Your Children having trouble in school?

To anyone who has worked with children, I think  you will like this one
1+2= 3

Until a child tells you what they are thinking, we can't even begin to
imagine how their mind is working....

Little Zachary was doing very badly in math. His parents had tried
everything...tutors, mentors, flash cards, special learning centers. In
short, everything they could think of to help his math.

Finally, in a last ditch effort, they took Zachary down and enrolled him In
the local Catholic school. After the first day, little Zachary came home
with a very serious look on his face. He didn't even kiss his mother hello.
Instead, he went straight to his room and started studying.

Books and papers were spread out all over the room and little Zachary was
hard at work. His mother was amazed when she called him down to dinner.To
her shock, the minute he was done, he marched back to his room without a
word, and in no time, he was back hitting the books as hard as before. This
went on for sometime, day after day, while the mother tried to understand
what made all the difference.

Finally, little Zachary brought home his report Card.. He quietly laid it on
the table, went up to his room and hit the books. With great trepidation,
His Mom looked at it and to her great surprise, Little Zachary got an 'A' in
math. She could no longer hold her curiosity.. She went to his room and
said, 'Son, what was it? Was it the nuns?'
Little Zachary looked at her and shook his head, no.. 'Well, then,' she
replied, Was it the books, the discipline, the structure, the uniforms? WHAT
WAS IT?'

Little Zachary looked at her and said, 'Well, on the first day of school
when I saw that guy nailed to the plus sign, I knew they weren't fooling
around.'

 Have a wonderful day and God Bless

Jesus Tomb ripped open by tremendous force...60 to 80 tons.

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THE MYSTERY OF THE IRON PEG


David was stunned.
He stared at it. Then shook his head.
Finally, he looked me in the eye and said, “Jonathan,
this iron peg is the greatest archaeological mystery
of all time.”


Then he paused, carefully measuring his words:
“…unless Matthew's eyewitness account is true.”


Please read this amazing report of our Jerusalem
expedition and tell me what you think.


BUT FIRST - A GIFT FOR YOU Henry Kroll


Since last week's newsletter to you, I have decided to
give you a present. It's a surprise-packed 73-page
e-book, "Solomon's Riches", which I think you will
enjoy immensely.


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SOLVING THE IRON PEG MYSTERY


And now, Henry Kroll, I need your advice. How would
you explain this very strange discovery we have made
in Jerusalem?


It concerns a tomb and an iron peg.


Did we guess right - or is there something we have
missed?


You see, some very precise clues (for future
archaeologists?) were given in the New Testament
account of the crucifixion of Jesus in 31 AD.


We are informed in the writings that Jesus was
crucified:


     (a) “outside the city” (Hebrews 13:12; John 19:20)
     (b) at a place called “the Skull” (Matthew 27:33;
                   Mark 15:22; Luke 23:33; John 19:17)


SKULL HILL


There is only one place around Jerusalem which has
borne, and still bears, the name Skull Hill. It is
just outside the North Wall, about 250 yards
north-east of the Damascus Gate. A portion of this
hill bears a striking resemblance to a human skull.


It is also the traditional site of burials for
Moslems, Jews and Christians.


Here it was, according to local tradition, that
criminals were stoned to death. In the Mishna this
place is called Beth ha-Sekelah, literally, “House
of Stoning”.

This was the recognized place of public execution
for Jewish criminals.


As late as the beginning of the 20th century, devout
Jews would spit at the hill, throw stones and curse
the “destroyer of their nation”.


It is such a site that the Roman authorities would
have selected for executions.


“OUTSIDE” THE CITY


Skull Hill is just a short distance outside the
Damascus Gate, the only direct exit from the
Castle of Antonine (the alleged place of Jesus’
mock trial).


Recent archaeological opinion also holds that
the Damascus Gate, which today marks the northern
boundary of the Old City, likewise marks the
northern boundary of Jerusalem in the 30s, the
time of Jesus’ crucifixion.


All this tends to add weight to the feasibility
of Skull Hill, outside the wall, advocated by
Otto Thenius (1842), Colonel Couder (1875) and
General Gordon (1883), being the actual site.


CRUCIFIXION PLATFIORM UNCOVERED


During excavations from January, 1979 to January,
1982, in front of the escarpment of which Skull
Hill is a part, a crucifixion platform was
uncovered.

The excavation crew found four squarish holes,
each  12  to  13 inches wide, cut into the
bedrock — holes which, apparently, had once held
crosses.


“A VERY GREAT STONE”


Continued clearing of the area exposed a portion
of a large, flat rock, which was a little less
than two feet thick. I would like you to remember
that measurement. We shall meet it again.


The exposed edge was curved, somewhat like that
of a large, thick, rounded table-top.


As the men cleared away more dirt and debris,
it became apparent that the stone was enormous.
They stopped digging. The dirt and debris piled
over it was ten feet deep.


