Archive for January, 2008
Proof of Red Sea Crossing
by mistic on Jan.31, 2008, under General
Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing ever happened.
– Sir Winston Churchill
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Proof of Red Sea Crossing
Pharaoh’s Drowned Army
Confirmation of the actual Exodus route has come from divers finding coral-encrusted bones and chariot remains in the Gulf of Aqaba.
ONE of the most dramatic records of Divine intervention in history is the account of the Hebrews’ exodus from Egypt .
The subsequent drowning of the entire Egyptian army in the Red Sea was not an insignificant event, and confirmation of this event is compelling evidence that the Biblical narrative is truly authentic.
Over the years, many divers have searched the Gulf of Suez in vain for artifacts to verify the Biblical account. But carefully following the Biblical and historical records of the Exodus brings you to Nuweiba, a large beach in th e Gulf of Aqaba , as Ron Wyatt discovered in 1978.
Repeated dives in depths ranging from 60 to 200 feet deep (18m to 60m), over a stretch of almost 2.5 km, has shown that the chariot parts are scattered across the sea bed.
Artifacts found include wheels, chariot bodies as well as human and horse bones. Divers have located wreckage on the Saudi coastline opposite Nuweiba as well.
Since 1987, Ron Wyatt found three 4-spoke gilded chariot wheels. Coral does not grow on gold, hence the shape has remained very distinct, although the wood inside the gold veneer has disintegrated making them too fragile to move.
The hope for future expeditions is to explore the deeper waters with remote cameras or mini-subs.
(ABOVE GILDED CHARIOT WHEEL – Mute witness to the miracle of the crossing of the Red Sea by the Hebrews 3,500 years ago. Found with metal detector. *Coral will not grow on gold)
1. Coral-encrusted chariot wheel, filmed off the Saudi coastline, matches chariot wheels found in Tutankhamen’s tomb
2. Mineralized Bone – One of many found at the crossing site (above center). This one Tested by the Dept. of Osteology at Stockholm University , was found to be a human femur, from the right leg of a 165-170cm tall man. It is essentially ‘fossilized’ i.e. replaced by minerals and coral, hence cannot be dated by radiocarbon methods, although this specimen was obviously from antiquity.
3. Chariot wheel and axle covered with coral and up-ended. Exodus 14:25 “And took off their chariot wheels, that they drave them heavily:…..”
Solomon’s memorial pillars
WHEN Ron Wyatt first visited Nuweiba in 1978, he found a Phoenician style column lying in the water. Unfortunately the inscriptions had been eroded away, hence the column’s importance was not understood until 1984, when a second granite column was found on the Saudi coastline opposite — identical to the
first, except on this one the inscription was still intact.
In Phoenician letters (Archaic Hebrew), it contained the words: Mizraim (Egypt); Solomon; Edom; death; Pharaoh; Moses; and Yahweh, indicating that King Solomon had set up these columns as a memorial to the miracle of the crossing of the sea. Saudi Arabia does not admit tourists, and perhaps fearing unauthorized visitors, the Saudi Authorities have since remov ed this column, and replaced it with a flag marker where it once stood.
How deep is the water?
THE Gulf of Aqaba is very deep, in places over a mile (1,600m) deep. Even with the sea dried up, walking across would be difficult due to the steep grade down the sides. But there is one spot where if the water were removed, it would be an easy descent for people and animals. This is the line between Nuweiba and the opposite shore in Saudi Arabia .
Depth-sounding expeditions have revealed a smooth, gentle slope descending from Nuweiba out into the Gulf. This shows up almost like a pathway on depth-recording equipment, confirming it’s Biblical description “…a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters.” (Isaiah 43:16)
The Bible writers frequently refer to the miracle of the Red Sea crossing, for it was an event which finds no equal in history.
The Hebrew prophets describe the sea at the crossing site as “…the waters of the great deep …the depths of the sea…” (Isaiah 51:10).
Knowing the exact spot to which the Bible writers were referring, what is the depth there? The distance between Nuweiba and where artifacts have been found on Saudi coast is about 18km (11 miles).
Along this line the deepest point is about 800m (2,600 feet).
No wonder that Inspired writers of the Bible described it as the mighty waters. And no wonder that not a single Egyptian survived when the water collapsed in upon them.
NUWEIBA BEACH – The spot where the crossing began. The Saudi side also has a beach area of a similar size (See approximate path.)
Model of depths at crossing site.
