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Category: Jewish History

Myths or History

"Beware lest anyone deceive you through philosophy and empty deceit, according to the myths of men, according to the basic principles of the world, and not according to the anointing of Messiah." (Colossians 2:8)

The other day we took a trip to Jerusalem’s Western Wall, not for praying purposes, but in order to ‘journey’ underground, on the famed ‘Tunnel Tour.’ The tunnel runs 488 meters (approx. 550 yards) along the Western Wall and continuing almost the entire length of the western side of the Temple Mount. Our guide, a young religious woman, was very knowledgeable about the area. However, while questioning her about the First Temple, she said that there was no physical evidence that it ever existed. I couldn’t believe my ears! I proceeded to tell her about our visits to Joshua’s altar on the Mount of Curse (Eval). Again, she began refuting the authenticity of that site. In my shock, I told her that her fellow Orthodox Jews, the Zionist settlers, who live in the area of Shechem, stake their claim for being there on such archeological evidence. She sat down for a moment on the mother rock of Mount Moriah, and confessed that she too personally believed that the altar was truly dated to Joshua’s time, but…!

Atmosphere of Deception

After returning home and pondering for a while upon why this government employee would try so hard to explain away her own biblical history, I was struck by a word—"myth." A myth is a traditional story presenting supernatural beings, ancestors or heroes that serve a primordial types in a primitive view of the world; a fictitious or imaginary story, person, or thing; a false belief. The enemy of the Word of God has basically one weapon that he uses for blinding and binding the people; deceiving his victims into believing lies. This is why Yeshua called him "the father of lies." "…He was a murderer from ...

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