Tag: chiasmus

  • Captivating Twists

    Captivating Twists

    Welcome to my wife’s and my website.

    Captivating topics motivate the writing.

    Twists of Interest include:

    Others we aim to pursue.

    Thank you for visiting!

    To view a subject in its intended order, click under “topics” at the top right!

  • Taking Action

    Taking Action

    Wrapping Up III

    [Ebal, thirty-one of thirty-two]

    What action should you take on this matter?

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    Consider contacting your congressional delegation.

    One of the easiest ways to do so is to visit your representative’s and your senators’ home pages. Then click the “Contact” button. There, you complete your personal information. Afterwards, you identify the subject of interest. I clicked either “international or foreign relations”.

    In the message block, you might write something like this:

    Dear Representative ________,

    (or Senator ________,)

    We should give Moses, Joshua, and the Hebrews of the Conquest a chance to prove who they are!

    Please work toward the U.S. leasing Joshua’s Altar in Judea / Samaria.

    In thirty-two posts, the website captivatingtwists.com details the altar’s plight. To access these, hover over topics in the site’s navigation bar. Then click “The Mount Ebal Curse Tablet.”

    There you find these arguments:

    • On Mt. Ebal, evidence of Joshua and the Hebrews of the Conquest may lie exposed;
    • Such evidence challenges world history; 
    • Threats of the altar’s destruction mandate its prompt excavation;
    • Despite the geopolitical dangers, the U.S. should intervene; and
    • A U.S. lease will best allay the issues presented.

    Please read these brief, straightforward, yet comprehensive posts.

    Afterwards, institute legislative and diplomatic measures necessary to make the lease a reality.

    Thank you for representing me in Washington and on the world stage.

    I look forward to hearing from you.

    Sincerely,

    _____________

    Your name

    You can message the same or similarly.

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    Now, for a question. How many such messages must your congressional delegation receive before they take notice?

    Let me know in the comments section.

    Thank you for engaging with this topic thus far!

    The next post I will title: “Curse Tablet Conclusion.”

    I look forward to continuing with you there.

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  • Curse Tablet Conclusion

    Curse Tablet Conclusion

    [Ebal, thirty-two of thirty-two]

    The Mt. Ebal Curse tablet exhibits compelling evidence. We should not ignore it. We should act on it.

    But why?

    Consider this quote:

    “The farther backward you can look, the farther forward you are likely to see.”

    Winston Churchill

    With this in mind, we traveled on an epic journey. We glanced at the Late Bronze Age through the Greco-Roman period. In the modern era, we pondered Wellhausen’s musings. Afterwards, we saw Adam Zertal’s enigmatic discovery and Frankie Snyder’s curious find. We persisted through the scourge of COVID-19. Then we viewed Stripling’s rocky attempts to introduce the tablet to the world.

    We also did scientific detective work and invoked a legal measure.


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    The try highlights an obvious truth. It is this: We have little hope of discerning wisdom from the past without evidence.

    We have seen that Mt. Ebal’s Joshua’s Altar lies in a dangerous part of the world. There, it faces real threats.

    If destroyed, its secrets cannot hope to instruct our future.

    This should warrant aggressive action.

    This includes the U.S. leasing Joshua’s Altar.

    Why? Clarifying evidence may lie on Mt. Ebal, evidence of monumental importance.

    Losing it would constitute a disaster of incomprehensible proportions.

    Justifications for vigilance and action abound.

    In view of this, I argue that we must do something now! Do not let this opportunity to glimpse the remote past become scattered dust! How then could it inform our future?

    For this reason, I have written the letters found in the supplemental materials. I addressed these to my congressional delegation. They argue for the lease described above.

    Why? The tablet presents actionable evidence. Its assault on history is credible. Delay imperils precious testimony.

    Final Thoughts

    We thus arrive at the end of our Mount Ebal adventure.

    Share what you have learned. Tell of the forceful narrative of the Curse Tablet.

    Also, encourage the lease and proper excavation of Joshua’s Altar.

    Afterwards, the Curse Tablet may testify not to a possibility. Then it could underscore an inescapable reality.

    What might this reality be?

    Weigh:

    John 5:46

    If you had believed Moses, you would believe Me, because he wrote about Me.

    Deuteronomy 18:15

    The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers. You must listen to him.

    John 1:45

    Philip found Nathanael and told him “We have found the One Moses wrote about in the Law, the One the prophets foretold–Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.”

    John 1:17

    For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

    Romans 3:21

    But now apart from the law, the righteousness of God has been revealed, as attested by the Law and the Prophets. 1

    What is the bottom line? It is this: Evidence clarifying, such as above, must not be at risk!1

    Now, for questions: What is the likelihood that authorities will install my initiatives? What circumstances could improve those chances?

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    1. Sean McDowell, Oldest Hebrew Writing? Mt. Ebal Curse Tablet (Revisited) m.youtube.com>watch, (45:50), 11 May 2023. ↩︎
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