NEOM and Mt Sinai

RESTORED: 8/12/22
I am very excited.  This apparently is GOD’s TIME to reveal the truth about the EXODUS and Red Sea Crossing.  The debates have been going on for years even though RON WYATT discovered and documented the Real Red Sea Crossing and the REAL Mt Sinai years ago.

There have been many others claiming to have found them.  There have been many books, debates and arguments about the true location.  There have been many more evidences discovered but never before has it been so clearly determined.  WHY?  Because it is HIS time.  It is another sign that we are getting closer and closer to the END TIMES.

I am really excited because I know that very soon now, GOD will reveal another artifact that Ron was lead to by the Holy Spirit.  The ARK of the Covenant and the TEN COMMANDMENTS written with God’s own hand.

Meanwhile, today, we will take a look at all sides of this debate and consider all factors.  I hope that you will be greatly blessed by viewing all of this and seeing God’s hand in everything.

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EXODUS: Moses returns from Mount Sinai with the Ten Commandments (Image: GETTY)
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Saudis to Destroy Mount Sinai?

By  As researchers debate the location of Biblical Mount Sinai, the Saudi Arabian government is moving forward with plans for a mega-city built on top of one of the prime candidates. Last year, Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman announced plans to create a mega-city named Neom on the coast of the Red Sea. The plans for the city are ambitious indeed: at a cost of $500 billion, Neom will be 17 times the size of London and 33 times the size of Manhattan. The city will cover 10,230-square-miles extending 285 miles along the coast of the Red Sea and run entirely on renewable energy. The name “Neom” was constructed from two words. The first three letters form the Ancient Greek prefix neo- meaning “new”. The fourth letter is from the abbreviation of Arabic Mostaqbal meaning “future.” Though the designated area in northwest Saudi Arabia near the Jordanian border is relatively desolate and empty, conflict arose when several people asserted that one mountain, Jabal al Lawz (Mountain of Almonds) was where Moses stood when he received the Ten Commandments from the hand of God. In a recent documentary, Finding the Mountain of Moses, Ryan Mauro,  National Security Analyst for the Clarion Project, warned of the dire consequences should the Saudi mega-city be built. Many scholars claim that Mount Sinai is in the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt but Mauro rejected that claim based on the “more than 70 times the Bible says the Israelites went out of Egypt.” “If all of us don’t take action, Saudi construction in the area may destroy key evidence and prevent excavation for the foreseeable future,” Mauro said in his movie. Mauro is not alone in his assertion that Jabal al Lawz is the Biblical Mount Sinai. After visiting the site in 2018, Bible scholar and bestselling author Joel Richardson told WND, “If those on the fence actually could visit the site, I guarantee they would be fully convinced, or 95 percent there.” “This is a mountain with a dark-colored basalt rock on the top, as well as a cave on its front – ‘the Cave of Elijah’ – with an altar at its base with bulls carved all over it, ‘the Golden Calf altar,’ he said. “It also has an animal corral and altar, and pillars at its base, consistent with God’s command to Moses to build at the base of the mountain,” said Richardson. Researchers have proposed about 20 different locations for Mt. Sinai and there is no consensus of opinion. Scholars fall into two camps: those who suggest sites found in the modern Sinai Peninsula and those who favor locations in Saudi Arabia. Of the five proposed locations in the Sinai Peninsula, Jebel Musa (Moses’ Mountain), the site of St Catherine’s monastery, is the most popular. In addition to the conflicting opinions, there is also some confusion as the location of the precise mountain. Jabal Maqlā (Burnt Mountain) located about four miles to the south, is often misidentified as Jabal al-Lawz by various authors such as Bob Cornuke, Ron Wyatt, and Lennart Moller as shown by local and regional maps. Mauro will be posting a website with a petition calling on the U.S. State Department and Saudi government to preserve the sites and have them put on UNESCO’s World Heritage list. Due to Saudi restrictions on visitors, the site is difficult to research and if the Saudi plans go through, it will be impossible. Newly discovered petroglyphs at the foot of mountain depict archers which Richardson claimed are based on a warning by Moses that anyone who set foot on the mountain would be shot with arrows. Another petroglyph depicts a seven-branched menorah which Richardson maintained indicates the ancient Hebrews visited the site. Consistent with the biblical account of water pouring out of the rock, there are clear signs of water erosion in an arid area where such erosion is evident nowhere else, said Richardson.

