Originally posted Saturday, March 26, 5:47 PM. Updated. MOUNT EBAL, ISRAEL. The oldest occurrence of the name of God, in the letters YHWH, appears to have been found that may force archaeologists to accept the existence of the cult of YHWH possibly as far back as less than a century after the Exodus, some time after 1500 B.C.E., nearly 800 years prior to their previous estimates. The 2 cm x 2 cm folded-lead “curse tablet” (or defixio) amulet was found by Dr. Scott Stripling and his team at Joshua's altar on Mount Ebal in a mound of archaeological debris that was originally dry-sifted between 1983-1989. This find confirms Deuteronomy 11:29 which indicates that Mount Ebal is a place of curses. A Times of Israel article by Amanda Borschel-Dan says that Haifa University Prof. Gershon Galil assisted [with Stripling] in deciphering the hidden internal text of the folded lead tablet using [multi-spectral] scans carried out in Prague at the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic. The ...

There are many views of what a “generation” is. Thus, the most significant question is why “this generation” spoken of by Jesus Christ as recorded at Matthew 24:34, Mark 13:30 and Luke 21:32 is not one of those many other beliefs? So I have collected them all here for a thorough examination. Source: “This Generation” The reason the discussion of a generation is of prime importance to Christians is because of the following scripture. Jesus said: Matthew 24:34, Mark 13:30 and Luke 21:32 “Truly I say to you that this generation will by no means pass away until all these things happen.” The words “this generation” (or similar) is used in many scriptures, including: Genesis 7:1 Numbers 32:13 Deuteronomy 1:35 Deuteronomy 2:14 Psalm 12:7 Jeremiah 2:31 Jeremiah 7:29 Matthew 11:16 Matthew 12:41, 42 Matthew 23:36 Matthew 24:34 Mark 8:12 Mark 13:30 Luke 7:30-32 Luke 11:31, 32 Luke 11:50, 51 Luke 17:25 Luke 21:32 Heb 3:10 In this video , David Splane of the Governi...