The Wonders of Archaeology

This is just an introduction, but I'm trying to orient as many believers that are interested in the truthfulness of Scripture as supported by geography, chronology, and archaeology.  For example.  The vast archaeological site of Babylon in Iraq, is a major object lesson of truth that coincides with the accounts of the exile of the Jews in 586.  This is where Daniel, Hanani, Mishael, and Azariah actually were.  The Bible mentions Nebuchadnezzar and places him in Babylon.  If you go to Iraq (admittedly difficult to do), you can see the vast ruins of Babylon.  Today, I found this documentary about "The Mystery of Babylon" on youtube done by the Discovery channel.  Here is the link to part two, which tells about the numbers of cuneiform texts that have been excavated as of 2010 (only 2 years ago) and how many yet to be translated, and dug up.  The point is that one of these tablets is going to talk about the Jews at some point, because they were such prolific writers.  This will only add to the truthfulness of Scripture.  Click the link:  Babylon Mystery Part Two

The simple fact is this.  There is so MUCH left over from the Biblical period (4000bc-96ac) that even 2000 years after the ascension of Christ, have yet to be processed for examination and study.  There is simply too much stuff!  I'm afraid the myth of disbelief in our culture has many convinced that everything has been discovered.  It has not. The great thing is, the more that is discovered (and the last 20 years has been monumental), each time it adds to the veracity of Scripture rather than takes away from it.

I'm reminded of what Paul said to Timothy in 64 AD as they were spreading the Gospel around the known world:

Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved,  a worker  who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth. (2 Timothy 2:15)

I've wondered what would Irenaus, Augustine, Jerome, Erasmus, Luther, the Wesleys, Finney, Larkin, Ironside have done if they would have had the tools we have today.

May we be faithful in doing our best to rightly divide the word of Truth