Boundary Markers Around Mount Sinai?  Credit:DoubtingThomasResearch.com

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As researchers debate the location of Biblical Mount Sinai, the Saudi Arabian government is moving forward with plans for a mega-city built on top of one of the prime candidates.

Last year, Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman announced plans to create a mega-city named Neom on the coast of the Red Sea. The plans for the city are ambitious indeed: at a cost of $500 billion, Neom will be 17 times the size of London and 33 times the size of Manhattan. The city will cover 10,230-square-miles extending 285 miles along the coast of the Red Sea and run entirely on renewable energy. The name “Neom” was constructed from two words. The first three letters form the Ancient Greek prefix neo- meaning “new”. The fourth letter is from the abbreviation of Arabic Mostaqbal meaning “future.” Though the designated area in northwest Saudi Arabia near the Jordanian border is relatively desolate and empty, conflict arose when several people asserted that one mountain, Jabal al Lawz (Mountain of Almonds) was where Moses stood when he received the Ten Commandments from the hand of God.

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In a recent documentary, Finding the Mountain of Moses, Ryan Mauro,  National Security Analyst for the Clarion Project, warned of the dire consequences should the Saudi mega-city be built. Many scholars claim that Mount Sinai is in the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt but Mauro rejected that claim based on the “more than 70 times the Bible says the Israelites went out of Egypt.” “If all of us don’t take action, Saudi construction in the area may destroy key evidence and prevent excavation for the foreseeable future,” Mauro said in his movie. Mauro is not alone in his assertion that Jabal al Lawz is the Biblical Mount Sinai. After visiting the site in 2018, Bible scholar and bestselling author Joel Richardson told WND, “If those on the fence actually could visit the site, I guarantee they would be fully convinced, or 95 percent there.” “This is a mountain with a dark-colored basalt rock on the top, as well as a cave on its front – ‘the Cave of Elijah’ with an altar at its base with bulls carved all over it, ‘the Golden Calf altar,’ he said. “It also has an animal corral and altar, and pillars at its base, consistent with God’s command to Moses to build at the base of the mountain,” said Richardson.   Researchers have proposed about 20 different locations for Mt. Sinai and there is no consensus of opinion. Scholars fall into two camps: those who suggest sites found in the modern Sinai Peninsula and those who favor locations in Saudi Arabia. Of the five proposed locations in the Sinai Peninsula, Jebel Musa (Moses’ Mountain), the site of St Catherine’s monastery, is the most popular. In addition to the conflicting opinions, there is also some confusion as the location of the precise mountain. Jabal Maqlā (Burnt Mountain) located about four miles to the south, is often misidentified as Jabal al-Lawz by various authors such as Bob Cornuke, Ron Wyatt, and Lennart Moller as shown by local and regional maps. Mauro will be posting a website with a petition calling on the U.S. State Department and Saudi government to preserve the sites and have them put on UNESCO’s World Heritage list. Due to Saudi restrictions on visitors, the site is difficult to research and if the Saudi plans go through, it will be impossible. Newly discovered petroglyphs at the foot of mountain depict archers which Richardson claimed are based on a warning by Moses that anyone who set foot on the mountain would be shot with arrows. Another petroglyph depicts a seven-branched menorah which Richardson maintained indicates the ancient Hebrews visited the site. Consistent with the biblical account of water pouring out of the rock, there are clear signs of water erosion in an arid area where such erosion is evident nowhere else, said Richardson.

