, if the Ark remains haven’t been buried by mud and/or volcanic ash over the centuries, or frozen in ice at the top of Mt. Ararat, or if there never was a Noah’s Ark and its not up there at all!
Watch the VideoSodom & Gomorrah – The Scriptures tell us that God completely destroyed the cities of Sodom & Gomorrah (located in modern day Israel) by raining down “fire and brimstone” upon them. Now brimstone means sulphur. So, if this really happened, we should be able to find some badly burnt ruins in Israel – ruins with sulphur embedded in the ruins. If it really happened, then we should find remains which closely resemble the Bible narrative.
Watch the VideoRed Sea Crossing – The Bible tells us that around 3,500 years ago, Moses parted the Red Sea and led the Israelites out of Egypt across to the other side. Then, when the Egyptian chariots crossed after them in pursuit, God caused the wheels to come off the chariots and the waters to quickly recede upon them, drowning all Pharaoh’s army. If this really happened, we should be able to find the remains of these chariots on the seabed. If we can find the location of the crossing, there should be chariot remains on the sea bed.
Watch the VideoMt Sinai – The Bible tells us that after Moses brought the Israelites across the Red Sea, the Angel of God led them to a mountain named Mt. Sinai (a.k.a Mt. Nebo) where God descended on the mountain “in fire”. It says, “the smoke billowed up from the mountain like smoke from a furnace”. Sounds pretty hot, doesn’t it? So if this really happened, we should be able to find a mountain in that area with a burnt and blackened top.
Watch the Video
The world has long since lost interest in these stories when they were making big splashes in the media, but believers know there’s something in these accounts that can support and verify the integrity, accuracy and true of God’s Word.
Approach everything with a healthy dose of skepticism while leaving open the possibility that perhaps you might be coming up against the god of the universe and he just might be telling us the truth.