It would be several years later before its true
dimensions were to be determined by sub-surface
radar from above the ground.


The diameter was found to be 13 feet 2 inches!
Thirteen feet two inches.


Remember that measurement also, as we shall meet
it again.


A building  had  apparently  been   constructed
at  one  time  to  enclose  BOTH the crucifixion
site AND this great, round stone.


How was this stone connected with a crucifixion
site?


NEARBY – A TOMB


The New Testament states that near the crucifixion
site was a garden which contained the newly cut out
tomb of a wealthy man, Joseph of Arimathea.


And that the owner of this tomb, who had witnessed
the crucifixion of Jesus, was so moved that he went
to the Roman governor, Pontius Pilate, to ask for
the body of Jesus to be placed in his – Joseph’s
– own unused tomb. This request was granted.


Three things close together:


       1. the Skull Hill crucifixion site
       2. a surrounding garden, and
       3. a nearby tomb.


And one might note that Skull Hill does contain
a large complex of Jewish tombs dating from the
First and Second Temple periods - and in
particular, one known as the “Garden Tomb”.


In 1867, in the same cliff face close to the
crucifixion-site, a landowner was digging a
cistern on his property, when he discovered a
tomb cut into the cliff face.


As with the  crucifixion site, this tomb was
beneath the current ground level, covered in the
debris of many centuries.

Several cisterns were also unearthed at this
spot. These suggested that an olive grove
could have existed here.


One of the cisterns was very large — and it
dated back to the first century or earlier.


Lying some 12 feet below the pavement against
the east wall, it could  hold  about  200,000
gallons  of  water, sufficient to keep a large
plantation green throughout the eight dry
months of the year.


In 1924, a very fine wine press was excavated
near the present main entrance to the garden.
This indicated that there had been a vineyard
nearby.


Of course the discovery of a tomb in this
vicinity could hardly be described as
sensational. Many tombs had been found in
this large, ancient burial area of Jerusalem.
But this tomb was of special interest.


When a tomb is seen to be unusual (and we shall
address that shortly), and is seen to be
adjacent to an ancient execution site, as well
as in the setting of a garden, such a
combination of factors is not to be taken
lightly.

In 1883, General Gordon, the notable British
soldier, came to the area — and became
convinced that the “skull face” was Jesus’
crucifixion site.


This  prompted  him  to  go  looking  for  a
tomb  that  was  “near at hand”,  as indicated
in the Bible.


And just a few hundred feet away was this tomb,
today known as the Garden Tomb.


Although first discovered in 1867, it was not
excavated until 1891. At that time, Dr Conrad
Schick prepared a report with diagrams, which
was published in the Palestine Exploration
Fund Quarterly of April, 1892.


“FIRST CENTURY”


Once excavation of the tomb was completed,
characteristics were noted which did prove it
to be dated to the first century CE, the time
of Jesus.


Dame Kathleen Kenyon, the famous British
archaeologist, said in 1970, “It is a typical
tomb of about the first century.”


EIGHT VITAL CLUES


Very well, then, we have here today a first
century tomb. But that is a far cry from
identifying it as the tomb of the biblical
Joseph of Arimathea who gave his personal
tomb for the burial of Jesus.


 An archaeologist wants evidence. Is there
any way the ancient accounts might assist us?
Indeed, in those ancient writings I was able
to find eight clues.


According to the biblical reporters John,
Matthew and Luke, the tomb of Joseph had
special characteristics:


     1. It was near the place of
        crucifixion. (John 19:42)
     2. It was in a garden. (v. 41)
     3. It was carved out of the rock.
        (Matthew 27:60)
     4. It was a rich man’s tomb. (v. 57)
     5. One could look into the tomb from
        outside. (John 20:5)
     6. There was standing room for a number
        of persons. (Luke 24:1-4)
     7. It was a new tomb and not an old tomb
        renewed. (John 19:41)
     8. The tomb was closed by rolling a GREAT
        stone over the entrance. (Matthew 27:60)


In every one of these particulars, the tomb
discovered in 1867 matched the biblical
description. It fitted like a glove.


A RICH MAN’S TOMB


Entering the tomb, one is impressed with the size.
Certainly, only a rich man could have afforded a
tomb such as this.


Inside the tomb, to the right, was a spot for the
owner of the tomb to be laid — and close to that,
another spot, possibly for his wife. To the left,
a large room was cut out for mourners to stand.


BUT USED BY SOMEONE ELSE


But this tomb was NOT used by the person or
persons for whom it had been cut out.


Inside the tomb, one section carved out of the
rock to fit one man, had clearly been enlarged
for somebody else —someone who was taller than
the man for whom the tomb had been measured.


This enlarged section indicated that NOT the
owner, but some other person, was laid in this
rich man’s tomb.


