The news recently about the un-earthing of 70 small metal books purportedly originally from Jordan, is being described as possibly as important to Christianity as the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls! Some are saying this may be the sealed book referred to in Revelations 5, which Christ alone is worthy to open. "And one of the elders said unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof." Revelations 5:5. Now do all of these booklets comprise separate chapters of 1 volume, or is one of these 70 booklets 'the' book itself?
The number seventy is significant in that it is the number of years the Israelites were held in captivity in Babylon.
At any rate as a believer in Jesus Christ, it is important that a find like this points towards what we already know is the truth, but it isn't necessary to our faith that these books be proven out as Christian. It will be interesting to see what further research yields on this!
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