David Rohl, author of Pharaohs and Kings, a book that was the basis of a January 1996 series on The Learning Channel, is also author of Legend: The Genesis of Civilization Today, which was published in 1998. BiblicalHeritage.org discusses Rohl’s book in the following excerpts: Wouldn’t it be nice to find the actual location of the real Garden of Eden? In theological circles it would be a discovery that could equal that of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Well guess what? Archaeologist David Rohl claims to have found the site described in Genesis as “Eden” in a lush valley beneath an extinct volcano in northern Iran. The Jerusalem Report (February 1, 1999) broke the story in the article—“Paradise Found.” Ten miles from the sprawling Iranian industrial city of Tabriz, to the northwest of Teheran, says British archaeologist David Rohl, he has found the site of the Biblical garden. “As you descend a narrow mountain path, you see a beautiful alpine valley, just like the Bible describes it, with terrac...
Each time I come across a post like this, it always leaves me in awe.... One of the greatest philosopher of all time made a Statement: "there's nothing new under the sun" (Eccl 1:9) He went further and said that the race (human race) is not to the swift (he that can run) nor the strong, nor is bread for the wise nor yet riches to men of understanding, he concluded with this phrase "time and chance happens to them all" (Eccl 9:11) The philosopher was so wise he then reminded us of what all men should do that "we should remember (know, fellowship, commune) our Creator in our youthful age, for a day and a time is subject to all men which is the day of evil... That we should seek him now that strength fails not and desire fails not." (Eccl 12) But then a question comes to mind... What is the meaning of life? Is life simply to be born, go to school, get a job, make money, marry, raise children, grow old and then die? Is that all? O friend, imagine a man who...
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