II Corinthians 10:4-5

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II Corinthians 104-5

• For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal
  but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds,
  casting down arguments and every high thing that
  exalts itself against the knowledge of God,
  bringing every thought into captivity to the
  obedience of Christ.

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We Must Stand For Truth

• Because of the danger of apostasy (Acts
  2029-31).
• In order to be ready to answer others (I Peter
  315).
• To protect ourselves and the generations yet to
  come (Jude 3-4).

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Jesus Family Tomb

• Last Monday, Feb 25 2007, Simcha Jacobovici
  James Cameron announced to the world the
  discovery of what they claim is the Jesus Family
  Tomb.

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Jesus Family Tomb

• The next day, Harper Books released a book
  entitled Jesus Family Tomb.
• Tonight at 800 PM on the Discovery Channel, will
  air a documentary entitled The Lost Tomb of
  Jesus.

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Jesus Family Tomb

• In 1980 a tomb was accidentally broken into by a
  construction crew.
• Archeologists excavated red clay about 1 meter
  high from the tomb and uncovered and removed 10
  ossuaries (bone boxes).

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Jesus Family Tomb

• Of the Ten Ossuaries, six had the following
  inscriptions
• IAA 80-500 (Greek)
• Of Mariamne also called Mara

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Jesus Family Tomb

• Of the Ten Ossuaries, six had the following
  inscriptions
• IAA 80-501 (Aramaic)
• Yehuda, son of Yeshua

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Jesus Family Tomb

• Of the Ten Ossuaries, six had the following
  inscriptions
• IAA 80-502 (Aramaic)
• Matya

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Jesus Family Tomb

• Of the Ten Ossuaries, six had the following
  inscriptions
• IAA 80-503 (Aramaic)
• Yeshua, son of Yoseph

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Jesus Family Tomb

• Of the Ten Ossuaries, six had the following
  inscriptions
• IAA 80-504 (Aramaic)
• Yose

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Jesus Family Tomb

• Of the Ten Ossuaries, six had the following
  inscriptions
• IAA 80-505 (Hebrew-Latin)
• Marya

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Jesus Family Tomb

• The Jesus Tomb Theory
• The Yeshua bar Yoseph ossuary is Jesus of
  Nazareth.
• Marya - His mother Yose - brother (Mk 63)
  Matya - apostle Matthew Mariamne - Mary
  Magdalene - His wife Yehudah bar Yeshua - His
  son!
• Jesus did not ascend bodily.
• Statistics prove 1-600 this is Jesus Family
  Tomb.

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Jesus Family Tomb

• Amos Kloner was one of three archaeologists that
  excavated the tomb.
• In 1996 he published the
  findings, A Tomb
  with Inscribed Ossu- aries
  in East Talpiyot, Jerusalem
  Atiqot 29(1996)15-22.
• In 2003 he introduced Jacobovici to the find.

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Jesus Family Tomb

• According to Kloner there are more than 900
  buried tombs just like the "Jesus" tomb within a
  2-mile radius of Talpiyot. Of them, 71 bear the
  name Jesus.
• Bones of Contention Archaeologist Disputes
  Claims
• in James Cameron's 'The Lost Tomb of Christ
• By Matt Gutman
• ABC News

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Jesus Family Tomb

• The name Jesus son of Joseph has been found on
  three or four ossuaries. These are common names.
  There were huge headlines in the 1940s
  surrounding another Jesus ossuary, cited as the
  first evidence of Christianity. There was another
  Jesus tomb.
• Jerusalem Post, Feb. 27, 2007
• Kloner A great story, but nonsense
• By David Horovitz

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Jesus Family Tomb

• Kloner says, It makes a great story for a TV
  film, but it's impossible. It's nonsense.
• New film claims
• Jesus buried in Talpiot
• Jerusalem Post, Feb. 25, 2007
• By David Horovitz

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Which One Is Jesus?

• 1873 Claremont-Ganneau, near the Mount of Olives
  found a number of ossuaries with inscriptions
  including the name "Yeshua" ("Jesus")
  commemoratively inscribed on the outside.
  Jerusalem Burial Cave Reveals
• Names, Testimonies of First Christians
• by Jean Gilman
• Jerusalem Christian Review

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Which One Is Jesus?