THE EXODUS ROUTE – With the correct crossing site in the Gulf of Aqaba
GF, SOWERS, MIT, and other fun acronyms!
by mistic on Jan.30, 2008, under General
This is kind of a roundup post on a couple of fun things I’ve been up to lately.
Top of the list is that I’m back with my super-sweet-awesome-crazy-cool-beautiful girlfriend, Nikki. Her and Heather and Christina all 3 came to our fellowship last night and hung out for a while afterwards. That was a great time – if you weren’t there, you should have been :P
We do our fellowships every Tuesday at 7. We spend maybe an hour together doing a little bit of praying and singing and a 15-20min teaching out of the Bible. Then we usually hang out or go out for ice cream or something afterwards.
It’s kind of like a mini-church in our living room, but a lot more relaxed and enjoyable. Everyone’s invited, you don’t have to be a big God-person (although those folks are welcome too. ;)
Let me know if you want to come and need directions or anything else. Shoot, let me know if you need something and don’t want to come to my fellowship. I’m 937-409-1337.
And, there’s a two-for-one special going on this week; I am getting to teach at the Banios’ fellowship tonight! Their house is not far from mine so I’ve told most of the folks that want to go to just meet up at my place around 5:30 or 6:30 and we’ll all go over together. I’m gonna be teaching on believing God and looking at the record of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego.
The next thing on my mind is plans for next year. One of my goals is to go to MIT. If you don’t know about mit, it’s basicaly the best college in existence for science and engineering, particularly with computers. It’s also a royal blue butt load of work to get into as a transfer student. But I’m going for it. If Joshua can make the sun and moon stay still in the sky then I can get accepted into MIT. My God specializes in the impossible (and the highly improbable).
Besides MIT though, the other school that I’m seriously looking at is Akrobos Theological Seminary. I know the administration plus Erin goes there, and I’m sure I’d learn a _lot_.
I also have a few other choices that I like. I’ve got a number of friends at UC and it seems like a decent school, although I haven’t seriously looked into it that much.
After visiting the campus, I decided that full sail blows. Way too much name dropping period, but to make it worse they were naming companies and groups that I don’t have much respect for (EA, Sony, RIAA, etc.)
The S.O.W.E.R.S. (Students Of the Word Equipped and Running to Serve) program has a website now and I am psyched about the whole thing. Even if I don’t end up going for it, I know it’s going to be an amazing year of growth for the people that decide to do the program. And I am seriously considering it.
So anyways, that’s what’s been on my mind in the past 5 minutes. Life’s generally going pretty well, although I do appreciate your prayers. Thanks for reading, you’re the best!
-n
And if you were an ocean, I’d learn to float.
by mistic on Jan.24, 2008, under General
…
If you were a wink, I’d be a nod
If you were a seed, well I’d be a pod.
If you were the floor, I’d wanna be the rug
And if you were a kiss, I know I’d be a hug[Chorus]
All I want is you, will you be my bride?
Take me by the hand and stand by my side
All I want is you, will you stay with me?
Hold me in your arms and sway me like the sea.If you were the wood, I’d be the fire.
If you were the love, I’d be the desire.
If you were a castle, I’d be your moat,
And if you were an ocean, I’d learn to float.
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That’s just a clip from the middle, here’s the rest. The songs called All I want is you. It was recorded by Barry Louis Polisar in 1977.
If I was a flower growing wild and free, All I’d want is you to be my sweet honey bee…
Signs the meeting is over: employees are playing footsie
by mistic on Jan.23, 2008, under General
So I sort-of promoted myself to manger. “Sort-of” as in without the title, pay raise, or authority. Still it’s not that bad. We already made one policy decision: nobody puts their last names on the website anymore. (One of our clients didn’t read our notices and instead opted to look up Charley on yellowpages.com and leave his mom a voicemail. Bad.)
But anyways, I’ve been doing 5-minute-meetings and, with meetings in general, you want to officially end it at or before the time it unofficially ends. And half of the department playing footsie is a good sign that it just unofficially ended.
The most badassed movie ever.
by mistic on Jan.22, 2008, under General
You know how Die Hard 4 didn’t have enough action? Shoot ‘Em Up makes up for it.
Seriously, this movie approaches boondocks saints in levels of awesomeness. It’s so bad-assed, the baby likes metal. He kills a dude with a carrot. Multiple dudes. The safehouse is a tank. It’s just the most bad-assed movie ever.
