In northern Bablyon, at Sippur, Nabonidus found a temple platform built by NrimSin, son of Sargon I (2400 BCE). He had the site excavated for its treasures and catalogued.
κηρυσσων την βασιλειαν του θεου και διδασκων τα περι του κυριου ιησου χριστου μετα πασης παρρησιας ακωλυτως. The underlying meaning of this blog is this: the essential unity of Christians worldwide regardless of race, nationality, or religious denomination. There are real disagreements among us but there is a small remnant in every authentically Christian gathering. The Holy Spirit is leading His remnant into deeper understandings of the "meat" of the Gospel and not just the "milk."
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Thursday, August 27, 2009
The First Archeologist?
Nabu-na'id (aka Nabonidus) reigned from 556-539 BCE as the king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire. He is not mentioned in the Bible, being overshadowed by his father, Nabu-kudurri-usur (aka Nebuchadnezzar), and by his son Bel-shar-usur (aka Belshazzar). On 29 October 539 BCE, he ran away as Babylon was taken by Kurose (aka Cyrus), King of Persia. In Daniel 5: 2-22 his father is named as the father of his son. This may have been literally true or the listing may have been due to a common Semitic practice of naming an important ancestor as the father of a person.
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