First Temple seal found in Jerusalem

[OrangeEmpire]

First Temple seal found in Jerusalem | Jerusalem Post

A stone seal bearing the name of one of the families who acted as servants in the First Temple and then returned to Jerusalem after being exiled to Babylonia has been uncovered in an archeological excavation in Jerusalem's City of David, a prominent Israeli [COLOR=blue! important][FONT=Arial, sans-serif][COLOR=blue! important][FONT=Arial, sans-serif]archeologist[/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR] said Wednesday.

A crescent moon, the symbol of the chief Babylonian god Sin, appears on the top of the altar.
Under this scene are three Hebrew letters spelling Temech, Mazar said.
The Bible refers to the Temech family: "These are the children of the province, that went up out of the captivity, of those that had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away, and came again to Jerusalem and to Judah, every one unto his city." [Nehemiah 7:6]... "The Nethinim [7:46]"... The children of Temech." [7:55].
The fact that this cultic scene relates to the Babylonian chief god seemed not to have disturbed the Jews who used it on their own seal, she added.
The seal of one of the members of the Temech family was discovered just dozens of meters away from the Opel area, where the servants of the Temple, or "Nethinim," lived in the time of Nehemiah, Mazar said.
"The seal of the Temech family gives us a direct connection between [COLOR=blue! important][FONT=Arial, sans-serif][COLOR=blue! important][FONT=Arial, sans-serif]archeology[/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR] and the biblical sources and serves as actual evidence of a family mentioned in the Bible," she said. "One cannot help being astonished by the credibility of the biblical source as seen by the archaeological find."
The find will be announced by Mazar at the 8th annual Herzliya Conference on Sunday.
The archeologist, who rose to international prominence for her recent excavation that may have uncovered King David's palace, most recently uncovered the remnants of a wall from Nehemiah. The dig is being sponsored by the Shalem Center, a Jerusalem research institute where Mazar serves as a senior fellow, and the City of David Foundation, which promotes Jewish settlement throughout east Jerusalem.

Thoughts?

 

[MontereyVol]

here comes the Ezekiel prophecy!!!

 

[g8terh8ter_eric]

It makes me extremely happy when finds of this nature are discovered. Got to love it when you can ask the people who say "The Bible is a fictitious book" what this really means. Great job guys.

 

[coffeevol]

thats awesome

 

[TennTradition]

It makes me extremely happy when finds of this nature are discovered. Got to love it when you can ask the people who say "The Bible is a fictitious book" what this really means. Great job guys.

The bible is clearly not a fictitious book. However, I firmly believe it is neither a book of purely non-fiction. It is interesting when finds like this are made - it can be incredibly instructive.

On a side note, does it strike anyone else as odd that it is warmer right now here in Trondheim, Norway than it was/is back in Boston? Weird.

 

[McLovin]

Very interesting
... praying for lost souls to be saved.

 

[T-TownVol]

Saw a great bumper sticker the other day...."The Ten Commandments are NOT multiple choice"

I do believe every word in the Bible is true. Who am I to question my Creator and Savior as to the truth of his Divine Word. (not trying to start a Theology issue, just stating my belief)

 

[OrangeEmpire]

Saw a great bumper sticker the other day...."The Ten Commandments are NOT multiple choice"

I do believe every word in the Bible is true. Who am I to question my Creator and Savior as to the truth of his Divine Word. (not trying to start a Theology issue, just stating my belief)

WWJD with that avatar?

 

[T-TownVol]

WWJD with that avatar?

Appreciate the beauty that he created!!!

 

[OrangeEmpire]

I could almost buy that.............

 

[T-TownVol]

Why almost? My wife picked it. She said that it would get "noticed" since my posts are usually studip.
She knows me too well?:hi:

 

[OrangeEmpire]

I don't know if I am ready to accept the fact that Jesus would have a half naked lady as an avatar.

I have a hard enough believing he would be posting on the internet at all.

Baby steps...... one thing at a time...........

 

[TennTradition]

Saw a great bumper sticker the other day...."The Ten Commandments are NOT multiple choice"

I do believe every word in the Bible is true. Who am I to question my Creator and Savior as to the truth of his Divine Word. (not trying to start a Theology issue, just stating my belief)

The child of your creator who gave you free will and a mind to question (but not necessarily test) authority, including what the bible says? Just saying....to question the bible - to ask questions about what it means, and to inform those questions with other information available about the context of the scriptures would seem to be using the mind "the good lord gave you."

...not to start a Theology issue

 

[TennTradition]

I don't know if I am ready to accept the fact that Jesus would have a half naked lady as an avatar.

I have a hard enough believing he would be posting on the internet at all.

Baby steps...... one thing at a time...........

It's the new Jesus...the same one that says being rich is great! Blessed are the rich now, baby.

(I don't actually disagree with a lot of what Joel Osteen says...I'm just playing around).

 

[OrangeEmpire]

I dunno, but you guys are getting me all too excited over the theology stuff!

 

[OrangeEmpire]

 

[TennTradition]

:lolabove:

 

[McLovin]

Earth is Satan's dominion. We all fall short.

