LACHISH He besieged the city. Then he had the siege carved into his own palace wall, in stone, with his name attached. Twenty-six centuries later, archaeologists dug up the city he was bragging about — and found it exactly where he said it was. In 701 BC, the Assyrian king Sennacherib marched against the kingdom of Judah. The Bible describes it in three separate places — 2 Kings 18–19, 2 Chronicles 32, and Isaiah 36–37 — during the reign of King Hezekiah. One of the cities he attacked was Lachish, Judah's second most important city after Jerusalem. Sennacherib didn't just conquer Lachish. He was proud enough of it to commission an enormous series of stone relief panels depicting the siege in vivid detail, and installed them in his own palace at Nineveh. They show archers, siege engines, a massive ramp built against the city wall, defenders on the ramparts, and rows of captives being led away. An inscription beside the panels records Sennacherib reviewing the plunder of Lachish in person. Archaeologists excavating Tel Lachish in Israel — across decades of work by Starkey, Aharoni, Ussishkin, and Garfinkel — found the physical siege ramp still standing, built from roughly 20,000 tons of stone. They found a destruction layer of ash and collapsed walls dated to the same period. They found arrowheads, sling stones, and a chain believed to belong to one of the battering rams shown on the Nineveh reliefs. This is not a case of faith filling in gaps where evidence is silent. This is a Judean city, a Judean king, and an Assyrian campaign attested independently in Hebrew scripture, in Assyrian royal inscriptions, in a palace relief carved by the victors, and in the ground itself. The relief shows a ramp. The excavation found the ramp. The Bible says the city fell. The archaeology shows it burned. The Bible is not describing a mythical world disconnected from history. It places its people, kings, cities, and battles in a real geographical and historical setting — and Lachish is one of the places where those claims can still be walked on, dug into, and verified today. #Lachish #BiblicalArchaeology #Sennacherib #Hezekiah #ChurchHistory

Monks in Greece took apart a 1,500-year-old manuscript of Paul's letters and reused its pages as binding material for other books. Centuries later, scientists found the lost text hiding in the ink of the pages that replaced it. Codex H is a sixth-century Greek manuscript containing the letters of the Apostle Paul, one of the oldest and most important New Testament witnesses in existence. In the 13th century, it was dismantled at the Great Lavra Monastery on Mount Athos, and its parchment — valuable and reusable — was cut up and repurposed as binding material and flyleaves for other manuscripts. Its surviving fragments ended up scattered across libraries in Italy, Greece, Russia, Ukraine, and France. Here's what made recovery possible. At some point the manuscript had been re-inked, and the chemicals in that new ink bled faintly onto the facing pages — a reversed, mirror-image imprint of text that no longer physically existed on the page itself. It was invisible to the naked eye, but not to a camera. A research team led by Professor Garrick Allen at the University of Glasgow, working with the Early Manuscripts Electronic Library, used multispectral imaging — capturing the parchment under wavelengths from ultraviolet to infrared — to bring those ghost imprints back into view. Combined with radiocarbon dating to confirm the manuscript's sixth-century origin, the team reconstructed 42 lost pages, recovering around 130 verses. The find includes some of the earliest known chapter divisions for Paul's letters and roughly a hundred scribal corrections and annotations, giving scholars a rare window into how early Christians actually studied and compared their copies of Scripture. And here's the part worth sitting with: the recovered words match the text already preserved in other ancient New Testament copies. After thirteen centuries in pieces, scattered across four countries, cut up and reused as bookbinding — the words hadn't changed. Share this with someone who thinks ancient texts are fragile things we can't trust. "The word of our God will stand forever." — Isaiah 40:8 #CodexH #BiblicalArchaeology #ApostlePaul #ManuscriptDiscovery #ChurchHistory

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What if I told you the Red Sea crossing wasn’t just a story from an old book, but a physical location you can visit today? 🌊✨ For decades, the world looked at the Bible as a collection of beautiful metaphors. But Ron Wyatt saw it differently. He saw it as a map. 🗺️ Driven by an unshakable faith and a humble spirit, Ron didn't wait for permission to seek the truth. He went to the shores of the Gulf of Aqaba and found chariot wheels encrusted in coral. He climbed the restricted fences of Saudi Arabia to stand before the charred summit of the real Mount Sinai. ⛰️🔥 He didn't do it for fame or for money. As a nurse anesthetist by trade, he used his own savings and his own time because he believed that the world deserved to see the evidence. From the Durupınar site of Noah’s Ark to the breathtaking search for the Ark of the Covenant, Ron Wyatt spent his life proving that God’s Word is written in the very dust of the earth. While critics questioned him, Ron’s work continues to inspire millions. Why? Because he looked where others were afraid to look. He trusted the Biblical text more than the traditions of men. His "discoveries" aren't just artifacts—they are anchors for our faith. ⚓ At Good Samaritan Human Rights Pakistan , we carry that same spirit of "seeing what others miss." Just as Ron saw a miracle beneath the waves, we see the miraculous potential in every child and every marginalized community we serve. 🤝✨ ​We believe that when you uncover the truth, you have a responsibility to share it. 🙌 Do you believe the Bible is living history? Comment "AMEN" if Ron Wyatt’s journey inspires your faith! ​👇 Share this post to honor a man who spent his life proving that the Bible is TRUE. ​#RonWyatt #BiblicalArchaeology #FaithAndScience #RedSeaCrossing #MountSinai #GoodSamaritanNGO #TruthSeeker #BibleHistory

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Immediately upon Release at 8:30pm Eastern/7:30pm Central. Click on over to https://www.lastchristian.net/ Abraham’s story didn’t begin in Genesis 12. From surviving a king’s deadly decree to years hidden in a cave, mentored by Noah and Shem, and boldly smashing idols—this is the untold journey from Abram to Abraham. Discover the prophetic backstory, ancient sources, and God’s divine preparation for the father of nations.  #Abraham #Abram #BibleStudy #Genesis #Jubilees #Jasher #BiblicalHistory #OldTestament #FaithJourney #UroftheChaldees #Noah #Shem #IdolWorship #Covenant #PromisedLand #Patriarchs #BiblicalProphecy #ChristianTeaching #Evangelical #ConservativeChristian #BiblicalArchaeology #AncientMesopotamia #BiblePodcast #WalkingThroughTheWord #RevelationRadio #LastChristianRadio #FatherOfNations #BiblicalBackstory #AbrahamsJourney #Sarai #Nimrod #BibleTruth #HiddenYearsOfAbraham

The Song of Songs versus porn: Song of Songs: Not Just a Dirty Book By Richard S. Hess https://library.biblicalarchaeology.org/article/song-of-songs-not-just-a-dirty-book/#:~:text=The%20Song%20makes%20its%20way,sex%20as%20a%20divine%20gift. Finding out that in the bible sexuality is the means and love and beauty are the ends, whereas in porn love and beauty are the means and sexuality is the ends, helped me overcome a huge cognitive fallacy impeding me from progressing in victory over lust. Sex was created by God and is not to be shied away from, but sexual education needs to be done right, according to the Bible. #bible #songofsongs #songofsolomon #defeatingsin #defeatinglust

Some of the earliest Hebraic writings that we have! Learn about the Ketef Hinnom scrolls! https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/biblical-artifacts/inscriptions/miniature-writing-ancient-amulets-ketef-hinnom/?fbclid=IwAR1DHA8O75XAbSejW0jGx3MDmAQdVWYIORvM9Kxh--deVDDPQbfrU3RDmYg