The Moabite Stone

The Moabite Stone, also called the Mesha Stele was discovered in 1868 by a French Missionary to a Bedouin encampment at Dhiban also known as Dibon in the bible, East of the Dead Sea. This stone is made out of black basalt stone and is just under four feet tall.

How we came about getting the stone itself was quite the undertaking as the drama involved included the French and Germans getting into a bidding war to purchase the stone from the Bedouins. I could probably go into a couple of posts just on the Drama, but the end result was that the Bedouins heated the rock and poured cold water on it shattering it to pieces thinking that they could sell the individual separate pieces of the stone for the same amount as the entire stone itself. Fortunately, a French archaeologist named Karavaca made a paper squeeze of the inscription before it was destroyed.
In 1870 a French Scholar Charles Clermont-Ganneau was able to recover three large fragments and some of the smaller pieces. These pieces, which was about 2/3 of the original stone, with the paper squeeze made by Karavaca, Ganneau was able to piece together the stone with plaster.

A picture of what the Moabite Stone looks like today in the Lourve Museum in Paris.

Some may start to wonder why I am mentioning this artifact and if there is a biblical connection to it in some way, and there is. This stone that was carved in the 9th Century B.C. is the longest monumental stone ever found in Palestine. It is written in Phonecian/Hebrew because there is a common ancestry between the Moabites and Israelites see Genesis 19. It's about 3,000 years old it hasn't been copied and recopied though the centuries like the bible has, because of the bible being made of paper, and of course paper decays. Because the bible had been copied some doubt the accuracy in the name of YHWH or Yahweh being the original true name of our Father in Heaven exists among some Christians.

The word Yahweh is written on the 18th line to the right.

The word Yahweh is written on the 18th line and is only there because the King Mesha of the Moabites boasts about a battle he won against King David and the House of Israel. He claims that the Moabite god Chemosh saved both him and his people against the God of Israel in which King Mesha saccrificed his own son for appeasement to Chemosh during this battle.
Another interesting point is that it mentions King Mesha did battle with the house of David. As far as I am concerned this is actual proof that there was a person named King David that did exist. I know some may just take it for granted that he did, however, I listened to a speech by a University of Rhode Island Professor of Near East History a couple of months ago that thought David was just a culmination of many Kings.

So with King Mesha winning the battle, does this mean that Chemosh is a more powerful God than Father Yahweh?
I have stated many times in this blog that it is impossible to interpret the Holy Scriptures without knowing History, Science, and the Bible as they all go hand and hand...
We know that Israel is undefeated in battle anytime they are walking with the Father; Deut 28:7
According to Deut 28 the blessings and curses chapter, Israel's victories and defeats are directly related to Israel obeying or disobeying Yahweh's laws and commandments.
While in the encampment of Shittim in the plains of Moab, Israelite men committed whoredom with the daughters of Moab and sacrificed to their gods, Numbers 25:1-5.  Not only was it Moabites that Israel committed whoredom with at that time, it was also with the Midianite women as in the story of the Phineas Priest; Numbers 25:6-9. Any time Israel deviates from the word of the Father only chaos will prevail. It's imperative that Israel remain pure and not commit Adulteration with other women as only a falling away from both his word and his people will happen. This is exactly what is going on now in this country and people just don't see it, as history repeats itself. I pray all of Israel will have a grand awakening.
It is from a lack of knowledge that Israel will be destroyed (Hosea 4:6)!
This stone that was carved to prove weakness of Israel's God, in all actuality only proves the strength of Father Yahweh.
Praise the Lord!