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58 THE SIGNS OF THE END

ancient home of the Apostle Peter in Capernaum, so there is a cer­
tain amount of discrimination there, although the rest of
Capernaum is accessible, for a fee. The Jews appear to be the best
custodians of the holy sites for all religions, and it will be a sad day
for evangelical Christians and others if control of these sites is
taken out of their hands.

"THE STONES CRY OUT"

Can uncovering ancient mounds of dirt be a sign of the end
times? Only in Israel and the Bible Lands. Daniel prophesied that,
in the end times, there would be an increase in knowledge. This
would appear to include not only secular knowledge, but also a
broader understanding of Biblical knowledge:

But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even
to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowl­
edge shall be increased. (Daniel 12:4)

Recent archaeological discoveries have shed light on and gen­
erally confirmed many of the events of Biblical history. David
Rohl, a British Egyptologist, has been ridiculed and ignored by his
professional colleagues for pointing out the flaws of traditional
Egyptian chronology, which has little or no place for Biblical his­
torical events. His new chronology, however, demonstrates the
historicity of the Bible in many aspects, including events sur­
rounding Joseph, Moses, Joshua, Saul, David, Solomon and
Rehoboam. Rohl's book and television presentation, Pharaohs and
Kings, is a landmark in reestablishing Biblical history in the acade­
mic arena.

Abraham Biran's discovery of the House of David stele in the
ancient city of Dan in northern Israel is another confirmation of
Biblical history. For many decades, learned historians have been
saying that King David was a mythical, unhistorical figure, like
Hercules and Odysseus. The stone stele clearly indicates that the
author of the inscription, a Syrian King (probably Ben-Haddad),
had defeated the King of Israel and the King of the "House of
David." Scholars have tried unsuccessfully for years, now, to
explain away this reference as something other than what it plainly