The ancient record states that Joseph, a member
of the Sanhedrin, took the body of Jesus and
“laid it in his own new tomb”, “wherein was
never man yet laid.” (John 19:41)


And that is exactly what we discovered - this
spot in the tomb that was enlarged for
someone’s feet.  Another link in the evidence?


A “NEW” TOMB


The existence of the cavity in the receptacle
at the tomb’s north-east corner, and the absence
of this cavity in the south-east receptacle, as
well as the unfinished groove toward the north
end of the west wall, show clearly that this
tomb was never completed.


A “GREAT STONE”


Something else. The record states that Joseph,
after placing the body in his own new tomb,
“rolled a great stone to the door of the tomb,
and departed.” (Matthew 27:60)


It goes out of its way to say “great” stone.
This clue, that it was a GREAT stone, is another
evidence that the owner of the tomb was a rich
man.


Someone else was also interested in this tomb.


The Jewish chief priests and Pharisees went to
Pilate, the Roman governor, saying:


“Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, while
he was yet alive, After three days I will rise
again.


"Command therefore that the tomb be made
sure until the third day, lest his disciples
come by night, and steal him away, and say unto
the people, He is risen from the dead, so the
last error shall be worse than the first.


"Pilate said unto them, Ye have a watch: go your
way, make it as sure as ye can. So they went,
and made the tomb sure, sealing the stone, and
setting a watch.” (vv.62-66)


THE MISSING SEAL STONE


And that brings us to the seal stone.


Immediately in front of the tomb is a stone
trench, or trough. This was for the rolling
of a stone to seal the doorway.


At the left end is an incline. The stone was
rolled onto the trough at this end.


In 1995, my archaeological team in Jerusalem
measured this trough which was built to
channel the rolling stone. We found this trough
to be — wait for it — about two feet wide!


At the right hand end of the trough is a large
stone block, positioned to prevent further
movement of the seal-stone toward the right.


Above that, on the right hand face of the tomb
itself, a ridge was cut in the rock, which would
block the stone from rolling further in that
direction.


In the face of the tomb were two evidences which
showed that a very, very large seal-stone was
once used to seal this tomb.


1. In the right side of the tomb face, team
member Dr Nathan Meyer had on an earlier visit
pointed out a hole which was pierced into the
cliff face. The hole held the oxidized remains
of an iron shaft. This has since been removed,
but the hole remains.


2. On the left hand side of the tomb face,
another hole had been pierced into the rock for
the insertion of a metal shaft, to prevent the
seal-stone from being rolled to the left and
the tomb being opened.


On October 20, 1995, team members Dr David
Wagner and Peter Mutton measured across the
tomb face from the shaft hole on the left to
the ridge at the right. The distance was
discovered to be — you guessed it — precisely
13 feet 2 inches!


This shows that the seal-stone was, indeed,
“a very great stone” - over twice the diameter
of any other seal-stone found in Israel! To
our knowledge, the largest seal-stone
previously found was 5 feet 6 inches.


This and the size of the buried stone at the
nearby crucifixion site were a PERFECT MATCH.


MYSTERY OF THE IRON SHAFT


Now, are you ready for the mystery of the
iron shaft? Hold onto your seat...


We photographed and video-taped the spot where
the Romans drove the iron shaft into the stone
face of the tomb at the left edge of where the
13 foot seal-stone would have been.


They had done this in an attempt to prevent the
stone from being rolled to the side and the
tomb being opened.


The record states that the stone was “sealed”.
(Matthew 27:60,66)


The metal shaft on the left which held the stone
in place was about two fingers in thickness.


It would be impossible to bend this shaft, much
less snap it off, simply by pushing the seal-
stone against it.


You see, to move the great stone even one inch,
the shaft must first be taken out.


However, when we examined the hole that held
the metal shaft, we found that the shaft was
still in there! What was left of it, that is.


It was sheared off, level with the wall.


The appearance of the metal was consistent with
its having been sheared off when struck with a
tremendous force from the right-hand side.


According to an engineer, the shear strength
of this peg was approximately 60 to 80 tons.


To put it another way, a metal peg of such
thickness would withstand 60 to 80 tons’ pressure
before it actually snapped off.


Imagine, if you can, ten tip trucks all
compressed together - or all the materials for
two brick houses squeezed together - and suddenly
dropped onto the iron peg.


That is the pressure required to snap the
iron peg.


Read that again, please. It is vital.


However, being soft and malleable, the peg
might have taken more than 60 to 80 tons’
pressure, bending first before it sheared
right off.


The engineer confirmed my conclusion.


“I could see that the end had been torn slightly
sideways - perhaps a quarter inch - to the left,
even though it was now rusted
some,” he said.


“It was an incredible sight, to witness what
had happened. Accomplished by moving the
stone in one simple move.”


He calculated that the stone itself weighed
around 13.8 tons.


Do you get this? It would be impossible,
humanly speaking, to snap off that metal shaft
by pushing  from a dead stop. You see, there was
no leverage.


