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Biblical home of the Ark of the Covenant is ‘discovered’ in Israel

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An ancient stone slab found in a temple excavation outside Jerusalem may be connected to the Old Testament’s Ark of the Covenant, according to a Thursday report.

Archaeologists found the artifact while excavating a 3,100-year-old site near Beit Shemesh, west of the capital. They began excavating the temple in 2012.

Archaeologists identified the building as a temple because it had thick walls, was separated from houses in the ancient village, and had a platform likely used for religious ceremonies.

Inside the structure the researchers found animal bones, pottery shards, cups, and carved stones that could have been used as olive presses or for pouring wine, all of which could have been used in religious practice, Tel Aviv University archaeologist Prof. Shlomo Bunimovitz told Haaretz.

In the middle of the 12th century BCE the building was razed and some of the artifacts shattered. The area was then turned into an animal pen and buried in layers of black animal dung, which the researchers first mistook for ash.

Bunimovitz said that putting animals in the space was likely “an intentional desecration” of the area, probably by the Philistines. Beit Shemesh was in a volatile border area between the Philistines and areas controlled by the ancient Israelites.

Beit Shemesh was abandoned or destroyed, and then rebuilt, several times within 200 years.

Last summer the team uncovered a huge stone, flat on top, sitting on two smaller stones, forming a kind of table. The archaeologists said it was unlikely that the tablet had fallen into the position.

The arrangement of stones sounds like the description of the stone on which the Ark of the Covenant was placed in the First Book of Samuel, and is from the same era, Tel Aviv University archaeologist Dr. Zvi Lederman, who heads the project, told Haaretz.

The text says that the ark was first left in the community of Shiloh, north of Jerusalem, after the Israelites first arrived in the area.

In a battle the Philistines then took the ark, but after God punished them with illness, they returned it to the Israelites.

When the Philistines returned the ark to Beit Shemesh, “a large stone was there,” the Book of Samuel says. The residents of the town “took down the ark of the Lord and the chest that was with it, in which were the articles of gold, and put them on the large stone,” the text says.

The ark was later transferred to Kiriath-Jearim, then to Jerusalem.

There are inconsistencies between the ancient account and the modern-day site, however — the text says the stone was in an open area in a valley, for instance, while the stone slab was housed in a temple above the town.

The connection between the text and the Beit Shemesh finding does not confirm the placement of the ark at the site, but suggests that there is some historicity to the ancient text.

The text was likely written several hundred years after the site was destroyed, but the writer seems to have had knowledge of the stone and the religious significance of Beit Shemesh, Bunimovitz said.

It is not even clear how the ancient residents of Beit Shemesh identified themselves at the time, the report said.

Beit Shemesh has been a community and transportation hub for some 3,000 years. Excavations have revealed human settlement on the archaeological mound since the late Bronze Age. This pre-biblical history is preserved in the town’s name, which is taken from the Canaanite sun goddess, Shamash.

Many of the great characters of the Hebrew Bible also passed through Beit Shemesh, literally the House of the Sun — until the Assyrian King Sennacherib stormed the land in 701 BCE, as recorded in the book of 2 Kings.

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‘It had always been a dream of mine’: Bear Grylls gets baptised in the Jordan River

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Explorer and TV presenter Bear Grylls has fulfilled a lifelong dream, by being baptised in the Jordan River, the same sacred place where Jesus received baptism from John the Baptist.

Grylls shared a picture of this significant moment on X, formerly Twitter, writing: “It had always been a dream of mine to get in the water that Jesus was baptised in by my hero John the Baptist. The story is so amazing, & it seems wherever Jesus went, that new birth, new life, a new vision followed. Luke (in the bible) was probably a Syrian doctor before he met Jesus. He writes a reliable, poignant account of his life. It’s short. I like it.”

The Gospel of Luke tells the story of Jesus Christ’s life, teachings, crucifixion, resurrection, and ascension and it is often used to help new believers understand Jesus’ teachings and how to live the new life in Christ.

Grylls has often been open about his faith and is an ambassador for the Alpha Course, which introduces people to Christian basics.

Earlier this year, the adventurer made headlines after he said he believes “Jesus would struggle with 99 per cent of churches nowadays” during an interview with the Christian Post.

