The story of the Jericho City
In the modern day, there is this nation call Egypt, and Iraq. Between them, there is a nation call Isreal.
Look closer to the map above, you can see Isreal.
Whn you look closer to Isreal, you can see the city call Jerusalem, to its right, is the city call Jericho.
Jericho city was a city mentioned in the bible and also archeologists have found prove for the existence.
Scientific view: The Jericho City was existed in the past and was destroyed in the late Bronze Age, about 1400 BC year.
In the bible: Joshua was leading his army for the invasion of Jericho city as God had promise them the promise land.
Scientific view: archeologists found in the region of the Jericho city with ruin of tumbled walls, preliminary conclusion for the reason of destruction of Jericho city was earthquake.
In the bible: Joshua, as instructed by God, led his army and marched around Jericho city seven times, they shouted on the seventh day, then the city collapsed,Joshua and his army went in to the city and destroyed everything.
Scientific view: To find prove for what it said in the bible, archeologists collected different facts.
They found enough evidencethat the walls of Jericho falls not by earthquake. Jericho city was in the high land, archeologists also found evidence says that the mud brick wall fell and became a ramp for a mean to be able to ascend to the city. A layer of burned ash was also found in the ciry, which the archelogist suggested that city was burned by fire.
In the bible: The bible said that Joshua led the Isrealites army into Jericho and destroyed/burn the city
The standing wall:
Scientisfic view: all the walls was fallen, but archeologists found a section of the mud-brick wall over two meters tall remained and it had houses built against.
In the bible: Rahab, who helped the spies from Joshua's army and let them escaped Jericho city to report back to Joshua, and she believed in God being faithful, because of that God promised to spare her and her family's life from the attack of the Jericho city.
Scientific view: the standing wall was the only wall remain standing without any damages. The location of it was at the North side of the jericho city, which was the direction where the spies from Joshua;s army went in to the city. It is believed that the standing wall could be the house of Rahab.
God is powerful and real, He does miracle in the bible, after so many years, scientist or archeologists trying to prove the Bible, and it seems like more and more evidence were discovered.
Bible could be just a story book to someone, but to me it is more like a history book which recorded what had happened in the past.
Jericho city was destroyed by Joshua and his army, which believe only in one God, the God who did, is doing and will do micracle.
God is the same for yesterday, today and tomorrow.
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