But the fact is, the seal-stone has gone.


Someone did push the stone aside without taking
out the metal peg... What kind of person or power
was it?


The disciple Matthew informs us that the power
involved was non-human: He says, “... the angel
of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and
rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon
it.


"His countenance was like lightning, and his
raiment white as snow: And for fear of him the
keepers did shake, and became as dead men.”
(Matthew 28:2-4)


He claims there were witnesses to this - the Roman
guards themselves.


And what is the archaeological evidence?


It is the type of evidence that is easy to read.
It shows that the stone was moved with great speed,
by some colossal force WITHOUT TAKING OUT THE METAL
ROD.


CRITICS EMBARRASSED


For several years after I first reported this
discovery, critics asserted that we were mistaken –
that this metal spike was no more than a piece of
shrapnel from an exploded shell which hit the wall
during the 1967 war.


Of course the skeptic's argument sounded plausible.


Then, early in 2004, the metal was tested by the
Israeli Antiquities Authority (IAA).


Eventually, IAA archaeologist Yehiel Zelinger wrote
a short article stating that the metal object found
in the wall of the Garden Tomb was consistent with
metal pins used in Roman construction.


He stated that samples taken from the metal object
were tested at Hebrew University and shown to contain
both iron and lead.


It was common in ancient times to set metal pins in
molten lead. This would make them easier to drive
into solid objects.


While these tests do not determine the date of the
metal object, they do show a consistency with metal
pins used to construct the Coliseum in Rome and with
those found in other Roman period sites.


Bottom line… the findings are consistent with my
conclusion that this metal pin was used by the Romans
to seal the Garden Tomb.


The metal pin is NOT SHRAPNEL from an exploded shell.
It definitely IS of ancient origin.


The evidence also shows that the stone was moved with
great speed, by some colossal super-human force which
did NOT REQUIRE TAKING OUT THE METAL ROD.


Do you grasp the significance of this? Firstly, such
a feat is unexplainable by human action. Secondly, it
did happen.


Like it or not, the physical evidence stares us in
the face.


I have asked for any person on earth to explain this.
Critics have fallen deathly silent.


But this question demands an answer:


That sheared-off metal shaft still stuck in the wall –
could this be evidence of a supernatural opening of
the tomb?

Pardon me, please. I am a hard-nosed archaeologist.


But this question must be asked:  Why led Jewish
historian Pinchas Lapide to declare that that the
Resurrection of Jesus Christ was a historical fact?


If there's a more logical solution, I'm interested.
But, remember, I'm interested only in facts.


Please don't give me any philosophical nonsense like
"It has never happened to anyone I know, therefore it
could never happen." Or I've never seen a dead man
rise, therefore it is impossible.


Simply review the above archaeological evidence again.
Then let your common sense guide you.


If this has whetted your appetite for more scientific
discovery, you may like to pursue this further.


Here’s a good starting point:
http://www.beforeus.com/stolen-id.php


Well, Henry Kroll, may this upcoming week be a good one
for you.


Best regards,
Jonathan Gray
info@archaeologyanswers.com


DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?


Please email me your questions. I am here to help
you with any questions on ancient mysteries. Just
email me at info@archaeologyanswers.com

$100,000 reward to prove 1,981-year-old book wrong.

ARCHAEOLOGY NEWSFLASH NO. 285 A DISCOVERY - STARTLING, BUT TRUE

Last September I hinted at a remarkable discovery made on the far side of our planet, in New Zealand.

This may be the most unusual story I will ever get a chance to share with you. The connecting links may seem bizarre – but they are true…every one of them.

Even if you're not the slightest bit religious, you should find the following twist of events fascinating.

Living as a skeptic for many years, I never expected to be breaking this kind of news to you.

THE DOCUMENT ON MY DESK

I just wish you were with me here today. Because at this moment, on my desk - yes, right before my eyes - sits a 1,981 year old document.

Until 7 months ago, we never knew it existed. But it has a clearly trackable history.

Everything that follows is true history – supported now by solid archaeological exhibits. Did you get that? Please read it again.

You can't get closer to an event than this report. On April 27, 31 AD, in Jerusalem, the eyewitness author of the document found himself forced into a key role following the execution of Jesus Christ.

Also fitting strangely into this bizarre chain of events is a well-known archaeological treasure, the Ark of the Covenant.

For 1,500 years, the Ark (and ceremonies associated with it) enshrined a prophecy concerning a coming world Messiah and what he was predicted to accomplish.

First, why don’t I lay out for you the fast facts, then after that explain events in more detail? Here is the sequence of events, all of which we have been able to carefully verify... Guaranteed...

AMAZING EVENT SEQUENCE

     1. 1446 BC: In the saudi Arabian desert there is constructed a priceless golden chest, which will ultimately bedeck Solomon's Temple in Israel.

