There are twenty-six books in the New Testament that we consider to be an authoritative and accurate representation of events that occurred many hundreds of years ago. Many skeptics point out that the books in the New Testament were written about 325 years before being incorporated into a “canon” or official group of books recognized by the Church.  But how do we know these books were not just “made up” or altered during the intervening centuries?  And why these books, and not others that were known at the time?  This is a crucial question because it speaks to the historicity… Read More »

Confirmation of the existence of the ancient Biblical King Hezekiah has been found.  This discovery has been called “one of the most important archaeological discoveries in Israel of all time.” This discovery shows five monumental, new royal inscriptions describing King Hezekiah of Judah, which include dozens of lines and hundreds of letters.  These inscriptions have now been deciphered. King Hezekiah Inscriptions Gershon Galil, a former chairman of the University of Haifa, said the inscriptions mention the name of Hezekiah and document some of the major events during the first seventeen years of his reign.  These events include the water project… Read More »

Christ Types and Ancient Old Testament Figures The previous blog post showed how Christ demonstrates the characteristics of many mythical deities of multiple civilizations.  While the characteristics of mythical deities are often fanciful and not meant to be historical, those of Christ are what might be expected from a historical figure. This short post shows how many ancient historical figures were actual “types” of Christ.  That is, these historical figures illustrate many of the characteristics of Christ and are a foreshadowing. The following figures are contained within the Old Testament.  The books which contain the stories of these ancient figures… Read More »