Rabbi Harry Moskoff, the author of the A.R.K Report, concurred that Mount Sinai is in Saudi Arabia but disagrees with the theory that Jabal al Lawz is Mount Sinai. Remi-Award winning Writer and Producer of The A.R.K. Report, Harry Moskoff is the Canadian-born Managing Director of Moskoff-Media (Israel), MMLC. His intense interest in biblical archaeology and politics has made him a prolific contributor to many Israeli publications and an internationally acclaimed expert on sacred Jewish artifacts (Roman period). He is also a TV Show Host in Israel and a member of the White House Press pool, as well as related working groups, attesting to his many years of work as a research analyst on the subject of the final status of Jerusalem and the Temple Mount. Affiliates: International Center for Ethno-Religious Mediation (ICERM); Institute for Cultural Diplomacy (ICM)
Harry (Hirschel) Moskoff heads up the Israeli Advocacy firm Moskoff-Media, MMLC which incorporates biblical archaeology, journalism and film to counter propaganda in the media

The A.R.K. Report’, which has been termed by the Times of Israel as the “Jewish Da Vinci Code,” and endorsed by major media personalities internationally. He is a popular international lecturer/speaker and is a panelist that has been recently featured on i24news, IsraelFirst TV, and in The Jerusalem Post, The Jerusalem Report Magazine, The Times of Israel, Breaking Israel News, Breaking Christian News, The Jewish Chronicle, RTS Switzerland, Media 24 Slovenia, ATV Hungary and Viva, Indonesia.
Harry holds a BFA (Hon.) in English Comp. from York University in Toronto as well as an MA/Rabbinical Ordination in Jewish/Israel Studies. Post graduate diplomas were awarded in Applied Information Technology and Executive Counter-Terrorism from IDC University in Herzliya, Israel.
Rabbi Moskoff works actively with various political think-tanks in the USA and Israel re: the US-brokered peace plan and the final status for Jerusalem’s holy sites, actively promoting understanding and cooperation with various minority groups in Israel and the region for peaceful coexistence, conflict resolution and mutual benefit. He believes that normalization with Israel’s neighbors is not only possible, but inevitable – based on respect for faith, tradition, and an innovative language-oriented resource designed for implementing mutual codes of conduct.
So, we see that this man works for and with government to promote the Narrative and counter opposition.  

The theory that Jebel al Lawz is the location of Sinai is very low on Biblical facts,” Moskoff told Breaking Israel News. Moskoff explained that the theory was first made popular by a book, The Gold of Exodus, published 20 years ago. “Other researchers followed that lead but there were a lot of errors in that theory. In order to research this subject, it is necessary to go back to the original sources which are Biblical and Jewish.”—- As an example, Moskoff pointed out that Cornuke based his theory on the Hebrews leaving Egypt 19 days before crossing the sea. “I don’t know where he gets 19 days from,” Moskoff said. He cited Seder Olam Rabbah, a 2nd-century CE Hebrew-language chronology detailing the dates of Biblical events from the Creation to Alexander the Great’s conquest of Persia. “The Seder Olam Rabbah states explicitly that it was seven days until they arrived at the sea.”

The Jews reduced the true age of the earth of 5554 BC down to 3761 BC and Herold Camping increased it 11,013 BC. 3. The Seder Olam Rabbah is a corrupt chronology by Rabbi Yose ben Halafta invented 140-160 AD that dates creation to 3761 BC with the primary goal of disconnecting Jesus Christ as the Jewish Messiah.

Jews today reject their own Tanakh (Masoretic Text, MT) and follow the Seder Olam Rabbah chronology. Christians are almost universally ignorant of the existence of this document and Jewish Rabbis today want to keep it that way. For example, while Bible dictionaries and encyclopedias often reference Olam Seder, the are ZERO (none) entries as a topic of central discussion. This contributes to the overall mystery and ignorance of the Seder Olam for non-Jews. Further, it is almost impossible to find the English text of Seder Olam Rabbah anywhere, which is why we published, for the first time in history, the entire English text of Seder Olam Rabbah on this page below for all to read first hand and witness its shocking distortions of world history.

