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The Beginnings Following the Origins and Travels of the Patriarchs Summer Sunday Evening #1 First Baptist Church 262-334-9211 Sunday June 14, 2020 2300 South Main St. West Bend, WI Walking in the Footsteps of the Bible The Beginnings Following the Origins and Travels of the Patriarchs The Purpose of This Series Often modern Christians come to their Bible study time with the idea “just tell me how to fix my problem and what to do different, but don’t bog me down with the extra infor- mation that doesn’t matter to me.” Certainly, the goal of all Bible study should be the application of truth, leading to a transformed mind and actions. But in our instant- gratification “consumer” mentality, we greatly miss out when we don’t take the time to appreciate the richness of the context that Scripture was written in. When we do this, we can stunt our understanding and hinder our ability to more accurately interpret the truths recorded. God has inspired all Scripture, so it is a worthwhile pursuit to take the time and effort to understand it. What you learn today is growing your foundation of faith and understanding of what you learn tomorrow. It is my desire that after we have spent the next several weeks together: 1. Your appreciation would grow for the critical role that archaeology, cultural practices and geography has in understanding the rich context behind Bible passages. 2. Your confidence in the truthfulness of Scripture will increase as you grow in the awareness that the Bible is rooted in reality of history and the actual locations. 3. You will no longer be intimidated with names of places and people groups when you encounter them in your Bible reading, but will be familiar with them, remembering their significance. 4. Your understanding of the Scripture will increase and your spiritual life will grow as we spend time overviewing the Bible and apply- ing the principles found in the ex- amples we use. 5. You will share the information and insights gleaned from this study with others and be better equipped to an- swer questions (or refute mis- conceptions) about the Bible. Can you locate the land of Israel? Taught by Pastor David Hinz * 262-224-2114* [email protected] Locating the Garden of Eden (Genesis 1-3) Linguistic evidence for identifying Eden suggests that Eden should be located in a relatively fertile segment of the steppe land in or near Mesopotamia. (Akkadian/Sumerian “edinu” = steppe land, Ugaritic/Aramaic “‘dn” = fertile/well watered, Akkadian/Aramean = lavish abun- dance) The Bible (written from the perspective of the land of Canaan) says that the location is in the east (Gen. 2:8) which points in the direction of Mesopotamia. It is described as a garden (2:15) where there was a river (2:10) and streams/springs to water the ground (2:6). The text records that four rivers intersected at the Garden of Eden: - Two of the rivers, the Tigris and Euphrates are known to have coursed through Mesopotamia and are still identified by those same names today, being the two main rivers that travel south -east, watering the Fertile Crescent, emptying into the Persian Gulf. (In the Hebrew text, the Tigris is Hiddekel, meaning “rapid.”) - Two of the other rivers mentioned, the Pishon and Gihon are not easily identifiable. They are not mentioned together in any other ancient literature we have yet uncovered and the words themselves suggest that they may be descriptions of a river’s movement from which the river’s name became associated (Pishon means “to cascade/gush” and Gihon means “to bub- ble/percolate”). The text says the Gihon flows through/around the whole land of Cush and the Pishon flows through/ around the whole land of Havilah (the name of one of Cush’s son’s). “Gold and bdellim” (Gen. 2:12) doesn’t easily aid in locating the garden, for gold was common throughout much of Mesopotamia and not isolated to a particular region. There is much discus- sion about the translation and identity of “bdellium” or “onyx.” It may possibly refer to the lapis lazuli which, in this area, the only source is Afghanistan, supporting the view that the Garden is in the southeastern most part of Mesopotamia. Noah’s Ark & Mt. Ararat (Genesis 5-9) Pg. 3 2516 B.C. (When Noah was 600 yrs old - Noah: 3116-2166 B.C.) Often the first target of critics, the account of the flood account has been attacked as a fable. However in the 1960’s a man named Ron Wy- att claimed to have found significant physical evidence for the ark on a spur of Mount Ararat: The local villages in the region have a strong legend of the area being associated with Noah and the flood. Local names retain wording associated with the ark, the flood and Noah’s family. 