• Two ossuaries were discovered in 1945 by E.L.
  Sukenik, at Talpiot that bear the inscriptions
  Jesus, Woe! and Jesus, Lament!
• A Brief Survey of Early Christian
• Inscriptions as Witnesses
• to Christian Faith
• By Walter M. Shandruk

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The Jesus Inscription

• Yeshua(Joshua), son of Yoseph
• or Teshua - meaning Salvation (Psalm 14410)

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The Jesus Inscription

• Yehoshua/Yeshua, is the sixth most common name
  used during Hellenistic and Roman periods in the
  land of Israel
• Kloner, p.18

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The Mary Inscription

• IAA 80-500 (Greek)
• Of Mariamne also called Mara

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The Mary Inscription

• The filmmakers appeal to a work a 4th apocryphal
  Acts of Philip to identify Mariamne with Mary
  Magdalene.
• They suggest Mara should be understood Master.

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The Mary Inscription

• The name Mariamne, a variant of Miriamis
  inscribed on more than 20 ossuaries in Israel
  State Collections
• (Kloner, p. 17)

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The Mary Inscription

• Mara, a contraction of Martha, is used here as a
  second name. This too is common
  (Kloner, p. 17)
• Lit. or also

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The James Bone Box

• One of the 10 ossuaries has disappeared since its
  discovery.
• The film makers suggest that the missing ossuary
  is the famous James ossuary
• Yacob brother of Yeshua

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The James Bone Box

• This ossuary came out of the antiquities market
  in the possesion of Oded Golan.
• It is currently a part of a forger trial against
  Golan, but the filmmakers make a good case that
  it came from this tomb

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Jesus Family Tomb

• According to Kloner the tomb belonged to a
  middle- or upper-middle-class Jewish family
  during the first century and the cave was in use
  for 70-100 years by the family.
• Biblical scholars reject filmmakers'
• claim about tomb of Jesus
• By Judith Sudilovsky
• Catholic New Service

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Problems With the Theory

• The tomb was disturbed sometime in the past.

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Problems With the Theory

• The blocking stone (golal), apparently removed
  removed in antiquity was not found
• (Kloner, p. 16).

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Problems With the Theory

• Sealing stones for the kokim niches were
  apparently removed in antiquity and were not
  found (Kloner, p. 16).

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Problems With the Theory

• The tomb was disturbed sometime in the past.
• Some inscriptions could be graffiti.
• Compare the Jesus inscription
• with the Judah bar Yeshuah

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Problems With the Theory

• The tomb was disturbed sometime in the past.
• The names are common or even imitated after the
  gospel is spread.
• The filmmakers make too many pop-culture
  assumptions
• Mary Jesus wife
• MariamneMary Magdalene. Why not Martha?
• Jesus son Jose Jesus brother.

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Problems With the Theory

• The tomb was disturbed sometime in the past.
• The names are common or even imitated after the
  gospel is spread.
• The filmmakers make too many pop-culture
  assumptions
• Symbol on doorTemplars sign.
• X before YeshuaCrossJesus.

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Problems With the Theory

• The tomb was disturbed sometime in the past.
• The names are common or even imitated after the
  gospel is spread.
• The filmmakers make too many pop-culture
  assumptions.
• Too quick to accept apocryphal sources and reject
  the canonical.

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The Testimony of Scripture

• Jesus ascended before their eyes (Acts 19-11).
• John took Mary into his house (John 1925-27).
• John is the Disciple whom Jesus loved. (John
  2120-24).
• Jesus came in flesh arose ascended (I Cor
  151-7).
• His resurrection body was a glorified body but
  was not left behind (I Cor 1547-53).

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The Testimony of Scripture

• Our own hope of resurrection rests upon Jesus
  resurrection.
• If Jesus glorified body was left behind what
  hope is there for the Christian? (I Thess
  413-17).
• We will caught up
• with the body that will rise
• Just like Jesus (I John 32).

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What Can We Say Then?

• Is this Jesus bone box? No.
• It is either a common name
• Or graffiti (innocent or malicious).

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What Can We Say Then?

• Is this Jesus bone box? No.
• Does this prove Jesus was married with a child?
  No.
• Assumption with no proof.
• Would not be wrong but no record of family
  persecution.
• Evidence of persecution of brothers (Eusebius,
  Ecclesiastical History Bk 3.20).

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What Can We Say Then?

• Is this Jesus bone box? No.
• Does this prove Jesus was married with a child?
  No.
• Could this be the tomb of Jesus family?
  Perhaps.
• Or, even early Christians or Jews who knew the
  names of the gospels.

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What Can We Say Then?

• Is this Jesus bone box? No.
• Does this prove Jesus was married with a child?
  No.
• Could this be the tomb of Jesus family?
  Perhaps.
• Does it change anything about what has been
  revealed about Jesus? No.
• Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today and
  forever (Hebrews 138).