Moskoff noted that in many cases, sites of Biblical importance were usurped or disrespected. “There is a bit of tension between the religions when dealing with sites of Biblical importance,” Moskoff said. (ya think? Everyone wants to prove their way is the right way.  But there is ONLY ONE TRUTH!  GOD’s WAY)  He noted that the site of Christian researchers do not typically refer to Jewish sources. (That is because the Jews have been trying to stamp out TRUTH and Christianity for centuries!)  Moskoff noted the irony in the religious division over the site since Jethro, Moses’ non-Jewish father-in-law, joined the Hebrews at Mount Sinai. This particular multi-faith aspect of Sinai is described in the section of the Torah being read by Jews around the world this week. “There are monasteries and mosques at most of the holy sites as well,” Moskoff noted. “This may be a religious conflict but it may also be just staking out territory. The Palestinians are staking out territory, trying to take over all of Israel. For the Christians, it is theological. Ideally, it should not lead to a monopoly by one religion and the exclusion of all others.” (It should not be about religion at all.  It should be about TRUTH!  If the truth excludes anyone, oh well.  The TRUTH is all that will stand in the end!) Neom was slated to be completed in 2025 but construction has stalled, if not from heaven then due to political entanglements. Bin Salman’s government was accused of murdering a journalist, Jamal Khashoggi. The crown prince admitted in 2018 that, as a result of the ensuing scandal,  “No one will invest [in the project] for years.”

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Proof of Mount Sinai in Arabia

The location of Mount Sinai was clearly explained in the 4th century AD by Christian scholar, Eusebius of Caesarea (AD 260/265-339/340) and reiterated by theologian Saint Jerome (ca. AD 347-420) (Eusebius et al. 2003). In modern terms, they placed it east of the Gulf of Aqaba in northwest Saudi Arabia, in the vicinity of ancient Midian. Eusebius recorded that Madiam (Midian)–

…is a city… [that] lies beyond Arabia to the south in the desert of the Saracens, east of the Red sea. From this they are called Madianites, and it is now called Madian (ibid. 70).

He went on to define Horeb as–

the mountain of God in the land of Madiam. It lies beside Mount Sinai beyond Arabia in the Desert (ibid. 95).

Unfortunately, these descriptions have generally been misunderstood or ignored due to confusion about the “Arabia” term. However, Eusebius’ definition of “Arabia” is easily explained using the Renaissance-era map in Figure 1. It is based on the ca. 150 AD work of the Greek Geographer Ptolemy, who compiled the geographical knowledge of the 2nd-century AD Roman Empire. Looking at the map, Eusebius lived on the Mediterranean coast in Caesarea (green arrow), in Palestine (red-brown area). Jerusalem is circled (green). The white area below Palestine is “Arabia Petraea.” The brown area below Arabia Petraea is “Arabia Felix.” Ptolemy defined Arabia Felix as lying east of the modern Gulf of Aqaba, south of its terminus at Elath (ElanaAqaba):

[It is] terminated on the north by the designated border of Arabia Petraea… [and begins] from the terminus of the Arabian gulf near the Elanite bay (Stevenson 1932, 137).

Figure 1 Renaissance-Era Version of Ptolemy’s Asia IV Map (click to enlarge).