For him, Christians should prioritise a personal relationship with God over religious rituals.

He said: “Our job in life is to stay close to Christ and drop the religious, drop the fluff, drop the church if you need to because that means so many different things to different people anyway. Keep the bit of church which is about community and friends and honesty and faith and love. All the masks, performances, music and worship bands and all of that sort of stuff—I don’t think Christ would recognize a lot of that.”

Grylls was also famously seen praying for former president of the USA, Barack Obama during an episode of his TV show Running Wild with Bear Grylls.
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‘We’ve Got to Wake Up!’: Former Supermodel Kathy Ireland Delivers Powerful Message Defending Life, Call to Action for Church

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Model-turned-entrepreneur Kathy Ireland was recently honored at an influential pro-life gala, but the business mogul told the audience she wasn’t always on the side of life.

“As a young adult, I identified as a pro-choice Christian,” Ireland reportedly said Sept. 23 while accepting an award at Live Action’s Life Awards Gala. “It just shows you the state of our nation. How does that happen?”

But she realized in her 40s — decades after she became a Christian — her views on abortion didn’t comport with Scripture; she realized abortion actually violates God’s truth.

Now, Ireland is calling on believers and churches to speak out and realize the same.

“We’ve got to wake up our churches,” she said. “We’ve got to wake up!”

And she wasn’t done there. The Kathy Ireland Worldwide founder also delivered a powerful message to women who have sought abortions.

“To the women who’ve had abortions — the estimation is one-in-four — just know that nothing is too big for God,” she said. “We bring it to him; we repent. He redeems and restores.”

It’s truly a powerful and transformational message for post-abortive women to ponder.

In a move not commonplace in Hollywood, Ireland has openly discussed her Christian views in recent years. She told Fox News in February about the important role faith plays in her life.

“The most important relationship in my life is with Jesus and though I became a Christian at 18 … I am so grateful that God is so patient and so gracious,” she said. “I love that Scripture tells us, ‘The one who is forgiven much, loves much,’ so I love a whole bunch.”
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പാസ്റ്റർ ജോൺ തോമസ്, ശാരോൻ സഭകളുടെ അന്തർദേശീയ പ്രസിഡണ്ടായി തിരഞ്ഞെടുക്കപ്പെട്ടു

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ചിക്കാഗോ: ശാരോൻ ഫെല്ലോഷിപ് സഭകളുടെ അന്തർദേശീയ പ്രസിഡണ്ടായി പാസ്റ്റർ ജോൺ തോമസിനെ വീണ്ടും തിരഞ്ഞെടുത്തു. തിരുവല്ലായിൽ നടന്ന യോഗത്തിലാണ് ദേശിയ കമ്മറ്റിയുടെ തിരഞ്ഞെടുപ്പിനോടൊപ്പം പാസ്റ്റർ ജോൺ തോമസിനെ അന്തർദേശീയ പ്രസിഡണ്ടായും തെരഞ്ഞെടുത്തത്. ചിക്കാഗോ ശാരോൺ ഫെല്ലോഷിപ് ചർച്ചിന്റെ അംഗം ആയ പാസ്റ്റർ തോമസ് മൂന്നാം തവണയാണ് ഈ പദവിയിലേക്ക്
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ശാരോൺ ഫെല്ലോഷിപ്പ് സഭകളുടെ സ്ഥാപകൻ പാസ്റ്റർ പി ജെ തോമസിന്റെ മകനാണ്. കേരളത്തിലും വെളിയിലുമായി നിരവധി സഭകളും ആയിരകണക്കിന് വിശ്വാസികളും സഭക്കുണ്ട്. നോർത്ത് അമേരിക്കയിലും വിവിധ സംസ്ഥാനങ്ങളിൽ ശാരോൺ സഭക്ക് സഭാ പ്രവർത്തങ്ങൾ ഉണ്ട്. ചിക്കാഗോ ശാരോൺ ഫെല്ലോഷിപ് സഭാഗം ആയ ബ്രദർ ജോൺസൻ ഉമ്മനാണ് നോർത്തമേരിക്കൻ ദേശിയ സെക്രട്ടറി.
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