EXPLORATION BIBLE ARTICLES
These articles have been featured once a month in the Sanpete Messenger Newspaper from 2020-2024.
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BIG PICTURE TRUTH CLAIMS OF THE BIBLE
EXPLORATION BIBLE
by Chip Thompson, 2020 & 2021
The Big Picture of Abraham (Abraham, David, Jesus)
The Bible is Tenacious (Bible Manuscripts, Emperor Vespasian, The Roman Diaspora)
The Certainty of God's Word (God's Eternal Promise to Israel)
Only the True God Can Foretell the Future (Idols vs the True God of the Bible)
The True God Survives (False gods vs the True God)
Only the True God Can Save (Israel Survived the Assyrian Conquest)
Only the Bible Identifies the Messiah from Ancient Times
(The Church of the Nativity, The Cave where Jesus was born)
The Death and Resurrection of Jesus was Prophesied Before His Birth (Dead Sea Scrolls—Psalm 22, Dead Sea Scrolls—Great Isaiah Scroll, The Empty Tomb of Jesus)
Supernatural Signs Heralded the Birth of Jesus (Bethlehem, Dead Sea Scrolls—Daniel)
Ancient Prophecies Fulfilled by the Miraculous Powers of Jesus (Capernaum, Bethesda Pools, Josephus)
Jesus is the Savior of the World (Nazareth Tau Rho Mosaic & the Gospel Message)
Jesus is Coming Again (Lion Seals, Mount of Olives)
THE SCARLET THREAD IN THE OLD TESTAMENT
EXPLORATION BIBLE ARTICLES
by Chip Thompson, 2021/2022
The Scarlet Thread Introduction
(What is the 'Scarlet Thread?', Emmaus)
Four Women (From Eve to: Tamar, Rahab, Ruth, & Bathsheba, & Tel Jericho)
The Blood of Atonement Leads to Jesus (Samaritan Passover, The Jerusalem Temple)
Abraham and Isaac Point Us to Jesus (Mamre, The Temple Mount/Mount Moriah)
Christ Our Passover (Egypt)
When God Dwelt/Tabernacled with Mankind (Shiloh, Old Testament Jerusalem/The Temple Mount)
The Temple Sanctuary Pictured Jesus (Jerusalem/The Temple Mount)
Jesus is Greater than the Temple (Jerusalem/The Temple Mount)
Christmas Teaches the Lesson of One (Egypt, Jerusalem/The Temple Mount)
The Suffering Servant (The Isaiah Seal, Dead Sea Scrolls—The Great Isaiah Scroll)
The Jewish Messiah is Savior of Both Jews and Gentiles (Jerusalem/The Holy Sepulcher, Bible Manuscript—The Rylands Papyrus 52, Rome—Mosaic)
The Scarlet Thread Conclusion (Jerusalem)
IMPORTANT ARCHEOLOGICAL FINDS OF THE BIBLE
EXPLORATION BIBLE ARTICLES
by Chip Thompson, 2022/23
1. Important Archeological Finds of the Bible – INTRODUCTION
(The King Uzziah Tomb Stone, Tell Gezer Boundary Stones, The Lachish Relief)
(David, Jehoram, Ahaziah, Uzziah, Ahaz, Jotham, Hezekiah, Manasseh, Zedekiah, and Jehoiachin/Jeconiah)
(Chorazin, Bethsaida, and Capernaum)
(The story of 2 Samuel chapters 4-6 encapsulated on a stone tablet)
(The “Jesus was here” Inscription, The “Nazareth Mosaic”, Testimonies of Tacitus & Josephus)
(Hazor, Megiddo, Gezer)
(Caesarea Philippi & the Greek god Pan)
8. Archeological Sites of the Bible from the Jerusalem Light Rail Train
(Gibea of Saul, Nob, The Damascus Gate, Solomon's Quarries, Bethesda, The Temple Mount,
The Jaffa Gate, and The Holy Sepulcher)
9. The Ancient Christian Traditions
(Bethlehem)
10. Jerusalem's Magnificent Walls
(the Tomb of Lazarus in 1st Century Bethany)
(Joshua's Altar on Mount Ebal)
THE JUST JESUS ARTICLES
EXPLORATION BIBLE ARTICLES
by Chip Thompson, 2023/24
1. INTRODUCTION: The Just Jesus Article
(1st Century Tomb like the Tomb of Jesus, Shechem/Jacob's Well, Qumran/Cave #1)
2. Just Jesus—Archeology in Nazareth Supports the Story of Jesus
(Nazareth)
3. Just Jesus – Archeology in Bethlehem Supports the Story of Jesus
(Qumran/Cave #4, Bethlehem)
4. Just Jesus – The Archeology of Mamre Points to Jesus
(Mamre, Hebron/Tomb of the Patriarchs)
5. Just Jesus – The Village of Bethsaida Connects Prominently with the Story of Jesus
(Bethsaida, Chorazin, Capernaum)
6. Just Jesus – Capernaum was the Home Town of Jesus
(Matthew 9:1) – (Capernaum)
7. Just Jesus – The Wilderness of Judea and Jesus
(The Judean Wilderness, The Baptismal Site of Jesus)
8. Just Jesus – Jesus and the Sea of Galilee
(Capernaum and the Sea of Galilee)
9. Just Jesus – Miracle at the Bethesda Pool
(Jerusalem/the Bethesda Pools)
10. Just Jesus – Jacob's Well, Jesus, and the Woman of Samaria
(Shechem/Jacob's Well, Shechem/Joseph's Tomb, Bethlehem/Church of the Nativity)
11. Just Jesus - Jesus Healed Blind Bartemaeus at Jericho
12. Just Jesus - Eleona, The Olive Grove Church
13. Just Jesus - Jesus and the Jerusalem Temple Mount
17. Just Jesus - The Empty Tomb
18. Just Jesus - The Mount of Olives
20. Just Jesus - It's All About Jesus Before and After