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"...And
the mountain burned with
fire unto the midst of
heaven, with darkness,
clouds, and thick
darkness."
.......Deuteronomy 4:11
"
And the LORD spake unto
you out of the midst of
the fire: ye heard the
voice of the words, but
saw no similitude; only
ye heard a voice. And he
declared unto you his
covenant, which he
commanded you to
perform, even ten
commandments; and he
wrote them upon two
tables of stone."
......Deuteronomy
4:12-13
1978
In
1978 Ron Wyatt found
chariot parts in the
Gulf of Aqaba just off
the Egyptian shore. At
that time, he knew that
Mt. Sinai had to be on
the opposite shore.
Since the Biblical
account tells how the
people arrived at Mt.
Sinai after they crossed
the Red Sea; and since
the Gulf of Aqaba, which
Ron knew to be the
crossing site, separates
the Sinai Peninsula
(Egypt) and Saudi
Arabia, there was no
doubt as to the location
of Mt. Sinai being in
Arabia. But where in
Arabia?
Ron
studied the Biblical
account and saw on the
flight maps of the area
that there was a
mountain range in the
northwestern area of
Saudi which he felt had
the potential to be Mt.
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"The
LORD our God spake unto
us in Horeb, saying,
Ye
have dwelt long enough
in this mount"
.......Deuteronomy 1:6
This
description indicated to
Ron that the people were
"in" a
mountain range -
protected within its
borders. And for that
reason, Jebel el Lawz
was the perfect
candidate. On the map,
Jebel el Lawz was the
highest peak in the
entire NW Saudi Arabian
region; and it was in a
mountain range with
numerous wide wadis, or
canyons, within it which
would have provided
enough acreage for a
tremendous number of
people, along with their
flocks and herds, to
camp "within"
the area and have the
protection of the
mountains all around
them. It was also
separated from the
mountainous region which
paralleled the Red Sea,
by a desert, or plain
area - which could be
the desert of Sin(ai).
Mt.
Sinai's Location in
Midian
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we go the Bible, the
location of Mt. Sinai is
not that difficult to
ascertain. When God
first spoke to Moses
regarding the great work
of leading the people
out of their Egyptian
bondage, He told Moses:
"
Certainly I will be with
thee; and this shall be
a token unto thee, that
I have sent thee: When
thou hast brought forth
the people out of Egypt,
ye shall serve God upon
this mountain."
.......EXODUS 3:12
To
find out exactly where
Moses was when this
conversation took place,
we need to go to the
beginning of chapter 3:
"Now
Moses kept the flock of
Jethro his father in
law, the priest of
Midian: and he led the
flock to the backside of
the desert, and came to
the mountain of God,
even to Horeb. And the
angel of the LORD
appeared unto him in a
flame of fire out of the
midst of a bush: and he
looked, and, behold, the
bush burned with fire,
and the bush was not
consumed."
.......EXODUS 3:1-2
Moses
was even told to remove
his shoes, as he was
standing on "holy
ground" (verse 5).
So, we now know that
Moses was in Midian, in
the "backside of
the desert", which
seems to us to imply the
area opposite the main
portion of the desert
or, the other side of
the mountain which
provided the border of
the desert. We make this
assumption simply
because in order to have
a "backside of the
desert", there must
be something which marks
a separation of the
"frontside"
and the
"backside".
When
Ron studied the Biblical
account, he noted these
references - that the
mountain to which Moses
was to lead the people
was in Midian; and that
the place where Moses
spoke to God in the
burning bush was
specifically stated to
be in the "backside
of the desert".
With this information,
along with the discovery
of the crossing site on
the Gulf of Aqaba, he
looked for a mountain on
the eastern side of the
gulf which fit this
description. There was
only one candidate in
his opinion, and this
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flight maps showed this
mountain to be in an
almost semi-circular
range, with a vast
desert area around it as
well as more than enough
room for the encampment
of perhaps a couple of
million people along
with their flocks and
herds. Not only that,
but there was a single,
large oasis located
perhaps 10 to 15 miles
away - an area that
could have been the home
of his father-in-law,
Jethro - and this was
the town of Al-Bad.
He
saw that there was
desert area around Jebel
el Lawz, between Al-Bad
and the highest peak in
this mountain range -
and that there were
valleys in the mountain
range which Moses could
have led his flocks
through, taking him to
the "backside of
the desert." Ron
was convinced that this
mountain had to be the
one.
If
this mountain was indeed
the true Mt. Sinai, Ron
felt there had to be
archaeological evidences
which would prove it
beyond a reasonable
doubt. So he applied to
the Saudi embassy for a
visa to visit the area
but never even received
an answer from them.
After
four and one half years,
he decided it was going
to be necessary to
attempt to enter the
country without a visa.
He made inquiries and
was told that if anyone
was found in Saudi
without a visa, they
were simply escorted to
the border and
"kicked out" -
if "worse came to
worse", they would
be held for no more than
21 days. He weighed this
information and decided
it was certainly worth
the risk. Little did he
know what lay ahead for
him and his sons, Danny
and Ronny. |
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