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Almost Unknown Bible Facts


1. Human Longevity





2. Multiple Copies of the Ten Commandments

In the movie Raiders of the Lost Ark, Indiana Jones informs two government agents that Moses smashed into pieces the two stone tablets on which were written the Ten Commandments. He is correct thus far. He continues to explain that they "took the pieces and put them in the ark." Wrong! Why would they not place the unbroken identical second copy of the Ten Commandments into the ark? This is precisely what is reported in the Bible. Lets look at the history of the original stone tablets:








3. Both Thieves Reviled Jesus

The version of the crucifixion which you will hear from most Christian theologians is the one told in Luke. Luke states that one of the malefactors railed on Jesus, while the other said, "Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom." However, four books of the Bible relate the crucifixion story and one should expect them to be basically the same. Two of these four books state that both thieves reviled Jesus:

And they that passed by reviled him...    (Matthew 27:39)





The truth would seem to be that both men crucified with Jesus reviled Him. For a full explanation of this apparent contradiction, refer to chapter 20 entitled "Proofs" That Man Has An Immortal Soul?

4. Wise Men Not at the Manger



In actuality, some mangers and homes were under the same roof of dwellings built during this period. The animals would be kept on the ground floor. Perhaps halfway back under the roof, steps led up to the family's living quarters. Crowding caused by the census taking may have resulted in the upper rooms being full when Mary and Joseph arrived. Finding no room at the inn, they probably stayed on the ground floor in the manger area of a house. By the time the wise men arrived, sufficient people had departed so that they moved into the upper rooms, or "into the house." This may also be the type of dwelling where the Lord's Supper occurred:





5. Why Adam and Eve Were Expelled from the Garden

Adam and Eve were not expelled from the Garden of Eden because they sinned. God would not care if they hung out there for awhile, except that the tree of life was in the garden. They were kicked out to prevent them from eating from the tree of life. Why? Because if they ate the fruit of the tree of life they would become spiritual bodies like God and the angels and live forever. That is exactly what your Bible states:


These are very important verses because they prove that Adam and Eve did not posess eternal life when God sent them forth from the Garden of Eden. The Bible specifically states that Adam and Eve were expelled from the Garden of Eden to prevent them from eating fruit from the tree of life and thus living forever! Most churches simply ignore these verses as their theology is based on man's false immortality.

6. In the day of the great slaughter when the towers fall

No one who reads the Bible after September 11, 2001 will fail to notice the following scripture:

And there shall be upon every high mountain, and upon every high hill, rivers and streams of water in the day of the great slaughter, when the towers fall. (Isaiah 30:25)

Isaiah is a book of prophecy, predicting what will happen in the future. "In the day of the great slaughter, when the towers fall," almost shouts World Trade Center. The World Trade Center contained twin towers and it was a great slaughter of at least 2,823 innocent people.

The entire chapter thirty of Isaiah describes the futility of relying on strong allies and not God. Israel's ally today is the United States, which is considered to be the world's last superpower. Putting their faith in human power instead of God causes Israel to dwindle down to a few, as a beacon on a hill. Regarding the children of Israel, Isaiah prophesies:


Then following the cycle described so often in the history of the children of Israel, they repent and turn to God and He blesses and rescues them. In what period does this occur? the day of the great slaughter, when the towers fall. (Isaiah 30:25)

"The day of the great slaughter" could refer to the coming battle of Armageddon. "When the towers fall" could place the time of this event as present time if the towers refer to the World Trade Center. Notice that towers is plural. Notice the phrase, "at the rebuke of five." There were five hijackers planned to be aboard each of the four hijacked aircraft. Events could get exciting soon. Watch the news!

7. The earth is round

Americans are taught that Christopher Columbus discovered the earth was round. However, did someone know that fact thousands of years before Columbus sailed?


These verses which relate facts that man in all his wisdom only discovered many years later, lend credence that the scriptures are truly the inspired words of God. That is, the Bible contains facts which mankind only discovered thousands of years after they were written down in the scriptures. Men wrote the scriptures under the inspiration of God. Since men did not even scientifically discover these facts until hundreds or thousands of years later, these facts written down in the scriptures could not have come from the minds of men at the time they were written! Therefore, men had to have been inspired by God to write these facts since they did not know them as facts at the time. One of these is that the earth's shape is round. Another is the fact that man's physical life has an upper limit of one hundred and twenty years. Some claim to have studied the scriptures for years, yet have not detected these simple truths. This proves the following scripture to be true:


8. Life on other planets?


Jesus was relating a parable to the Jews when He made this statement. So the sheep referred to could be the Jews. If that is the case, then the sheep not of this Jewish fold would be the gentiles. Remember that Jesus came first to the Jews, then to the gentiles.

However, the entire flock of earthly sheep for which Jesus gave His life is every human on the Earth, both Jews and gentiles. If this is the meaning of the verse, then where are the sheep which are not of this fold? That is, if Jesus died for all the sheep in the fold of the Earth, and He has sheep which are not of the fold of the Earth, then where are these other sheep which He must bring together into this fold?

Jesus could be referring to the angels which revolted on the earth and are currently imprisoned in hell. These sheep would certainly not be of this fold. That is, on the earth:


These angels are no longer in the fold of the earth, so it's possible that Jesus is speaking of them. Otherwise, the sheep not in this fold could be on another planet or planets. That is, the earth may not be the only inhabited planet. If the earth is not the only planet with intelligent life, it is a very special planet, because God sent His only Son to die for the sins of earthlings. Can you imagine God the Father calling Jesus in and asking, "How often does your Father asks you to do something? We have another rebellious planet and I would like for you to go there as a mortal, live a sinless life, you know...

9. More than two of some animals aboard Noah's ark

Some question the truth of the Noah's ark story due to the logistics involved. Could the ark which he built adequately house two of every animal species on the earth? In actuality, it had to house more that two of every animal species on the earth:


Clean beasts are those that have cloven hooves and chew their cud:

And every beast that parteth the hoof, and cleaveth the cleft into two claws, and cheweth the cud among the beasts, that ye shall eat. (Deuteronomy 14:6)

Some examples of clean animals are all species of sheep, cattle, goats, and deer. Seven pairs of each clean animal species and fowl were aboard the ark. When the ark finally came to rest on dry ground, Noah sacrificed some of the clean animals to the Lord:


Noah could not have sacrificed animals and fowl without making them extinct if only one pair of each clean animal was onboard.

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