The “Elanites Sinus” in Figure 1 is a distorted Gulf of Aqaba with its head or terminus is at “Elana” (blue arrow). The white area of Arabia Petraea ends at this point. The locale of Midian within Arabia Felix can be inferred from the Ptolemaic towns of Macna and Madiama (red arrows) which correspond with the historic Midian towns of Maqna and Al-bad’, the latter being the Madyan of the medieval Arab geographers. Midian was also placed in Arabia Felix by the 1st-century AD Jewish historian Josephus (AD 37-ca. 100) (cf. Ant. I.xv.1 and Ant. II.xi.2). Hence, the “Arabia” of Eusebius’ is logically Arabia Petraea, if Midian was located “…beyond Arabia to the south in the desert of the Saracens, east of the Red sea” (Eusebius et al. 2003, 70). More specifically, it could have been the Roman Provincia Arabia portion of Arabia Petraea, which was created when the Romans annexed the Nabataean kingdom in AD 106 as a frontier province (Bowersock 1971 & 1983). What about “the desert of the Saracens”? The southeastern frontier of Provincia Arabia was guarded by the Roman line of fortifications called the Limes Arabicus. The purpose of the Limes “was to control the movements and raids of nomadic Arab tribes migrating northwest from the Arabian Peninsula into the Empire” (Parker 1982, 1). These peoples were frequently referred to as “Saracens” (Retso 2005). Returning to Eusebius’ definition of Horeb as:

the mountain of God in the land of Madiam. It lies beside Mount Sinai beyond Arabia in the Desert (Eusebius et al. 2003, 95)

it can be stated that Mount Sinai was in or near Midian. In Eusebius’ Greek manuscript, Horeb was described as being in the “outlying countryside  [Greek: chora] of Madiam…” (Kerkeslager 1998, 197). “Eusebius’s use of chora, a word that sometimes refers to the outlying countryside dominated by a city, suggests that he believed that Mt. Horeb was in the immediate environs of Madiam.” (ibid.) Two other historians gave useful specifics about Mount Sinai, Philo (ca 20 BC- AD 40) and Josephus (ca AD 37-100). Philo (in Moses II.xiv.70) described the mountain of God as “the loftiest and most sacred mountain in that districta mountain which was very difficult of access and very hard to ascend.” Josephus said that “the mountain called Sinai…[was] the highest of all the mountains thereabout, and the best for pasturage, the herbage being good there; and it had not been fed on upon, because of the opinion men had that God dwelt there, the shepherds not daring to ascend up to it…” (1960, Ant. II.xii.1). Josephus later reiterated: “…mount Sinai…is the highest of all the mountains that are in that country” (ibid. III.v.1). If we are looking for the tallest mountain in the Midian region. it is easy to point out the Jabal al-Lawz range, which has the tallest peak in northwest Arabia at 8465 feet (2580 m). The antique map in Figure 2 displays just such a location for Mount Sinai relative to Midian (red arrows). The map was drawn before the position of the modern Gulf of Aqaba was understood.

Figure 2 The Position of Midian and Mount Sinai According to Visscher (1690).

NOTES: A careful reading of the Hebrew biblical text shows that Horeb was not a mountain per se, but rather the region in which Mount Sinai was located. In other words, Sinai was a mountain in Horeb. REFERENCES: Bowersock, G.W. 1971. A Report on Arabia Provincia. The Journal of Roman Studies 61: 219-242. ______. 1983. Roman Arabia. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. Eusebius, of Caesarea; Jerome, Saint; G S P Freeman-Grenville, Rupert L Chapman, Joan E Taylor. 2003. The Onomasticon: Palestine in the Fourth Century A.D. Jerusalem: Carta. Josephus, Flavius. 1960. Josephus Complete Works, trans. William Whiston. Grand Rapids, MI: Kregel. Kerkeslager, Allen. 1998. Jewish Pilgrimage and Jewish Identity in Hellenistic and Early Roman Egypt. In Pilgrimage and Holy Space in Late Antique Egypt, ed. David Frankfurter, 99-225. Boston: Brill. Parker, Thomas S. 1976. Archaeological Survey of the Limes Arabicus: A Preliminary Report. Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan 21:19-31. ______. 1982. Preliminary report on the 1980 Season of the Central Limes Arabicus Project. Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research 247: 1-26 Retso, Jan. 2005. The Arabs in Antiquity: Their History from the Assyrians to the Umayyads. New York: Routledge-Curzon. Visscher, Nicolaes. 1690. Nova Persiae, Armeniae, Natoliae, et Arabiae Stevenson, Edward Luther, trans., ed. 1932. Claudius Ptolemy The Geography. New York: New York Public Library.
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