       It is called Ark of the Covenant. Why?-Because it enshrines the written Ten Commandments (the Covenant) --the universal standard for human behavior.

       Sacred records affirm the reason why the Ark was made. Explained thus:

       (a) Every person on earth has violated the Universal Law, and lives only by the Creator’s mercy.

       (b) So, in a ceremony once a year the blood of a sacrificed animal is sprinkled on the Ark’s lid (called the Mercy Seat).

       (c) This symbolic act functions as a "passion play" forecast of a promised future event. The essence of the prophecy is this:

       That the Creator has appointed a particular time in history when he will express his love by becoming man to suffer the penalty for every one’s wrongs. Hence the Mercy Seat, foretelling his act of mercy.

       (d) As such, he will be known as the Messiah, the sacrificial "Lamb".

       By this once-for-all act of mercy,

           (i)  the sovereignty of the Law will remain unshaken, and

           (ii) every person who chooses to accept the Messiah’s death on his behalf will be pardoned and restored into harmony with the Creator.

     2. 586 BC:  During the siege of Jerusalem by Babylonian invaders, the seer Jeremiah and Temple priests transfer the Ark of the Covenant to an underground cave near Skull Hill, about 270 feet outside the city walls. It will remain there for more than 2,500 years.

     3. On April 27, 31 AD, Roman soldiers drill a hole into a rock ledge fronting Skull Hill about 270 feet outside Jerusalem for the placement of a wooden cross on which to execute Jesus Christ – unaware that immediately below is the cave containing the Ark of the Covenant.

     4. During the crucifixion, a Roman spear pierces the side of Jesus. His blood sprinkles down through a vertical crack in the rock onto the Mercy Seat of the Ark in the cave below.

     5. Jewish Council member, Joseph of Arimathea, a great uncle of Jesus, (according to Jewish Talmud records), sabotages the authorities' plan to toss Jesus' body into a criminal pit. Instead, he donates his own new tomb adjacent to Skull Hill for an honourable burial. As a result, he

becomes a "marked man".

     6. Several days later Jerusalem is astir with the news that hundreds of citizens have seen Jesus walking, talking, eating - alive again! The authorities rush to stifle the reports.

ANCIENT DOCUMENT: FROM ISRAEL TO SPOT X

     7. The close family of Jesus write their own detailed memoirs of these events.

     8. Early AD 35:  Joseph and eleven close companions are arrested and exiled to perish at sea. Their precious documents go with them.

     9. AD 37: They survive, and finally reach south west Britain, settling in Glastonbury. Here, with their records, they live in peace for about 6 centuries.

     10. In 664, after Rome's Saxon mercenaries invade and conquer most of Britain, the Roman Catholic Synod of Whitby orders the guardians of the Glasstonbury records to surrender those “pagan non-Latin” documents for burning, and, giving up some, they continue to carefully guard the most precious of them.

     11. They stay “underground” during centuries of persecution – until ultimately some documents are “smuggled” out of Britain, and into New Zealand, to Spot X. We do not know the precise date this occurred.

ARCHAEOLOGISTS: FROM ISRAEL TO SPOT X

     12. In the 1980s and 90s, our associated teams in Jerusalem excavate in front of Skull Hill and survey the crucifixion and burial sites.

     13. After this, two of the team, Jonathan and Josephine Gray, follow an impression to relocate our working base to New Zealand – and specifically to the same Spot X - not knowing its significance. We are not aware that the Guardians are there, nor that they or their papers exist.

POLITICAL REFUGEE:

FROM AUASTRALIA TO SPOT X

     14. In 1998, P, a Perth university lecturer discovers 11 months before the event that certain Australian government figures are involved in plotting the Bali massacre of Australians. After presenting a 5,000 report to a Canberra official whom he trusted, P is forced to flee for his life from Australia to New Zealand – and ends up specifically (coincidentally?) in Spot X.

LINKS WOVEN AT SPOT X

     15. In Spot X, P is thrown unexpectedly into close proximity to the Guardians, who allow him access to their precious 2,000 year old history records.

     16. In Spot X, totally unaware of what P has just seen, we “stumble” into contact with P, and share with him our Jerusalem expedition pictures.

     17. As P goes into retreat and reflects, firstly on the Guardians’ papers, then on our expedition findings, there leaps out at him an absolutely startling connection. Our expedition findings are amazingly related to what the documents speak about!

     18. June, 2011:  P excitedly contacts us to announce that his marriage of the Guardians’ documents with our expedition photos, not only clearly cross-confirms the New Testament books, but vindicates the discovery claims of our teams.

     19. P informs us: “My contact with the Glastonbury group was through a third party, D, who had bought a house previously owned by a family in the group. But he has now left New Zealand.

"Because of that, and because of the politically awkward nature of my attempted assassination [in Spot X], the door of opportunity into the group has probably been closed.

