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Prophet Found Through Archaeology – Bible Proves True
Biblical Archaeologist, Joel Kramer, discusses how a prophet found through Archaeology confirms the historical accuracy of the Bible. An inscription found at Deir Alla, Jordan, mentions the prophet (seer), Balaam son of Beor.
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På et gammelt sted i Jordan-dalen, kendt som Tel de Allah, blev der gjort en vigtig arkæologisk opdagelse, der udfordrer påstanden om, at Bibelen er mytologi. Denne opdagelse bekræfter, at de tidligste skrifter i Bibelen, de fem Mosebøger, er baseret på historiske begivenheder. I 1960'erne fandt arkæologer under udgravningerne rester af en monumental bygning, som blev tolket som et tempel. Inden i de kollapsede vægge opdagede de fragmenter af gips med inskriptioner i sort og rød blæk. En af de bevarede inskriptioner, som nu er udstillet på Nationalmuseet i Jordan, indeholder en klar sætning, der oversættes til "sigerne fra Balam, Bor's søn, manden som var seer." Dette stemmer overens med beretningen i 4. Mosebog, hvor Balam omtales som en seer, der blev sendt af Balak, kongen af Moab, for at forbande israelitterne, men i stedet kom til at velsigne dem. Opdagelsen viser, at de personer, steder og begivenheder, der nævnes i Bibelen, er virkelige, og at Bibelens sandhedskrav er baseret på historiske fakta snarere end mytologi.
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[music] [music] [music] [music] I am standing on an ancient mound in the Jordan Valley east of the Jordan River. And this is a site that is known locally in Arabic as Tel de Allah. A discovery was made here which refuted the skeptics who claimed that the Bible is mythology. And this discovery provided evidence that the Bible is not based on mythology but on history. So, the earliest writings in the Bible are the first five books, and these are the five books of Moses. And they were written at the end of the 15th century BC. And because they’re the earliest writing in the Bible, they’re often targeted by skeptics who are saying that they’re largely mythology. And so in uh the books of Moses, one of them, the book of Numbers, Moses talks about a seer named Balam son of Bor. And uh at this time, the Israelites are camped out in the Jordan Valley on the plains of Moab. Balac, king of Moab, sends messengers to Balam, son of Bor, to summon him to come and to put a curse on this people, Israel. and Balam comes and uh as he goes to speak a curse on Israel, a blessing comes out instead because the Lord is speaking through him. So we have Balum son of Bor this sear in the Bible. Excavations took place here at Daralla in the 1960s and they were directed by HJ Franklin [music] [music] and their most significant discovery here came in 1967. They were digging up here at the acropolis of the site and they found the remains of a monumental building which they interpreted to be a temple. And the walls of this temple had collapsed in. And as they were excavating down through these collapsed walls, they noticed uh pieces of plaster that came from the inside of the wall. And they noticed that on some of these fragments of plaster, there was writing in black and red ink. And so they did the best they could to get these different uh pieces of plaster that had writing on them and piece them back together. And the inscription that they preserved is one of the feature displays at the National Museum of Jordan in Aman today. So in general this inscription is very fragmentaryary but the first line of it is very clear and when translated reads the sayings of Balum son of Bor the man who was a seer. So compare that for example to numbers 243 that says and he spoke his message the prophecy of Balum son of Bor. So the same person, the same zir that is talked about in the Bible is also now found independently of the Bible through archaeology through the excavations in this site. Found in inscription independent of the Bible. So what does this mean? It means that the places and the events and the people that the Bible is talking about are real and that the truth claims of the Bible are not based on mythology but on history. [music] [music] Heat. Heat. [music] [music] [music]
