Biblically Compatible Archaeology and Geography

by Damien F. Mackey “There is blood everywhere …. Lo the river is blood”. o “Groaning is throughout the land, mingled with laments”. “All is ruin!” “The land is without light”. Ipuwer Papyrus Have you ever heard of the Ipuwer Papyrus? It is an ancient document. Many believe it to be a recollection of the Ten Plagues, perhaps even by an eyewitness. Turning water to blood was one of the miraculous powers with which the Lord had invested his servant, Moses, in order to prompt his people, and even the Egyptians, to believe. The other miraculous abilities were the rod of Moses turning into a serpent, and the hand becoming leprous, but then restored to health. The water to blood phenomenon would be the last chance before Egypt would feel the full force of the Ten Plagues (Exodus 4:8-9): Then the Lord said, ‘If they do not believe you or pay attention to the first sign, they may believe the second. But if they do not believe these two signs or listen to you, take some water fro...

Uncovering Jerusalem's Lost Temple (The temple of the Jews in the City of David) Uncovering Jerusalem's Lost Temple (The temple of the Jews in the City of David) …. It's difficult to admit the Temple is really in the City of David. For the Jews, and Christians for that matter, to admit they have been bobbing their heads at a Roman fort for centuries would be hard to admit to oneself. But, if they want their temple built, just admit it and start construction. Let Muhammad keep his Dome of the Rock built on the Court of the Gentiles (Rev. 11:1-2). Besides, as far as Fort Antonia goes, can you imagine the Romans, the conquerors, allowing a Jewish Temple, the conquered, to be tower above and be much larger than their presence?. That is ridiculous. The Romans are going to make sure they are the biggest and most imposing presence in the city. Also, Micah 3 tells us the site of the temple would be plowed like a field...and it was. Look at the old photos. …. I am not a bi...

by Damien F. Mackey Whereas Fr. Kramer tumbled out, like far flung dice, the events that the Evangelist described, spinning them right down through the centuries, even to our own time, St. John - as we read in his introductory quote - was clearly talking about an early fulfilment of the events that Jesus Christ had revealed to him. The great soaring Eagle, St. John the Evangelist, introduced the Book of Revelation (1:1) in this fashion: This is the Revelation given by God to Jesus Christ so that He could tell His servants about the things which are now to take place very soon; He sent His angel to make it known to His servant John, and John has written down everything he saw and swears it is the word of God guaranteed by Jesus Christ. Happy the man who reads this prophecy, and happy those who listen to him, if they treasure all that it says, because the Time is close. Now if Plato (whoever he really was) were correct in the observation he made in his Republic that: “The ...

Part One: Can be found only with a revised history-archaeology by Damien F. Mackey With King Solomon established by Dean Hickman as a contemporary of the celebrated Hammurabi of Babylon, we would thus expect Solomon and his father, David, also to emerge historically in this new setting. Buoyed by my apparent success in finding King Solomon in the historical records, as the grand Steward, the quasi-royal Senenmut (Senmut), ‘the power behind the throne’ of Egypt’s Eighteenth Dynasty pharaohs, Hatshepsut and Thutmose III, I have tended to go in search of further historical manifestations of that King of Israel in preference to his most illustrious father, David. Though I have not entirely neglected the latter. Whether or not Senenmut really was King Solomon, my reconstruction has aroused enough interest, at least, for my thesis on this subject to have been published twice. Firstly, as “Solomon and Sheba”, in SIS’s Chronology and Catastrophism Review, in 1997, and, most...