"Group members are secretive, ‘guarded’. They have survived for nearly 2,000 years by being careful – someone like me, with bullet holes through his windows, doesn’t fit in with a group wanting to keep a low profile.”

That should be the end of the story.

     20. But now there occurs an amazing twist of events: Although D has left the area, by some wonderful providence his house has not sold, so he finds himself returning to Spot X.

Is this merely a coincidence – or something more?  – because now, through a series of events, we “bump into” D! We find him to be friendly and hospitable.

But more importantly, through his graciousness we are granted access to the Guardians!

     21. To our astonishment, the spokesperson for the group is already expecting me to phone her.

And, by an absolutely amazing coincidence she already possesses my Ark of the Covenant book! While we have been dying to meet her, she has been trying to find out more about us!

On our first visit, she hands over to us our own personal copy of the document she believes was written by Joseph of Arimathea himself!

Why is this such a valuable document?

   1. Because it verifies in stunning detail the identity of the tomb we have been examining adjacent to the Jerusalem crucifixion site.

   2. It also hits us with an independent eyewitness account regarding Jesus by one who was intimately acquainted with Jesus, preserved for 2,000 years quite separately from the Bible record.

THE ANTIQUITY OF THIS DOCUMENT

A careful investigation of all available evidence uncovers this early history of the document:

•       During the period 27 to 31 AD, one of Jesus’ close acquaintances was placing on record, as they occurred, many of the things which he saw and heard.

•       Late April onward, 31 AD: These eyewitness records were brought together and, in the Jerusalem house of the disciple John, the first words were written of a connected report.

•       In the year 34, Joseph of Arimathea and his party were cast adrift by Saul of Tarsus to die at sea. The treasures they took with them included this scroll. The group survived, landing in France.

•       In AD 37 this precious document, along with others, accompanied Joseph to Glastonbury in Britain.

•       In AD 58, Joseph’s friend and colleague Aristobulus, going to labor in Wales, took with him a copy of this book.

SET ADRIFT

Let's flash back now to that fateful day in AD 34 when Joseph's party was cast adrift.

"Get in!" shrieks the uniformed officer. "There’s room for one more. "

He nudges the woman off the quay. She stumbles, almost crashing, into the boat. Stabs of pain shoot up her leg as she strikes something.

Marcella sighs... and looks around her. There is Joseph... Lazarus... and twelve others crammed in with her. She knows every one. All dear friends.

One of them smiles at her.

Another boat comes in close, to tow them out to sea. Four strong men give their craft a push.

From now on, they are castaways. Without oars or sails. At the mercy of the Mediterranean.

Yet... not afraid. That is the wonderful part. Each is very calm and at peace.

Adjusting to a more comfortable position, Joseph reflects on the events that have led to this moment...

IN A RICH MAN’S TOMB

Just 3½ years earlier, on April 27, AD 31, that alleged renegade Yeshua (Jesus) had been publicly executed.

Governor Pilate’s official report of the event was deposited in the imperial archives of Rome.

The Jewish Council (the Sanhedrin) intended that Jesus’ body be tossed into the pit reserved for criminals and that his memory be erased.

But their plan was thwarted by one of their own members - Joseph of Arimathea.

Of some reputation in Jerusalem, Joseph had become rich transporting tin and other metals from the Cornish mines of Britain to ports around the Mediterranean. He was one who could go privately to the Governor and make bold requests.

Pontius Pilate knew and respected him… and granted him leave to remove Jesus’ body from the cross and bury it in his own newly-cut tomb chamber.

This was in accordance with existing Roman law that a near relative could attend to the burial of a crucified man. The historical Jewish Talmud records that Joseph was a great uncle of Jesus (younger brother of Mary's father).

He was also a secret follower of Jesus. And after that rushed Thursday night trial of Jesus, Joseph was in shock. Then, when Jesus died the next afternoon, Joseph could remain silent no longer. He "came out into the open".

JOSEPH - A MARKED MAN

After Joseph of Arimathea buried Jesus in his own tomb, he was a marked man. The enraged religious leaders wanted revenge.

But due to his wealth and influence they had to move cautiously.

Meanwhile, those who claimed they had seen Jesus alive again were causing a stir. Since the reported resurrection, they had become courageous. Strengthened with a courage they had not known before, they hurried into the streets and began speaking publicly about what they had seen.

In the days that followed, thousands of local people, convinced by the evidence, made commitments to Jesus. They claimed the authorities had made an awful mistake.

This brought opposition from the Establishment. They arrested the speakers, threatened them, whipped and even imprisoned some of them.

But the response was, “We cannot possibly give up speaking of things we have seen and heard."

Why were these followers of Jesus so astonishingly successful? Because they were not discussing philosophical ideas which might, or might not, have some merit.

Not at all, they were reporting that they had actually seen Jesus alive again, talked with him, eaten with him and walked dusty roads with him. They swore that what they were saying was true.

