Mistranslations of the various Translations of the Scriptures. (Moses, Earth)

[FFH]

Originally Posted by Seyorni

The only projection I know of into the Red Sea is the Sinai peninsula. And where, exactly, is this sand bar?

the sand bar or stretch of shallow land is stretches between the Gulf of Aqaba. I believe Moses Crossed the Gulf of Aqaba, which extends from the Red Sea, between Katrina and Jabal. There is a shallow stretch of land beneath the waters of the Gulf of Aqaba. This is where the chariot wheel spokes and axles were seen and not touched. They can still be found there today.

[FFH]

Moses would have crossed the Gulf of Aqaba from east to west, onto the Sinai Peninsula, where he recieved the ten commanments, on Mt Sinai.

[Jayhawker Soule]

Originally Posted by FFH

This is where the chariot wheel spokes and axles were seen and not touched. They can still be found there today.

This is gullibility run amok. If evidence of the Exodus "can still be found there today", don't you think "there" would be swarming with hopeful Biblical Archaeologist?

It's truly pathetic - people should really learn how to think.

[FFH]

Here is a good link that talks about the point at which Moses could have crossed.

http://www.truebiblecode.com/understanding249.html

The video that I have seen of the chariot spokes and axles encased in coral, were taken in the Gulf of Aqaba. I think the sand bar or shallow stretch of land that I talked about earlier is this reef that this link is pointing out. It was a year ago when I saw the documentary on on this. I don't have still pictures of the coral encased chariout axles and spokes that I can link you too, sorry. This link talks about them though.

[Jayhawker Soule]

Originally Posted by FFH

Here is a good link ...

What makes it a good link?

[Seyorni]

Moses crossed the gulf of Aqaba East to West? I thought he was coming from Egypt, not Jordan or Saudi Arabia (modern equivalents)

Look at the map. To get to the holy land from Egypt he has to go Northeast. Between Egypt and the Western Mediterranean is the Gulf of Suez and, north of that, a huge papyrus reed swamp.
The gulf of Aqaba would have been way out of his way and a needless barrier. Once He reaches the Sinai he has an unobstructed walk Northeast to reach the Western Mediterranean shores.

[joeboonda]

Well, I don't know where he crossed, but I believe it happened. All prophets believed it, David believed it, Jesus believed it, the apostles believed it, Christianity and Judaism believed it thru the centuries. In the latter days, the Bible says, scoffers would come who would not believe. Professing themeselves wise, they became fools. We have plenty of good scripture, meticulously copied and preserved for us, an overwhelming body of evidence. Folks can argue it all day, I believe it, I'd be a fool not to.

[FFH]

Originally Posted by Seyorni

Moses crossed the gulf of Aqaba East to West? I thought he was coming from Egypt, not Jordan or Saudi Arabia (modern equivalents)

Look at the map. To get to the holy land from Egypt he has to go Northeast. Between Egypt and the Western Mediterranean is the Gulf of Suez and, north of that, a huge papyrus reed swamp.
The gulf of Aqaba would have been way out of his way and a needless barrier. Once He reaches the Sinai he has an unobstructed walk Northeast to reach the Western Mediterranean shores.

I tried to PM you but your mail box was full.

I know it doesn't make sense geographically. I knew you were going to pick up on this.

I think the reason why God brought them around to this point was to drown the Egyptian army. This was the only point at which this sort of thing could be possible. The Gulf of Suez has no shallow stretch of land in which to cross. The Gulf of Aqaba does. This was the only possible route across any gulf into the Sinai peninsula where Moses would be safe, along with the children of Israel, and Moses could then recieve the ten commandments on Mt Sinai.

Even though the Gulf of Aqaba is way out of the way, the shallow stretch of land that it possessed served two purposes.

1) To get the Israelites over to the peninsula, where Moses could recieve the ten commandments on Mt. Sinai, and to live peacefully, without being bothered by anyone, especially their enemies. The two gulfs would protect then from enemies. They could live relatively protected. The Gulf of Suez would be the more logical crossing but there was no shallow stretch of land under the water in which to cross. Moses had to use another route to get to Mt. Sinai. Moses knew the area well. He had spent about 30 years outside of Egypt.

2) This stretch of land also helped entice the Egyptian army to follow the Israelites across the peninsula. They felt safe in crossing, seeing what they thought was a natural event. It certainly would have appeared that way. They did not realize that God had sent the "east wind", which is spoken about in a scripture concerning this story. They did not realize that God was controlling the wind which had cleared a dry path to cross. The Egyptian army was wiped out in one watery event, when the winds subsided. The shallow stretch of land was again covered. God eliminated the threat of Egypt ever bothering them again.

[Jayhawker Soule]

Originally Posted by FFH

I think the reason why God brought them around to this point was because there was to drown the Egyptian army. This was the only point at which this sort of thing could be possible.