13 drogue-style enormous balance/anchor stones (up to 8 feet tall) with rope holes at the top have been found scattered in the region (with religiously significant historic carvings engraved). A boat shaped, object is embedded in a mudflow about 12 miles south of Mt. Ararat. The length of the formation is exactly 300 Egyptian cubits in length. Wyatt also claimed that planks of petrified wood with petrified tar/pitch between the wooden seams have been found. Ground Penetrating Radar scans reveal an organized framework pattern of iron. Metal plates and metal rivets were found at each joint. Animal dung, a petrified antler and a piece of cat hair were found in a core sample. The site shows evidence of having been underwater: fossilized coral and sea shells are found in the area. Historical references (Chaldean, Greek, Herod, Josephus) document that the site was accessible and visited. Ken Ham’s Answers In Genesis organization (somewhat snarkily and poorly—in my opinion) re- futes Wyatt’s findings as unsubstantiated claims. See Dr. Andrew Snelling article Creation 14, No. 4, Sept. 1992 “Amazing ‘Ark’ Expose” answersingenesis.org/creationism/arguments-to-avoid/ special-report-amazing-ark-expose Similar flood accounts are found all over the world (Greeks, Hindu, Chinese, Mexicans, Algon- quins, Hawaiian/Indonesians) where a man is warned by God(s) to build a ship to specific di- mensions. He rides out the storm and offers a sacrifice afterward. Some flood accounts are coupled with the shortening of the human life span. The Epic of Gilgamesh records that pitch was ISRAEL used to waterproof the boat, mentions 7days, a seed of all living creatures and his family and relations were on the boat, a dove and raven were sent out, and a sacrifice was made after leaving the ark. The Table of Nations (Genesis 10) (Genesis of Nations Table The https://aschmann.net/BibleChronology/Genesis10.pdf The Scattering of Nations & Babel (Genesis 10-11) Pg. 5 This event occurred some time during Peleg’s life - 2416-2178 B.C. Following the flood, Noah’s ancestors journeyed south to a plain in the land of Shinar and set- tled there (the area 54 miles south of modern Baghdad). It seems that their intention was not to disperse and fill the earth as God had com- manded, but to localize, unify and enhance their glory by accomplishing a tower that would “reach into heaven” and make for them- selves a name lest they be scattered. There are some interesting historical references to the tower at Babel: Nebuchadnezzar wrote that the original tower had been built in antiquity: "A former king built the Temple of the Seven Lights of the Earth, but he did not complete its head. Since a remote time, people had abandoned it, without order expressing their words. Since that time earthquakes and lightning had dispersed its sun-dried clay; the bricks of the casing had split, and the earth of the interior had been scattered in heaps." The Greek historian Herodotus (440 BC) later wrote of this ziggurat, which he called the "Temple of Zeus Belus", giv- ing an account of its vast dimensions. The already decayed Great Ziggurat of Babylon was finally destroyed by Alexander the Great in an attempt to rebuild it. He managed to move the tiles of the tower to another location, but his death stopped the reconstruction. Since then only the base remains, but it is visible from Google Earth, which places its location at 32.5362583°N 44.4208252°E just south of Baghdad. Later City of Babylon Tower of Babel Foundations 1. Names by Which the City Was Known: Abraham’s Background - Pagan Ur & Haran (Genesis 11) (Abraham: 2166-1991 B.C.) Gen 11:31 Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran, his grandson, and Sarai his daugh- ter-in-law, his son Abram's wife; and they went out together from Ur of the Chaldeans in order to enter the land of Canaan; and they went as far as Haran, and settled there. The early home of Abraham, mentioned in Genesis 11:28, 31; 15:7; and in Nehemiah 9:7 is “Ur of the Chaldeans. There is some dispute about the location of Ur. A Sumerian city named Ur dating to Abraham’s time has been found with spectacular archaeological finds fitting well with the cultural references in the Biblical account. Others focus on the reference to “of the Chaldeans” and point to a northern location. Regardless, both sites and Haran were prime centers for moon-cult worship. In fact a form of moon- cult religion is clearly attested to in patriarchal ancestry: the names of Terah (yareah “moon”), La- ban (“white”), Milcah (“queen”), and Sarai (“princess”) may all be related to the worship of the moon.
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