Archeology

What surprised the researchers most was the large “tavern” they uncovered, complete with benches, a type of clay refrigerator called a “zeer,” an oven, and the remains of storage vessels, many of which still contained food.

This is amazing evidence, but we could ask some questions here. Why would this tavern be preserved underground, covered with dirt? How did it get buried? Was it buried suddenly, preserving it for thousands of years? Where did the people go? Why did the people leave food in the tavern?

It appears the people left suddenly, abandoning the tavern, which was then covered in dirt, and preserved for almost 5,000 years.

There is an event that could answer these questions, documented since that time, enduring today in a dusty history book found in most homes today. The book of Genesis describes a great flood that suddenly sprang forth from the fountains of the deep and killed all that had the spirit of life in them.

"All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was in the dry land, died." Genesis 7:22

When people saw the floods coming, they abandoned their cities to find higher ground, trying to climb up the nearby mountains if they were close enough. But the water flooded even the mountains and they all perished.... except for a man named Noah who found favor in the sight of God, because Noah was a just man, righteous in his generation. God also spared Noah's wife, their three sons, and the wives of their sons. There was plenty of room on the ark for more people, but no one believed the warnings that were given over many years and they refused to enter the ark before the floods came.... the people were wicked and would not repent. The flood cleansed the earth of the wicked.

But here we are today... the world has become more wicked than even in that time. So the world will be purified again.... this time by fire. Those that repent and turn to Jesus shall be saved.