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Great Examples of the Bible's Historical Accuracy

Often challenged, the Bible always proves true. Check out these examples of the Bible's historical accuracy.

The Bible is often criticized, but it proves itself to be accurate time after time.

Let me share some interesting proofs that Old Testament stories are true, not fictional as many claim.

1. The evidence of Pithom:
  • Exodus 1:11 explains that Israelites built Pithom.
  • Exodus 5 tells us that after Moses' visit, Egyptians withheld straw, forcing Hebrew slaves to make bricks with stubble.
  • In 1908, archeologists discovered that Pithom's lower structure is built with straw-filled bricks, but the bricks above it are stubble-filled. 
2. The evidence for the Hittites:
  • Hittites are mentioned 48 times in Scripture.
  • But but for hundreds of years no evidence could be found of this nationality, so Bible critics call the Hittites "fictional." 
  • Then in 1876, historians discovered Carchemish, the capital of the powerful Hittite nation. 
3. The evidence for Sargon:
  • Scripture was criticized because the Assyrian king Sargon mentioned in Isaiah 20:1 wasn't mentioned in ancient literature.
  • Then in 1842, Sargon's impressive palace was unearthed. 
4. The evidence for grapes:
  • For many years, critics insisted that grapes and wine (highlighted in Joseph's story) weren't part of Egyptian culture.
  • But ancient Egyptian tomb paintings were later discovered illustrating grape harvesting and wine-making. 
I believe that God sometimes allows these things to happen to test our faith. Will we trust Scripture when it's falsely criticized? 

Yes! we will trust Scripture because faith is "confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see" (Hebrews 11:1).
"The Lord's word is flawless." Psalm 18:30

Source of Bible proofs: Inspiks

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For more one-minute devotions about God's wonderful Word, see the Bible Love Notes collection Trust the Bible. I especially recommend Unbeaten which contains a wonderful poem about Bible critics. 
Often challenged, the Bible always proves true. Check out these examples of the Bible's historical accuracy.



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2 comments:

  1. JESJuly 30, 2014 at 6:21 AM

    Love those examples! And one day, when that Ark is found, we will see the same thing! How exciting!

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  2. DreamaOctober 27, 2018 at 11:44 PM

    A thought I had - someone once told me that there were no children found in Ramses' tomb. My thought was that . . .let's see. . .Moses was 40 years old when he left Egypt. He was 80 when he returned. Ramses' son could have been anywhere between 1 and 80 or even older when God sent the Angel of Death. I did some research and found that Ramses' oldest son was approximately 66 when he died. I'd have to look it up again.
    Oh! Something else, historians have proven that the Pharaohs would wipe out any trace of people they disagreed with. I really think the Egyptians did their best to wipe out the fact that the God of the slaves wiped out the Egyptian army.
    This is all just surmising on my part, but certainly a possibility.

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