Conclusion of ARCHAEOLOGY NECESSARY FOR FAITH? - A New "City"

Since the apostle Paul had the greatest respect for God's Law and the temple arrangement, his words obviously do not imply that these divine arrangements were to be looked down on.   (Acts 21:20-24)  Paul was so simply showing that the Christian arrangement was superior to the Jewish system.

No doubt Paul and other Jewish Christians of the first century had specific knowledge of many fascinating details  of the Jewish system of things.  And since archaeology opens windows to the past, some of those details  can  now be appreciated  by Christians. Yet, note  where Paul told the young man Timothy to focus his main attention:  "Ponder over these thing [having to do with the Christian congregation]; be absorbed  in them, that your advancement may be manifest to all persons." -1 Timothy 4:15.

Commendably, Biblical archaeology has expanded our understanding of the background of the Bible. Yet, Christians realize that their faith is dependent, not on evidence unearthed by men, but on God's Word, the Bible. -1 Thessalonians 2:13; 2 Timothy 3:16, 17. 

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