Dead Sea scrolls-a turning hinge in history

Recently I took a tour of the Dead Sea Scrolls that were on display at Pacific University in Southern California.

A young Shepard found the first set of scrolls in Palestine while chasing a stray goat to a cave in 1947. The scrolls that were housed in clay pots have been authenticated as the most significant archaeological find in history, and are now priceless. The boy and his father sold them to an antiquities dealer in Jerusalem for $ 97.20.

What does this have to do with Israel? The scrolls were found just months before Israel prophetically became a nation. After 2000 years of sitting dormant, both of God’s treasured establishments were unveiled to our modern world. Was the timing of this amazing find and the simultaneous reestablishment of His nation a coincidence? I don't think so. Both the scrolls and the nation of Israel had seized to exist in a similar time era, about AD 70, and were reestablished for our modern scholars to decipher. The amazing part is the scrolls themselves mention this. They were intentionally hidden, 'until God decides to have them revealed in His timing'.

The scrolls are 1000 years older than the manuscripts that our modern day Bible had been derived from.

Prior to this find, many skeptics said the Torah and the Old Testament Bible had to be watered down since the oldest reference available was a 1000 years from the original writings. But after years of study by many of the world’s renowned archaeologist and scholars, the Dead Sea Scrolls matched our present day Bible with about 95% accuracy. The 5% discrepancy still matched the meaning, only the choice of words varied slightly. What are the odds of any ancient writings preserving so much detail after a 1000 gap?

Either fragments or whole copies of every book in the Old Testament had been found except the book of Esther.

This is why the Jews were called ‘God’s chosen people’. Not because they are more special or privileged then us Gentiles, but because they were chosen to write, deliver and preserve God’s message, God’s autobiography, and man’s manual for life. Perhaps this explains part of the reason for worldwide anti-Semitism since the scriptures were written. A lot of people have been persecuted for delivering God's message, so it only makes sense that the writers would also.

The Bible is still the world’s premier bestselling book, and is the instruction manual that came with God’s creation of man, not to mention a historical account of how we got here and what our purpose in life is. Everything a person needs to live a fulfilled life is written in this book for our instruction.

God said in the last days the nation of Israel would be revealed, and God would pour out his spirit on mankind.

Many scholars believe the scrolls and Israel’s reestablishment have marked the ending period of the last days.

I believe the scrolls and Israel’s reestablishment have marked the ending period of the last days. The last of the last days, if you will. When is the VERY last day of this planet's well being? No man knows the exact day or hour, but we can know about when. That time is right now! Are you prepared?

Support what God supports

Besides supporting a nation that is the only democratic country in the Middle East, the support of Israel is pleasing to God! As the last entry showed the proof: "I will bless those who bless you and curse those who treat you with contempt." Genesis 12:1-3 This is what God said concerning Israel.

I don't want this site to be a political one--but a spiritual one. But here I go at least on this one issue. I think our current president has joined those who are ignoring what prominent Arab and Muslim leasers have said and continue to reinstate. “Death to Israel!” There is no need to even quote or document that statement on this blog—we have all heard it on the news repeatedly.

Mr. president: If you were to take Arab leaders at their word, and read the curriculums in their schools, you will easily conclude that the Palestinians’ top priority is not land in Israel. It’s the elimination of Jews all together!

Wake up and read the ancient scriptures…So far, they have been 100% accurate. “I will curse those who treat you with contempt.”

My question to all readers is this: Is our national security dependant on what happens to Israel?

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The next post will demonstrate an example of what happened to a powerful nation that opposed Israel in the 1940's, during and after the holocaust. And it's not Germany.

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The rebirth of Israel in 1948, marks one of the most significant prophecies in the Bible. The event is on par with the parting of the Red Sea and is a similar demonstration of God's love to all persons that live in persecution. The consistent message these events state; that if you are willing to devote your trust to God, He will deliver you from evil.  He may not do it in the time frame you ask, but He promises to do it. In His time, according to His will.

“‘But the time is coming,’ says the Lord, ‘when people who are taking an oath will no longer say, ‘As surely as the Lord lives, who rescued the people of Israel from the land of Egypt.’ Instead, they will say, ‘As surely as the Lord lives, who brought the people of Israel back to their own land from the land of the north and from all the countries to which he had exiled them.’ For I will bring them back to this land that I gave their ancestors.” Jeremiah 16:14-15. This prophecy became true on May 14th, 1948.

