History Underfoot - Jim Fletcher -http://www.raptureready.com/rap15.html
It was announced this week that a stone slab was discovered near the Galilee, bearing Hebrew letters. It proves that there was a Jewish presence there about 1,500 years ago, well after the destruction of Jerusalem in the first century. This means that there has been a Jewish presence in the land for at least 3,000 years.
Earlier this month a clay seal was found in Jerusalem, bearing the name of King Hezekiah.
The stone slab was discovered in the village of Kursi, which is where Jesus healed the demon-possessed men and sent the demons into swine.
The clay seal find was announced as an example of First Temple artifact. Dating back to the eighth century B.C., the seal is a clear link to a major biblical character.
Also this year it was announced that a 3,300 year-old Egyptian coffin was found in the Jezreel Valley. Various civilizations passed this way.
A few years ago, I examined ruins dating back to the days of Abraham, in Jerusalem's Old City, then had dinner that evening only steps away, in a 1,000-year-old building that was once a Crusader fortress.
Yet no archaeologist has ever uncovered evidence of an ancient "Palestinian" civilization. No one denies that there are presently "Palestinians," but the very term is a political one, created only a few decades ago. It was designed to fool people into thinking there has always been a Palestinian presence in the land, making their claims equal to that of the Jews.
Less than 20 years ago, the fledgling Palestinian Authority posted on its website examples of Palestinian culture and history. It was pitiful in the extreme. A few dresses sewn by Arab women, and images of currency from the British Mandate days, from Palestine. Yet the languages on the currency were in English, Arabic, and...Hebrew. In those days, anyone living in Palestine was a "Palestinian."
Today, of course, the invention of the identity does fool millions, who either don't know history, or have short attention spans, or both.
One of the most murderous men in history, Yasser Arafat, routinely denied Jewish history in the land. Grotesquely, he was and is helped in that endeavor through Western political and religious leaders. Bill Clinton hosted Arafat in the White House 13 times, even though the President's pastor had years before urged him to never abandon Israel.
Self-identifying Christian leaders like Philip Yancey have referred to Jesus as a "Palestinian." When called on it, they double down, as Yancey did in the 90's when I wrote to him about it.
Through all this, we know that no amount of proof will satisfy a Jew-hater. Jew-haters, from CAIR and the PLO, to American religious leaders, will not acknowledge the Jews. Notice how the Palestinian Authority and various Arab governments will not recognize Israel.
We who believe the Bible know the truth, and one day, even Israel's enemies will acknowledge her.
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