104-1 THE KING’S BUSINESS he not see it, though he shall die there.” What really happened is described in Jeremiah s words: “Then tire king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah in Riblah before his eyes: also the king of Babylon slew all the nobles of Judah. Moreover he put out Zedekiah’s eyes, and bound him in fetters to carry him to Babylon (39:7; 52:11). So we see how perfectly fulfilled were the predic tions of Ezekiel and Jeremiah and how completely they harmonize. Zedekiah was carried to Babylon, but he did not see Babylon, for his eyes were put out .before he was taken to that city. § Alfred Russell Wallace, the co-discoverer with Dar- Scienceand win of “Natural Selection,” says: “Things as they the Bible. are cannot be accounted for except by a divine influx \ . of three different stages.” And so this great scientist t f s us again, as other scholars have done before, the story of the creation of the heavens and the earth and the reconstruction of an earth as revealed to and recorded by Moses in Genesis 1, and both science and the Bible agree. It is remarkable to note that Moses records three distinct stages in the creation story of Genesis 1, each of which is characterized by the peculiar use of the Hebrew word bara, which means to create out of nothing, or to bring into existence a new thing. This word is used in the creation of matter (Genesis 1 :1), in the creation of life (Genesis 1 :21), and in the creation of man (Genesis 1 :27). Thus science and revelation harmonize in setting forth these three .different stages. God s Book and God’s world have both the same author. . Recent explorations in Palestine disclose an ancient Scripture History papyrus confirming the Scripture story of the passage Corroborated of the Israelites through the Red Sea. These historical . . confirmations are assurances that the Scriptures are the infallible and authentic Word of God. History and science will continue to corroborate and confirm this truth. Theology and archaeology have joined hands, and what God hath joined-together may criticism not be allowed-fo put asunder. The following appears in Dr. Bloch’s Wochenscrift: The latest report of the Palestine Exploration Fund brings the transla tion of a lately'discovered ancient Egyptian papyrus which sheds new light on the story of the exodus. According to the American Magazine the papyrus is a geographical lexicon of the chief places of the eastern Niledelta, from where the^ Jews began their journey into the promised land. The papyrus mentions the places enumerated in Exodus almost in the same succession. As is w ell known, the Israelites took their way from the land of .Goshen which is a tract of land in Eastern Niledelta called by the Egyptians “Gesem.” To be exact, they began their wanderings from the town Raineses and, ac cording to Exodus, they made their .first stop in Succoth. The papyrus makes this place and Pitham, which is also mentioned in the Bible, one place. Its Egyptian name is “Pe-Atum-Zuktu” from which can readily be read the double name “Pithom-Succoth.” Then the Israelites wandered - southeast and camped against the valley Hiroth, between Migdol and the sea near “Baal-Zephon.” There they were overtaken by the hosts of Pharaoh and it was here that Moses at the command of God stretched out his hands so that the children of Israel were able to go over dry shod to the other shore while the warriors of Pharaoh who attempted to follow them, perished miser ably in the waters which returned to their bed. In the Papyrus a sea, Kharta, is spoken of. The word Kharta is undoubtedly the biblical “Hiroth.” Further the Papyrus mentions a “Migdol of- Baal-Zephon” while the Bible speaks of “Migdol Baal-Zephon.” A Migdol was in ancient Egypt a fort or fortified tower and probably this Migdol stood without the gates of the city Baal Zephon. And so this lately discovered papyrus confirms perfectly the geo graphy of Exodus.
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