 

[T-TownVol]

The definition of a "False Prophet"

 

[OrangeEmpire]

Top 20 about Joel boy in Heaven

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]20.) Famished from his long voyage through the afterlife, Joel Osteen will arrive in Heaven and be force fed seven hundred and seventy seven Salisbury steaks by an angel who looks like Terri Schiavo, but without the twisted limbs. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]19.) Upon Joel Osteen’s arrival in paradise, Donwen, patron saint of sick animals, will instruct him to disrobe completely. After doing so, Osteen will be sponged clean by a thousand cherubs using velvety soft kitten skins.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]18.) In Heaven, Joel Osteen will be given a palace to live in made of rock candy and chick-o-sticks, complete with fruit roll up carpeting and a machine that follows him around and shoots Orangina into his mouth whenever he wants it.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]17.) In Heaven, Joel Osteen will explore the city of New Jerusalem on a rhinestone covered Segway, where he will meet a slimmer, younger Charles Durning. After becoming fast friends, the two will share many wholesome adventures, such as frolicking in flower-strewn meadows and splashing each other in the Boone's Farm® wine fountain.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]16.) When Joel Osteen opens his mouth in Heaven, Tsar Boris Godunov’s voice will boom out, reciting little-known Proverbs in seventeenth century Russian.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]15.) Instead of an alarm clock, Joel Osteen will be crooned awake each morning by a golden peacock, which lands on his windowsill and sings Crocodile Rock while defecating French toast sticks.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]14.) In Heaven, Michael the Archangel will bequeath Osteen with enchanted jeans, which have the power to turn him into Lee Marvin for short periods.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]13.) In Heaven, Osteen will be given a magic butter lamb by John the Baptist, and when he eats it he will be imbued with a trinity of divine powers: 1.) The ability to sling webs out of his wrists, 2.) The ability to do math at one trillion floating-point operations per second, and 3.) The ability to sense which oysters have pearls in them without having to open them.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]12.) As a reward for never whipping anybody an earth, once a week, Angels will fly Osteen via bejeweled chariot to Purgatory, where he will be allowed to whip Victor French mercilessly across the back with a radiator hose for as long as he likes.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]11.) When Victor French is finally let out of Purgatory and into Heaven, he will meet Osteen and subsequently forgive him for the lashings. From then on, Osteen and French will become the best of friends, and will fly to Purgatory together, where they will be allowed to team-whip Peter Jennings for as long as they want.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]10.) Upon entering heaven, Osteen will be asked to choose a pair of wings, but his request for amphibious gills instead of wings will offend Saint Bartholomew so much that he will be forced to wear hairy, leathery fruit bat wings for all eternity. As an added humiliation, the wings will be adorned with garish advertisements for Doritos and Bud Light.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]9.) In Heaven, Joel Osteen will be given an enormous breasted, Hebrew speaking Nymph companion, which gleeks OldSpice on him every few minutes and turns stones into bagel sandwiches with the flick of a wand.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]8.) Joel Osteen will discover that when he has trouble sleeping in Heaven, he has merely to click his heels together, and a band of translucent water Dryads will appear and sing for him Earl Scruggs’ touching hymn “Fill her up,” an ode to weary, over the road truckers.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]7.) In Heaven, Osteen will ask God for permission not to have to wear a halo. When God asks him why, Osteen will make up some excuse about having a weak neck, but God will read his thoughts and know that the real reason is that he thinks a halo will muss his hair.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]6.) God will make Osteen wear a halo anyway, and it will muss his hair so much that he will have to hire James Doohan to follow him around all day with a daub of mousse at the ready.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]5.) Osteen will scoff at having to wear a plain white robe in Heaven, after being accustomed to prime fitting suits on Earth. As a result, he will have to spend eternity wearing musketeer boots and an old Hartford Whalers jersey somebody left on a bench.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]4.) Osteen will discover that when he goes to the bathroom in heaven, instead of urine, a fine stream of expertly cut jewels will emanate from his penis.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]3.) In Heaven, Joel Osteen will be able to summon ponies.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]2.) In Heaven Osteen will be presented with three virgin wives. The first will be a half Bea Arthur, half Centaur. The second will be Lilly Tomlin, and the third will be a sixteen Ft. tall golem named Goricky, molded to look like Ricky Lake when she was skinny.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]1.) In Heaven, a turtle with an ashtray rubber-cemented to its back will follow Osteen wherever he goes. Despite the fact that cigarettes are good for you in Heaven, Osteen will insist on smoking Ultra Lights. [/FONT]

 

[McLovin]

Wow,even had a Hartford Whalers dis in there.

 

[OrangeEmpire]

 

[T-TownVol]

I don't know if I am ready to accept the fact that Jesus would have a half naked lady as an avatar.

I have a hard enough believing he would be posting on the internet at all.

Baby steps...... one thing at a time...........

I never said that he would...I will take it down if it causes you to have "unclean thoughts".

 

[OrangeEmpire]

 

[OrangeEmpire]

I never said that he would...I will take it down if it causes you to have "unclean thoughts".

I never said that either, I have a chemical imbalance for blondes..........

The wife is almost 5'11" natural blonde.