Copper ruins found in Jordan strengthen biblical record of King Solomon

A massive copper smelting plant in Edom was found to be at least three centuries older than researchers previously thought, this places it firmly in the biblical timeline of King Solomon, who is considered to be one of the greatest rulers of Israel.


Because of the lack of archaeological evidence King Solomon’s existance 3,000 years ago has been in question among some scholars.

This time period has been one of the most hotly debated areas of biblical archaeology. This find presents hard evidence that there was an advanced society in this area earlier than pervious archaeological evidence had suggested.

Romans 1:18-20:

18. But God shows his anger from heaven against all sinful, wicked people who suppress the truth by their wickedness. 19. They know the truth about God because he has made it obvious to them. 20. For ever since the world was created, people have seen the earth and sky. Through everything God made, they can clearly see his invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature. So they have no excuse for not knowing God.

I find it very comforting to know that as human knowledge increases and we learn more and more about nature and about our history that the Bible is proven to be more and more accurate than many would believe. I strongly believe that the more we learn the more it will point us to the undeniable fact that God does exist and he has made himself known through his creation and through his son Jesus.

Endless Prayer:

Lord I thank you for your Word and for revealing yourself to me through your beautiful creation. Your ways are so much higher than our ways. Your thoughts are higher than our own. I ask that you would continue to reveal yourself to me that I might better serve you. For my readers I ask that you would also reveale yourself to them that they might give you the glory that you rightly deserve. Protect us from our own prideful self-righteousness and deliver us from temptation.

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