Even if you don't consider yourself religious, it's fascinating to read about this tiny little strip of land (smaller than California) of which has caused much hatred around the world toward the United States, and any other country or group that supports them. Israel had been foretold to be decimated thousands of years ago and re gathered in the last days. 1948 marks a true "sign of the times." 

But don't take my word for it. Read on or click the newspaper above and see for yourself. The prophecies are documented to be very old (long before 1948, obviously) and accurate. They're not vague either. They state plain and simple that God will rebirth the nation of Israel. In A.D. 70, they were decimated and scattered by the Roman Empire. Nearly 2,000 years later, they were re gathered as it says above despite five neighboring Arab countries attacking and attempting to annihilate them. The one-day-old nation had 4 planes, no tanks, very little artillery, and a disadvantage of 60:1 in troops. They bravely battled against the established nations of Egypt, Jordan, Iraq, Syria and Saudi Arabia simultaneously. Every body looking on could see the certainly of another holocaust. Except someone stood in their way.

Why is this of any significance today? In America, we directly received blessings from God because or our consistent support of Israel. Of course our government wavers from time to time. But all in all, when the chips are down, we have supported them through the years. Thus we receive a promise of blessing from God. I will bless those who bless you and curse those who treat you with contempt. Genesis 12:1-3

“Who has ever seen or heard of anything as strange as this? Has a nation ever been born in a single day? Has a country ever come forth in a mere moment? But by the time Jerusalem’s birth pains begin, the baby will be born; the nation will come forth.” Isaiah 66:8

In one significant day when the British gave up opposing the Jews and left their occupation of Palestine, now modern day Israel, the Jews rose their flag and proclaimed their nation of Israel. 

Stay tuned for more. The evidence will show this miraculous event will affect all of us, past, present, and future!

You’re not prejudiced are you?

I’m not…I never pass a homeless person without either helping them or praying for them. I don't treat rich people nicer than poor people. I never give my all for one person over another. And I don’t favor my neighbors on my right over the ones on the left. I treat all people equally all the time.

Okay, let’s step back into reality. I constantly catch myself exercising prejudice to some extent. The more I exercise anything like that, the stronger it gets. What a terrible disposition. And who’s lead am I following? The very first being to instigate prejudice was Satan. He passed the venom to Adam and Eve saying, “Surely you won’t die if you eat that fruit.” They passed it to their children and so on.

This deceitful sin made it’s way down to infamous leaders like the Roman Caesars and Adolph Hitler who both used their intelligence to put new spins on the poison. That toxin murdered a million Jews in the first century, and six million in the twentieth, because Jews derived their ideals from the Bible: All men and women are created equal, like our founding fathers recited in America. That same democratic ideal has become the fuel to ignite fundamentalist Islamist to publicly state their prejudice, ‘death to America and Israel.’

One of the prime sparks that reignited Arab tensions towards Jews in Europe was the funding and solicitation of radio transmissions from Germany to all of Europe in Arabic. Hitler's goal was to spread his gossip of lies to the entire European Arab population. Arab leader Haj Amin al-Husseini thrived at the opportunity.


Prejudice will be the demise of all men and women some day when the battle of Armageddon erupts. Once again, Satan will lead unsuspecting people to the ultimate demise.

Leviticus 19:33 says (paraphrased) ‘When a stranger comes to your town, do not mistreat him. That person must be treated like everyone else.’ I find it unthinkable that I am bias toward God’s word sometimes.

Prejudice is so contagious it becomes automatically reused. I know it’s harmful, but I still use it. And thus I spread it to my children. My multicultural friends will tell you I'm not prejudice in the conventional sense. But when you read the white space in my life, that area that exist between the lines in all of us, you'll find a sinful nature that I must contend with.

So how do we rid ourselves of it? Just like a recovering alcoholic overcomes the deadly grip of the enticing liquid. First we admit we have fallen to its beckoning call, at least to some degree. It takes humility and honesty to say, ‘I do have prejudice in my life.’ Next, ask God to remove it. Finally, a dose of regular scripture reading accompanied with prayer will help tame the beast inside us. Probably not completely because we are inherently similar to dogs that return to their vomit, or criminals that return to the crime scene; or a snack hungry person that can’t stop eating junk food.

Unfortunately I only feel the sting of Prejudice when it’s aimed at me. Why can’t I see that my prejudice against others does the same harm?