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June 15, 2008 10:30pm v.8
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 I've had a renewed interest in ancient Roman and Greek coins because they come up in the bible all the time. Do a search for denarius in the bible and you'll find many verses. I've heard "render to Caesar what is Caesar's" many times, but its much more interesting to go to a museum and see the very coin that Jesus picked out of a fish's mouth to pay the tax. As I learn more about Israel's history, the museums become much more interesting to me. I have a love hate relationship with wikipedia, but there's an interesting article on Biblical Archeology that lists many artifacts that verify biblical events. These are extra-biblical sources that verify biblical events. Now, when I go to a museum, and I see a persian cup from 500 BC, I wonder if this is a cup that Daniel or Ezekiel drank out of while in the exile. Or seeing Egyptian relics and wondering if these were made by Hebrew slaves. It seems that everything in the Museum somehow is related to the bible, and points to the most important event in history when Jesus rose again after being crucified. So the next time you are in the museum and you see something from Egypt, Assyria, Babylon, Persia, Media, or any other ancient civilization, think about the corresponding biblical event, and how that points to Jesus Christ, and then it won't be so boring anymore, and you may actually be inspired to worship the name above all names: Jesus Christ.
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