Over the years, countless Bible expositors have questioned the need for Jesus to be baptized by John the Baptist. If indeed his life was sinless, why was it necessary for Jesus to submit to a baptism of repentance for remission of sins, which is what John’s baptism was all about?…
The greatest chronological and theological error made by most traditional expositors in their interpretations of the prophecies in the Book of Daniel is the one involving the covenant mentioned in Dan. 9:27a, which says “And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week …” The error is caused…
I am making this rough draft of Chapter One from my forthcoming reference book The Prophecy Society Guide to Old Testament Chronology available for preview. I have no idea when the book will be finished, but here’s the cover. Click here to read the preview (PDF format) I will also…
The Bible says that Menahem of Israel paid tribute to the Neo-Assyrian king Tiglath-pileser III (also called Pul in the Bible), but in which year of his ten-year reign he paid tribute is not specified. The Iran Stele confirms the payment of tribute by Menahem. Other Assyrian documents indicate that…
A reader asked if the Exodus really happened, and, when I assured him it did, he then wondered why Moses is not mentioned in secular Egyptian history. Well, it’s quite possible that Moses is featured in the historical records of the eighteenth dynasty, and that he has been overlooked because…
The Moabite Stone (aka Mesha stele in archaeological circles) refers to “Omri, King of Israel,” saying that Moab was oppressed by Omri and that Mesha won a great victory against his son. Mesha is mentioned in the Bible, “And Mesha king of Moab was a sheepmaster, and rendered unto the…
While in college, I often visited a nearby park to study on spring days. Not far from my favorite swing was a sandbox where young children gathered to play. On one sunny afternoon, their laughter easily pulled my attention away from my physics textbook. I couldn’t help but watch with…
When I went to press with my book Sacred Chronology of the Hebrew Kings in 2012, I presented a new chronology for the Hebrew kings that resulted in a reinterpretation of the campaign into Canaan by Shoshenq I in 925 BCE, the campaign depicted in the reliefs on the Bubastite…
Over the years, I have studied dozens of interpretations of Daniel 9:24-25, the prophecy of the Seventy Weeks . To refresh your memory, those verses say: “Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and…
In my books on prophecy and chronology, I have used selected chronologies from the Seder Olam, the basic text on which all historical understanding of Jewish tradition in the Talmud is based. I do so mainly as a way of cross-checking the biblical chronology. For example, the Seder Olam says…