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Earliest ‘Jesus is God’ inscription found — deemed ‘greatest discovery since the Dead Sea Scrolls’
NY Post ^ | November 19, 2024 | Ben Cost

Posted on 11/20/2024 7:40:43 AM PST by Twotone

If only these floors could talk.

Scientists are going gaga over the earliest inscription declaring “Jesus is God,” claiming that this 1,800-year-old engraving could change our understanding of Christianity.

The mosaic is “the greatest discovery since the Dead Sea Scrolls,” declared Carlos Campo, CEO of the Museum of the Bible in Washington D.C., where the theologically significant relic has been housed since July, the Jewish News Syndicate (JNS) reported.

Dubbed the Meggido Mosaic, the 581-foot artifact was originally underneath a floor of the Meggido Prison in Israel in 2005, after which it was excavated in pieces by the Israel Antiquities Authority over the course of four years.

It had reportedly adorned a private chapel in 230 AD that was reportedly the “earliest known house of prayer,” according to Gil Lin, the head of the Megiddo Regional Council.

Inscribed on the mosaic are Greek words, “The god-loving Akeptous has offered the table to God Jesus Christ as a memorial. Lin described this as the “first physical proclamation of Jesus Christ as God,” the Daily Mail reported.

“The mosaic presents groundbreaking physical evidence of the practices and beliefs of early Christians, including the first archaeological instance of the phrase, ‘God Jesus Christ,’ seconded the exhibition’s curator Alegre Savariego.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: History; Religion
KEYWORDS: 230ad; ancientchristianity; belongsinreligion; christianity; inscription; israel; jesus; jesusisgod; meggido; megiddo; mosaic; romanempire
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1 posted on 11/20/2024 7:40:43 AM PST by Twotone
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To: Twotone

The Roman Catholic church is full of relics, why is this so important?


2 posted on 11/20/2024 7:44:44 AM PST by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are not longer being issued, but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere)
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To: Twotone

The Christian Catechombs of Rome date back to the 2nd Century.


3 posted on 11/20/2024 7:46:29 AM PST by Rich21IE
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To: Rich21IE

Catholic. Not Christian.


4 posted on 11/20/2024 7:50:26 AM PST by Bulwyf
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To: PeterPrinciple

Well....They hav to study it....and study it...and study it...and like I’ve said many times....”Grant Money is Forever”.


5 posted on 11/20/2024 7:50:36 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: Twotone

Doesn’t change anything. It just confirms John 1:1.


6 posted on 11/20/2024 7:53:57 AM PST by P-Marlowe (Do the math. L+G+B+T+Q = 666)
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To: Twotone

For; people who need convincing that Jesus is exactly who he says he is, and insecure Christians that need reminding. MHO.


7 posted on 11/20/2024 7:59:41 AM PST by know.your.why
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To: Twotone

Two hundred thirty years? That is way after all that this article claims to be the first of had happened.


8 posted on 11/20/2024 8:00:42 AM PST by madison10
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To: P-Marlowe

Absolutely!


9 posted on 11/20/2024 8:01:07 AM PST by madison10
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To: Bulwyf

My RC wife believed that Jesus was her Lord and Savior. Christian


10 posted on 11/20/2024 8:02:38 AM PST by alstewartfan (Child slavery, rape and drug OD's mean nothing to Roberts and Barrett. )
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To: P-Marlowe

My favorite verse. Codes in life proves its Truth.


11 posted on 11/20/2024 8:04:31 AM PST by alstewartfan (Child slavery, rape and drug OD's mean nothing to Roberts and Barrett. )
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To: Twotone

The Fish....?


12 posted on 11/20/2024 8:14:55 AM PST by Big Red Badger (ALL Things Will be Revealed !)
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To: Twotone

I’ll stick with the scriptures. Jesus confessed that he was (and still is) the Son of God. The apostles’ testimonies all say the same.

Jesus Christ repeatedly said that God the Father was in him, and that he was in the Father; showing us that God the Father is infinite and invisible. That fact was finally realized by ‘doubting’ Thomas when he saw the risen Christ.

The story of Joseph gives a wonderful type and shadow of the Godhead:

Joseph existed and had a father before coming to the promised land. Yet he is not shown interacting with his brothers AND wearing the coat of many colors UNTIL coming to the promised land with Jacob (who loved Joseph more than the others).

Joseph’s symbolic death included a type of burial (the pit), his outer covering stained with blood, his disappearance (to Egypt), his bloodstained coat being shown to Jacob (the resurrected Christ ascended to his Father).

Then we see Joseph given all authority of Egypt; a position a king would only give to a son. He was the presense and power of Pharaoh wherever he went, even his brother Judah said “..for thou art even as Pharaoh” (Gen. 44:18).

Jesus Christ will reign until all things are subdued unto him. 1 Cor. 15:24-28


13 posted on 11/20/2024 8:17:46 AM PST by Zuriel (Acts 2:38,39....Do you believe it?)
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To: Twotone

Dead sea

Jeremiah toss that there?


14 posted on 11/20/2024 8:22:32 AM PST by conserv8 (. . . a wet paper book . . . )
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To: alstewartfan

“My RC wife believed that Jesus was her Lord and Savior. Christian”

And what sayest thou, dear sir?


15 posted on 11/20/2024 8:23:27 AM PST by Quality_Not_Quantity ("...for the sake of His name." Psalm 23:3)
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To: Twotone

Interesting, but not that big a revelation!
By 230 AD, we have lots of Christian writings (too many to list here), not just Bible, the catacombs, and even an alleged Christian emperor (Philip the Arab).
By that year, Christianity was so widespread (although still illegal or sublegal), that it justified massive persecution by Decius (the emperor who overthrew Philip).


16 posted on 11/20/2024 8:43:29 AM PST by AZJeep
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To: Twotone

Bookmark


17 posted on 11/20/2024 8:47:54 AM PST by Southside_Chicago_Republican (God save the United States!)
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To: PeterPrinciple

Because it’s from 230 AD, only 200 years from Christ died.

It’s direct evidence against the “Jesus was a myth/Jesus never claimed to be God” people, who claim that Jesus’ divinity was invented by Christians centuries after his death.


18 posted on 11/20/2024 8:54:07 AM PST by Truthsearcher
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To: Twotone

There was an inscription in a tomb in Israel that said Jesus is an Egyptian. It caused a bit of a stir when it became public.


19 posted on 11/20/2024 8:56:14 AM PST by Tom Tetroxide
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To: Twotone

This happened years ago.

https://freerepublic.com/focus/chat/4175883/posts?page=19#19


20 posted on 11/20/2024 8:57:43 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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