What is Sennacherib's prism?

Yeah, as I mentioned, for something to survive antiquity, you etch it in stone or put it in clay and harden it in the oven.

And that's what this is.

It's a prism that was discovered, written by Sennacherib.

And of course, there are multiple Sennacherib's prisms.

This isn't the only one, but the one in the British Museum is known as the Taylor Prism.

And so...

Tell us a little bit about that.

Can you talk about that?

Sure.

Sure.

Indeed, this is one of those accusations that covenant theologians repeatedly bring up ad nauseum.

As Dr. Charles Ryrie wrote, this accusation has been made as regularly as a dripping faucet, and it's been responded to decisively many times.

So let me start by saying it is only in the relatively recent church history that theologians have attempted to understand the and systematize the history of God's plans and purposes of human history.

And so this is the case with dispensationalism and with covenant theology.

Can you talk to us a little bit about that?

Why did you even write this book?

Yeah.

So my PhD is in biblical studies, and, uh, but I did take courses on, uh, archaeology along the way, and, uh, just love the background of the Bible.

I, I love things that help the Bible come to life, and I think biblical archaeology does that.

And of course, the second thing that really passionate, I'm passionate about, one is helping people to get excited about studying the Bible, and two is, is helping people to recognize and understand and have greater confidence in the historicity and reliability of Scripture.

And biblical archaeology does both of those things.

It helps you to see the Bible in 5K, if you will, and it also affirms our faith in the historicity and reliability of Scripture.

Mm.

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okay okay so um another time uh you know back on february 6th of 2023 there was an enormous earthquake that happened you might have read about it in the newspaper Yeah, I mean, destroyed about 10 cities in Istanbul.

Wow.

Or like across Turkey.

I don't remember hearing about that at all.

Oh, really? So, I mean, yeah, it was kind of an enormous little crisis and, you know, it hit kind of down along the Syrian border.

So Antioch and then all the way up to a place called Malatya and like all through that, that's about the size of England.

What did it look like for you?

Can you tell our listeners a little bit about that and how that is related to Bible prophecy?

That's right.

It's called the Arch of Titus.

And I love, I teach the Gospels at Dallas Theological Seminary.

I teach a Gospels course.

And when we get to chapter 24 and 25, I know the two of you have discussed that passage several times because it's the most important sermon of Jesus in regards to the end times prophecy.

And they are sitting on the Mount of Olives, right? And they're looking towards the temple mount.

What's the, what was the historical context there and why is that important?