THE SKULL HILL BUILDING

Apparently, there was sufficient public outrage against Jesus' execution, for the site to never be used as an execution site again.

Eventually, the land was sold off – to the growing community of believers.

It is likely that Joseph of Arimathea had a hand in the purchase of the site, and donated it to them. They constructed a building around the site, with the rock wall behind where Jesus’ cross was, as one of the walls. Into that back wall they fixed what appears to have been an altar.

Excavations at the Skull Hill site in the late 1970s and early’80s uncovered the stones in the walls of that early building.

Pilate, the Roman governor, believed Jesus had been handed over to him because of the jealousy of the religious leaders.

One has the impression that after Jesus’ death, public opinion aligned with Pilate’s assessment – so much so, that selling off the execution site to Joseph of Arimathea was seen as a necessary act of public penitence and compensation.

While some of the religious leadership was still convinced that their murder of Jesus was necessary, the general populace were outraged at what had happened.

Even among the religious leaders, many came to believe that their leaders had murdered “the messiah”.

Rather than have everyone trek back and forth over to the tomb, to see the resurrection stone, the giant circular stone that had covered Jesus’ tomb entrance was moved to the new building at Skull Hill and placed in front of the cross holes.

(Jesus' cross was at the back, and there were three more cross-holes lower down, and closer to the road – two of which were used for crosses on the day Jesus died – i.e. for the two thieves).

The lower parts of the surrounding walls still exist.

The stone was laid flat, either as part of the floor, or as a raised platform or “table”. It is hard to tell now just how high the stone was positioned relative to the surrounding floor.

The stone is still there – as noted in my colleague Ron Wyatt’s first-hand archaeological report.

The excavation team were obliged by the official who approved the excavations, to restore the site to the condition it was in prior to the excavations.

So the stone, and remains of the walls from that first Christian meeting place, now sit buried below several feet of dirt.

The Skull Hill site was used until, 3½ years later, one of the young deacons was dragged out of the city and publicly stoned to death for speaking about Jesus.  In this, Saul of Tarsus (a member of the Sanhedrin) took a leading part.

A great rash of persecution now broke out in Jerusalem and followers of The Way were scattered everywhere.

Saul now targeted Joseph of Arimathea.

Rather than bring down public anger on his own head for arresting such an influential figure, Saul decided to get rid of him quietly. Then he would not be seen as responsible for his fate.

So Joseph and eleven others close to him were cast adrift on a boat, from which oars and sails had been removed.

Naturally, these exiles took their treasures with them, including what written records they and the family / relatives of Jesus had.

Contrary to Saul's intentions, the castaways managed to survive this ordeal, landing eventually at Marseilles on the coast of Gaul (France).

Joseph of Arimathea continued with some of his party across the channel to Britain. sailing around to the Glastonbury area of Cornwall, they were welcomed by residents who knew Joseph from his mining operations.

EVIDENCE IN ROYAL BRITISH ARHIVES

Twelve hydes of land were granted to them by Joseph's friend Arviragus.

Today, officially recorded in the British royal archives. we find these charters of land that were granted to them in AD 37 by Prince Arviragus of the Silures.

You can examine a record which contains remarkable details of the original charter. It is embodied in the Domesday Book of William I.

Their arrival in Britain seemed to relax them from their concerns. The mood changed – and they obviously looked on Glastonbury as their new permanent home. Their ancient scriptures were unpacked, and taught, buildings built, trees and crops planted.

Joseph died on July 27, 82 AD, at the grand age of 98.

SAFETY AND PROSPERITY

The Romans were unable to occupy the area which included Glastonbury. There was an established trading and shipping route operating between the Mediterranean and the British Isles – including both the Roman and non-Roman parts of the Isles.

The Roman administration used Gaul (France) as its route to and from Britain. Roman documents, soldiers and administrators travelled from Rome into Gaul, thence across what we today call the English Channel.

Joseph of Arimathea’s documents were in the original Hebrew and Aramaic (and possibly Greek) at first, but were very likely translated into the local languages and later rendered into what became English over the intervening centuries.

There does not appear any history of harassment or persecution in Britain. The Glastonbury group seemed accepted and popular with both government administrators, and the common British communities, as the message of The Way spread throughout Britain and Ireland.

In these early days, the people tended to see their faith as flowing direct from Jerusalem, and from the mother faith, Judaism. Such a perceived spiritual heritage did not sit well with the church power brokers in Rome.

ROME BACKS THE SAXON INVASION

After the power of the Roman Empire collapsed in Britain, the Saxons cast their eye toward the British Isles.

Their invasions into Britain were supported, and often backed financially, from Rome. Basically, the Vatican (successor to the empire) was lending the money to build and fit out the ships for the Saxons. The deal was that once the Saxons had conquered Britain, the loans would be repaid, with interest, by the victorious Saxons.

