Hey guys!
This is the third video where I answer the question of
"Can we really trust the Bible?"
and this is going to be a very interesting video
because we're gonna talk about the archaeological proof
that shows us that the Bible is true
and that you can trust it.
Let's get to it!
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All right! Now, there are many examples of archaeological proof
that shows us that the Bible is true.
But I'm not gonna talk about all of them
because it's just gonna be too many,
so I'm just gonna mention a few.
So let's start with the first one:
The Pilate stone
Now,
a lot of people say that Pontius Pilate,
you know that's the the guy who gave the ruling on the crucifixion of Jesus Christ,
they basically said he never existed.
But then they discovered the Pilate stone in 1961.
It is a damaged stone block
that mentions Pontius Pilate, a prefect of the Roman province of Judea
from A.D. 26 to A.D. 36.
Now how awesome is that?
Hebron, the ancient city of David
Now, we read in Samuel that Hebron was the city that David occupied,
and he was the king over it for seven and a half years.
so some people say that the ancient city of Hebron never existed
because well, no evidence was ever found.
But!
Then, in 1960 archaeologists found the ancient city of Hebron.
And they proved that the Bible was right.
The inscriptions of the kings of Syria, Assyria, Egypt and Babylonia
confirm the writings of the Old Testament.
For example; skeptics said that there is no such king as Belshazzer.
If that's how you pronounce it...
But it is written in the Book of Daniel and skeptics said,
"Well there's no such king
and there's only proof that there was only a king that was called Nabonidus at that time."
Well, in 1854 they found a small cylinder
that King Nabonidus himself wrote.
And he said, "As for me Nabonidus, King of Babylon,
save me from sinning against your great Godhead
and grant me as a present, a lifelong of days.
And as for Belshazzar, the eldest son of my offspring,
instill reverence for your great Godhead in his heart
and may he not commit any cultic mistake.
May he be sated with a life of plenitude."
So they found out that Nabonidus was actually Belshazzar's father.
And Belshazzar within rule as king,
when his father, Nabonidus, was away with his army.
And that is why he was king at the time.
The David inscriptions
Now, there was a lot of people who said,
'David of the Bible never existed, it's just a nice story.'
But then, like always, in 1993, they discovered an interesting stone
that said, 'An Israel king from the house of David.
And we know that the Bible talks this way,
because we read in 1 Kings 12
"So Israel has been in rebellion against the house of David to this day."
So again, the David Stone proved the accuracy of the Bible.
The Nazareth house
Now, every time when I mention;
'Skeptics say this' or 'Skeptics say that of the Bible is not true',
you probably wonder 'What skeptics?'
Well let me mention someone with this example;
In 2008, a skeptic named René Salm wrote a whole book
claiming that he destroyed Christianity once and for all.
The name of the book is called 'The Myth of Nazareth'.
Now, he basically said that Jesus did not exist
because there was no such town
as Nazareth in the first century.
Well, we all know that Jesus existed
because there is just so much evidence about it,
even from non-biblical writers.
But anyway...
In 2008, René brought out his book...
And then in 2009,
archaeologists found a small house in Nazareth,
that dated to the first century.
So they proved that the Bible is right.
If he only waited one year...
The pool of Siloam
Now we read in John 9 verse 7,
where Jesus talked to a blind man and He said,
"Go, wash in the Pool of Siloam."
So he went and washed, and came back and was able to see again.
Now, I'm not gonna go into a lot of detail here and
explain what all the skeptics said,
but again; in 2004, they discovered it
in an area called the City of David.
The Hittite tablets
A lot of skeptics always say
that the Bible always mentions
people and places that never existed.
But time and time again,
new archaeological discoveries prove them wrong
and the Bible right.
Like the Hittite tablets.
Skeptics said that the Hittites never existed.
But in 1906, they found 10,000 clay tablets in Turkey.
And these tablets documented the history of the Hittites
And...
it is interesting that where they discovered these tablets
they realized that this was actually the capital
of the whole Hittite nation
and it's called Boğazköy.
Now, this proves the Bible's accuracy in Joshua 11 v 3
where it mentions the Hittite nation,
thousands of years before we discovered it.
Now, the Bible is not just an ordinary book.
It is the most historically accurate book
in the whole world.
And there are a lot more archaeological discoveries
that I can share with you,
but I think it's enough for now.
I think you get it...
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