On Wednesday Night, October 26^th, we will discuss Biblical Archaeology.  Is Biblical Archaeology important to our Faith? It seems like several times each year that archaeologists working on a “dig” somewhere in the Middle East find something that relates to some event recorded in the Bible. Recently, I received a forwarded email about an ancient scroll from the Old Testament. The scroll was found near En-Gedi back in 1970 – but it was rolled up and had been burned in a fire. It was impossible to unroll the scroll without it falling apart. However, researchers at the University of Kentucky were able to use CT scan technology to “virtually” open the scroll with a computer. They discovered it was a very old copy of the Book of Leviticus. Some of the Hebrew scolars were amazed to discover “that in 2,000 years this text has not changed.” The scroll was so old that the text only contained consonants and no vowels. Jewish scribes only began using vowels in the 9^th Century AD.  Some scientists believe the text may date back to the first Century AD. This CT scan method offers promise for “opening” other ancient fragile documents.

While every new archaeological discovery offers new insight into the Biblical world, it seems that the Scriptures remind us that our FAITH is NOT based on SIGHT. In 2 Corinthians 5:7, it says “we walk by faith, not by sight” and in Hebrews 11:1 “faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen” and 4 times in the Bible we are told that “the just shall live by faith.

So that will be our question for the evening:

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