as slain for sinners (I Cor. 5:7). The prophet Zechariah foresaw that the people of Jerusalem would look upon the LORD Messiah whom they pierced (Zech

also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures, and that He was seen by Cephas, then by the twelve” (I Cor. 15:1-5).God loved sinful humankind so much, even though they were in rebellion to Him and his Word, that He sent His Son, the Lord Jesus, who voluntarily died on the Cross of Calvary, to pay for all the sins of all humanity (John 3:16; 10:7-18; Rom. 3:23; 5:8; I John 2:2). The death of the Lord Jesus satisfied the holiness and justice of God, so that salvation could be offered to sinners as a free gift, simply by putting ones faith (trust) in the Lord Jesus Christ as Savior (John 6:47; Rom. 4:1-8). Salvation is by faith alone, in the Lord Jesus Christ alone, and no merits or works of our own can gain us entry into Heaven and God’s righteousness (Rom. 6:23; Eph. 2:8, 9; Phil. 3:4-9).Have you trusted the One who died for your sins and bodily rose from the dead, and offers you the free gift of eternal life, a home in heaven, the forgiveness of sins and the righteousness of God?There were people in the church at Corinth in the 1st century AD that questioned the bodily resurrection of the dead (I Cor. 15:12). The apostle Paul recounts the many eye-witnessed that had seen the Lord Jesus alive, after His crucifixion, including himself (I Cor. 15:5-8). Paul connects the importance of the bodily resurrection of the dead with the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. He sates: “But if there is no resurrection of the dead, then Christ is not risen. And if Christ is not risen, then our preaching is empty and your faith is also empty. Yes, and we are found false witnesses of God, because we have testified of God that He raised up Christ, whom He did not raise up – if in fact the dead do not rise. For if the dead do not rise, then Christ is not risen. And if Christ is not risen, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins! Then also those who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished. If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men the most pitiable” (I Cor. 15:13-19). Is the bodily resurrection of the Lord Jesus important? You bet it is!The Conclusion of the MatterI do not know who the Jerusalemite Jesus was that was buried in the Talpiyot tomb, but I do know where the Lord Jesus Christ is right now. After He was bodily resurrected from the tomb of Joseph of Arimathea on the third day, He physically ascended into heaven and He is seated at the right hand of the Father waiting to return to earth to establish His Kingdom in Jerusalem.Christianity has not been “rocked to the core” by the “shocking” claims in this book and documentary. There is no need to change history. The Lord Jesus Christ was bodily resurrected from the dead. No archaeologist will ever find an ossuary with the bones of the Lord Jesus from Nazareth because He never “saw corruption” (Ps. 16:10), and thus never needed an ossuary. See the 'Jesus Tomb' debunked in this cutting edge video. Click on image to pre-order TODAY! BibliographyAvigad, Nahman1950-51 The Rock-carved Facades of the Jerusalem Necropolis. Israel Exploration Journal 1/2: 96-106.1962 A Depository of Inscribed Ossuaries in the Kidron Valley. Israel Exploration Journal 12/1: 1-12.Bagatti, B.1969 Excavations in Nazareth. Vol. 1. From the Beginning Till the XII Century. Jerusalem: Franciscan.Bagatti, P. B.; and Milik, J. T.1981 Gli Scavi Del “Dominus Flevit”. Part 1. Jerusalem: Franciscan Printing.Bovon, Francois1995 Mary Magdalene’s Paschal Privilege. Pp. 147-157 and 228-235 in New Testament Traditions and Apocryphal Narratives. Trans. by J. Haapiseva-Hunter. Allison Park, PA: Pickwick.2002 Mary Magdalene in the Acts of Philip. Pp. 75-89 in Which Mary? The Marys of Early Christian Tradition. Edited by F. S. Jones. Atlanta, GA: society of Biblical Literature.Bovon, Francois; Bouvier, Bertrand; and Amsler, Frederic1999 Acta Philippi. 2 vols. Turnhout: Brepols.Broshi, Magen, and Gibson, Shimon1994 Excavations Along the Western and Southern Walls of the Old City of Jerusalem.



The Discovery of the Sin Cities of Sodom and Gomorrah
Tags: sodom, gomorrah, bab ed dhra, numiera, safi, khanazir, cities of the plain, zoar, lots cave, madaba map, genesis 14, ebla, genesis 19--> This article was originally published in summer 1999 issue of Bible and Spade. The names Sodom and Gomorrah(1) are bywords in our modern society. An especially wicked place is described as a "Sodom and Gomorrah." Pastors are sometimes said to be preaching "fire and brimstone." And we have the legal term sodomy for unnatural sex acts. These allusions, of course, stem from the Biblical account of events that occurred in the days of Abraham in Genesis 19. But did these places ever exist and will they ever be found? Most scholars think not. In his Anchor Bible Dictionary article on Sodom and Gomorrah, M.J. Mulder concluded that they were, Two legendary cities from prehistoric Israel in the neighborhood of the Dead Sea...it is highly uncertain, if not improbable, that the vanished cities of the Pentapolis will ever be recovered (1992: 99, 102). In their tRosetta Stone Spanish