Effectively the Vatican was using the Saxons as mercenaries to re-assert Roman control over Britain – because direct military control from Rome had been weakened, or effectively destroyed.

Once the mercenaries (Saxons) had conquered much of Britain, spiritual control (from Rome) was to be imposed on the British Isles. Religion was to be conducted according to the language and rites of Rome, and not Jerusalem.

Meanwhile, the descendants of Joseph enjoyed freedom outside Rome’s reach.

SYNOD OF WHITBY: JOSEPH’S PAPERS BANNED

It all came to a crashing halt with the Synod of Whitby.

Rome had finally conquered Britain. The Synod of Whitby in 664 voted to standardise “Christianity” in Britain under Roman control – which would involve the use of Latin in the liturgy, acceptance of the papal authority of Rome, and of the Roman Catholic calendar.

That Synod pretty well determined the shape of mainstream religion practiced in Britain until the Reformation.

Steps were taken to enforce acceptance of the decision. All non-Latin writings were to be destroyed. Book burnings took place, and groups holding documents from an earlier period, in Greek, Hebrew and Aramaic, were ruthlessly persecuted.

Thanks to Joseph of Arimathea, various documents from the early days were stored at Glastonbury. In line with the post-Synod of Whitby orders, most of these were burned.

Book burning is something that appals scholars – and many of the scholars and devout believers in Glastonbury were appalled at the orders to burn their books and records.

They went through the motions of obeying orders, handing over some of their papers to be destroyed.

But they tried to hide and preserve some of their most valued treasures, including the scrolls Joseph of Arimathea had brought with him to Britain after Stephen’s murder in Jerusalem, over 600 years earlier.

Church and civil authorities would continue hunting for the remaining documents for much of the following 1200 years or so. The Glastonbury community was raided repeatedly.

Meanwhile, some of the faithful descendants of Joseph’s group (and their successors) blended into the community unrecognized, and hid the surviving scrolls.

TO LOCATION X

They stayed “underground” until some documents were “smuggled” out of Britain, and into New Zealand, to Spot X. This occurred in the 1800s, but we are unable to pinpoint the date.

Jesus’ apostle John wrote the book of Revelation on Patmos, at latitude 37 degrees north. The descendants and heirs of Joseph of Arimathea's Glastonbury group, settled in Spot X at latitude 37 degrees south. (We are protecting the privacy of the actual location.)

They stored Joseph's papers here, at that latitude. There may be more than a co-incidence in those two latitudes.

The Guardians have largely lost touch with the original faith, so, in the special document they protected, they did not really know what they had.

Here, now, is the punch line:

          * Just one archaeological team on earth was exclusively working at the Jerusalem crucifixion site.

          * Two key team members then relocated to the ends of the earth, to discover that a 2,000-year-old eyewitness report of that very same event was waiting for them in that same spot.

Please re-read those last two sentences, Henry Kroll, and ask yourself, is that just a coincidence ...or is something bigger playing out here?

THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL TRUTH ABOUT THIS OLD DOCUMENT

Have you ever heard either of these claims?:

       1. that the New Testament books about Jesus Christ are mythical, written centuries after the alleged events? Or that

       2. they were edited / altered by some political or religious guys to suit an agenda?

This newly discovered document knocks those claims stone dead.

What we have here is an original eyewitness account by a close associate of Jesus himself, preserved for almost 2,000 years - and preserved far away and independently from the biblical New Testament.

Careful examination shows it to be penned by someone of integrity, who was intimately acquainted with the events and places, as only an on-the-spot eyewitness could be.

His reporting is oriented to Galilee, rather than Jerusalem. The incidental details, tone and style of the document indicate it to have been written by one who personally knew Jesus and his message.

His descriptions of Nazareth, Jesus’ boyhood home village, and Joseph’s tomb in which Jesus was laid, match to the minutest detail what our archaeological teams were to physically uncover 2,000 years later.

What is the value of this document?

      1. It proves the New Testament account of Jesus, including his rising from the dead, to be an honest and contemporary account of events.

      2. It verifies our various teams' archaeological findings made in Israel during the 1980s and 1990s

But the greatest wonder of all is that

   (a) Joseph of Arimathrea’s ancient written memoirs, and

   (b) the refugee who became our go-between to the Guardians, and

   (c) our specific team that worked at the crucifixion-site - should all independently converge at Spot X on the opposite side of the world, so that this unlikely discovery could now “happen”.

It makes you wonder, was Someone arranging that?

If you'd like more information about our Jerusalem archaeological finds, it's in my special report, "The Forbidden Secret".

But this report reveals much more - it uncovers just how certain past events now impacting on present day events will affect you and those whom you love.

If you are skeptical and would like to claim $100,000 by proving the investigations are flawed, then here is where to start: http://www.beforeus.com/secret.html