Monday, July 19, 2021

Very interesting - "Patterns of Evidence, the Moses Controversy"


The world we live in today has many of the academics and scholarly types giving their findings that contradict and cast doubt on the Bible. I am no scholar, archaeologist or theologian, but I do love history.  The Bible claims that God told Moses to write down the events of the Exodus. 
Exodus 17:14
17:14 And the LORD said unto Moses, Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: for I will utterly put out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.

I have heard or read comments over the years about how some scholars suggest that Moses could not have written the first 5 books of the Bible. They make this claim based on their research which shows them the Hebrew language as we know it today, didn't exist at the time of Moses.  The claims typically go on to suggest the "documentary" style of development to the first five books of the Bible, with having several authors, which are said to have been "developed" over time.  This "development" would then have been embellished with stories like the parting of the Red Sea etc.  So the thinking goes.  Amazon is full of books on this subject.

Yesterday, I watched "Patterns of Evidence, the Moses Controversy", purchasing and watching it on youtube.  No this is not click-bait.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5a7koxKABQ

Wow, I can honestly say I learned a lot from watching that.  I had no idea there were this much activity in this area.  Especially interesting however, are the things brought up in this documentary as counter-weight to the skeptics and scholars who cast doubt on the Bible account.  None of the evidence individually is likely to sway any of these scholars, nor the skeptics that rest on their work.  However, the phrase from the title of the documentary eg. "patterns" which include a number of things, when taken together, form a body of evidence that I have not seen mentioned before. These things, when taken together, dispel the notion that Bible is a fairy tale and has no historical basis.  In the end however, it still comes down to belief.  Nothing that can be dug out of the ground, by itself, is going to show the world that there is a God and that this same God said and did all the things in the Bible.  It didn't take but a few generations after Noah, for man to doubt God. Today, believing in the God of the Bible is largely considered "foolish" or childish, especially if one takes the Bible literally.

1 Cor 1:18 For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.

1 Cor 1:21 For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.

1 Cor 1:23 But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness;

1 Cor 1:25 Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men.

1 Cor 2:14 But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

1 Cor 3:19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.


However, for those that believe the Bible, there are things that this documentary discusses that can strengthen our faith.  Archaeology isn't needed to believe, but a few things discovered along the way, sure seem to help stop up the mouths of the skeptics.




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