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Chapter 328 The Tampered Bible?

"You still don't give up? Do you have to find the clues of the Ark?"

Sun Yuyao packed the luggage for Wu Tianyuan, and said helplessly, "Go to the Yale University library to find clues this time?"

"Since even the Pope said that I am a messenger sent by God, if I can't find the Ark of the Covenant, I will be sorry for his old man's trust, right?"

Wu Tianyuan joked that although he found a money pit last time and obtained a lot of ancient gold and silver coins, the most important ark of the covenant was a fake, so he really didn't give up.

After several days of research, it was found that there was a prophecy about the Ark in the Dead Sea Scrolls!That's right, it's a prophecy, which is not even mentioned in the secret files of the Holy See, so Wu Tianyuan wanted to check it out.

The Dead Sea Scrolls are currently the oldest manuscripts of the Hebrew Bible. They contain the Old Testament besides the Bible and the Book of Esther and some scriptures that are considered apocryphal today.This ancient scroll was unearthed in Qumran near the Dead Sea in 1947, hence the name Dead Sea Scrolls.The scrolls are mostly parchment and some are papyrus.

A sheep of a young shepherd entered a cave near the Dead Sea. In order to let the sheep come out, the shepherd boy threw stones into the cave and broke the earthen pot in the cave, thus discovering these ancient scriptures.

The ancient scriptures in the Dead Sea cave acquired by Bishop Samuel were not sent to the American Institute of Oriental Studies and Yale University until February 1948, and were checked by the dean of the Institute of Near Eastern Languages.In the following ten years, earthen jars containing ancient scrolls were excavated in 2 caves, and a total of about 11 scrolls or scroll fragments were found.

The contents of the Dead Sea Scrolls are mainly divided into three categories. Nearly one hundred volumes are the Old Testament scriptures.Also included are numerous Bible Commentaries, Bible Commentaries, Commentaries, Apocrypha and Apocrypha.Non-biblical literature, such as prophecies about the end of the world, and writings about God's destruction of evil forces and the return of the Messiah.

Wu Tianyuan arrived at Yale University the next day, and finally saw the Dead Sea Scrolls through John's relationship. After some communication, he learned a lot of inside information.

"So the so-called Bible has been tampered with many times?"

The ancient scroll was only discovered in 1947. The ancient book was copied on sheepskin, and it is about 2000 years old from today.Before this, the Masurian Scrolls, the oldest manuscript of the Old Testament in the world, were only manuscripts from 1000 to [-] years ago.

But the Pentateuch, the first of the Bible, was written 3500 years ago. After 2500 years, it has been copied and copied many times. Have errors been added to the Bible? Especially in the [-]th century, theological critics arose Come, coupled with the theory of evolution rising together to attack the sensitive period of the Bible.

To understand ancient scrolls, one must know the history of criticism of the Bible in Europe and the United States over the past hundred years. Since the Renaissance in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, Christianity has faced a series of criticisms.The beginning of the Renaissance is closely related to the Crusades.When the Pope encouraged the Crusades, his main motivation was to eliminate political enemies and reduce internal conflicts.The Crusades did achieve their goal of eliminating warlords.Many famous generals never came back.

At that time, many people accused today's Bible of being far from the original Bible written 3500 years ago, so it was the most unreliable, corrupt, and unreliable.Even unbelieving missionaries and bishops in the church echoed and responded to them.

At this time, the defenders of the Bible can only sigh and say: "We really haven't found a manuscript older than this 1000-year-old Hebrew Bible, which can be used to prove the correctness of the current Bible."

According to historical records, at that time some monks left the sinful cities around Jerusalem and hid in caves in the barren mountains of the Dead Sea. The manuscript Bible hides in the cave and escapes.

The Bibles copied by the ancient monks before the first century were later discovered in eleven caves. The ancient books in the Dead Sea caves acquired by Bishop Samuel were delayed until February 1948 before they were sent to the American School of Oriental Studies and Yale University, carefully checked by the Institute of Near Eastern Languages.From the comparison of the ancient Hebrew characters, they identified that it was indeed a manuscript from 200 to 2000 BC. From this, it can be proved that the manuscript Bible [-] years ago and the Bible we use today are exactly the same in content. .

This silenced the attackers, and confirmed that the content of the Bible used today is exactly the same as that of the original Bible, and there is no mistake in it. Among all these ancient books, the entire book of Isaiah is the most complete, Only two places are slightly missing.

The entire volume is the same as the current Isaiah book. The book was copied on a one-foot-wide and 24-foot-long parchment roll, hidden in a tile-made bottle, wrapped in sackcloth, and poured asphalt on the outside .It is now preserved in the library of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem.

However, after Wu Tianyuan communicated with the ancient scrolls, it was discovered that the ancient scrolls here have actually been revised several times. During the copying process by the head of the ascetic monk at that time, he combined his own perception and understanding, but it was only a few details and did not affect the whole. mean.

Dead Sea Scrolls 11:19 wrote: Revelation 11:19 At that time, God's temple in heaven was opened, and in his temple appeared his ark, followed by lightning, sound, thunder, earthquake, and great hail.

"This is the ancient scroll's prophecy about the Ark of the Covenant. I think it should be in Ethiopia!"

Wu Tianyuan finally found the clues he needed. In fact, there are countless legends about the ark spreading outside Jerusalem. In 1936, a piece of news revealed that a French insurance company received an insurance policy from a mysterious organization in the Middle East, claiming that the mysteriously missing Ark of the Covenant was hidden in Ethiopia, where the war was raging. insured.

The story has never been verified, but recalls a folklore from the 13th century.It is said that when Babylon invaded and plundered the Temple, the Ark of the Covenant was smuggled out of Jerusalem in advance, and was safely transferred by Solomon's son Meleniko at the risk of his life.

Meleniko took the Ark of the Covenant to the hometown of his mother Queen Sheba in Ethiopia, and stayed there, becoming the founder of the Ethiopian dynasty.Orthodox Christians in Ethiopia today believe that the Ark of the Covenant is kept in the Church of St. Mary of Asume.However, according to legend, the holy place where the Ark of the Covenant is kept is guarded by a priest, and outsiders are not allowed to enter, so whether the Ark of the Covenant exists cannot be confirmed.

"Go to the small town of Huji in Ethiopia!"

(End of this chapter)