To receive daily emails from Breaking Christian News to your inbox CLICK HERE


SHARE THIS ARTICLE Printer friendly version of this page

"Simply Mind-Blowing": The Route Moses Took out of Egypt Reportedly Discovered

News Staff : Apr 16, 2019  CBN News

"I would basically say to someone who's (skeptical) about the Exodus to keep an open mind about the subject. These events really did happen. It doesn't require belief in one of these faiths to accept the evidence." – Ryan Mauro

(Saudi Arabia) — [CBN News] Bible scholars from the Doubting Thomas Research Foundation (DTRF) believe they may have discovered the route Moses took when he led the Children of Israel out of slavery from Egypt and to the Promised Land. (Photo Credit: CBN News)

The group told the Daily Star Online that they traveled to Saudi Arabia three times during their research and found evidence that the Israelites traveled through the modern-day kingdom to get to Israel.

DTRF researcher Ryan Mauro is still working on this theory but said the most "plausible" route is one where the Israelites left Egypt through Cairo and crossed into the Sinai Peninsula. He believes they crossed into ancient Midian and stopped at Mount Sinai, which he claims is the peak of Jabal al-Lawz in northwest Saudi Arabia.

"After three trips to Saudi Arabia, and I'm fully convinced that the Israelites went into the ancient land of Midian when they fled slavery in Egypt," he told the Daily Star Online.

Last year, the organization released a documentary detailing their quest to find Mount Sinai in Saudi Arabia.

Mauro said he and his team discovered several pieces of evidence that Jabal al-Lawz is where Mount Sinai was located.

"The golden calf, the split rock, Moses' altar, the Red Sea crossing site; all of these pieces need to fit, and they fit at this site in a way that no other site does," he said.

Mount Sinai is traditionally associated with Egypt's Sinai Peninsula. The St. Catherine Monastery was built over what is believed to be the site where God spoke to Moses in the burning bush.

"Perhaps these (skeptics) have doubted the historical account of the Exodus story because of a lack of evidence at the traditional site at St. Catherine's, but what we have found appears to fit the ancient accounts," Mauro said of the Jabal al-Lawz peak.

Jabal al-Lawz has been previously been identified as the possible site of Mount Sinai, but scholars doubt this theory.

"There is no credible historical, geographical, archaeological or Biblical evidence for the thesis that Mt. Sinai is at Jabal al-Lawz in Saudi Arabia," said creationist researcher Gordon Franz.

Mauro also told the Daily Star Online there is evidence that Moses split the sea at the Gulf of Aqaba on the modern-day beach of Nuweiba. There, the crossing would be just eight miles wide and a depth of only 33 meters (108 feet).

"It's going to take some time to bring this alternative theory into mainstream historiography, but I believe that our work is going to seriously shift the landscape on this subject," Mauro said.

Mainstream scholars seriously doubt the historicity of the events recorded in Exodus due to a lack of archaeological evidence.

Mauro encourages them to have an open mind.

"I would basically say to someone who's (skeptical) about the Exodus to keep an open mind about the subject," he said. "These events really did happen. It doesn't require belief in one of these faiths to accept the evidence."

Mauro said his team is currently trying to piece together an exact timeline and map structure for Exodus based on their findings.

"What I found there was simply mind-blowing. I couldn't believe that there was all this evidence for the Exodus and hardly anyone outside this region was aware of it.







SHARE THIS ARTICLE Printer friendly version of this page

To receive daily emails from Breaking Christian News to your inbox CLICK HERE

Other Recent Articles from Breaking Christian News

What Would New York City Look Like Under Mamdani? Take a Look at London for Starters

Hacker Group Doxxes Hundreds of Federal Employees

How Letitia James' Fake Marriage to Her Dad Sparked a Lifetime of Mortgage Fraud

Newsom Signs Law Forcing California Schools to Promote LGBT 'Hotline' on Student IDs

Typhoon Halong Has Devastated Parts of Western Alaska with Flooding, Displacing Hundreds; How You Can Help Survivors

Prayer Alert: Hamas Hesitates on Peace Deal

FBI and Secret Service Discover Hunting Stand Potentially Linked to Assassination Attempt against President Trump

'We're Restoring the Bible': PA Legislators Declare 'Day of the Bible' amid National Push

White House Faith Director Responds to President Trump's Comments About Making It to Heaven

Storybook for Kindergarteners Features Gay Roosters, Men Wearing Leather Harnesses

NBC News Terminates Nearly 150 DEI Editorial Staffers from the Newsroom

Influence of MAHA, Pro-Life Movement Evident in Trump's IVF Move

Federal Judge Blocks Trump Administration's Planned Shutdown Layoffs

Trump Speaks with Putin by Phone, Warns Him Again About US Tomahawk Missiles for Ukraine

Bolton Lashes Out at Trump after Grand Jury Returns Damning 18-Count Indictment

For King & Country's Luke Smallbone Explains How Revival Can Touch Every Part of Your World

Comet Lemmon Might Be the Best Comet of 2025, and This Is the Month to See It

Faith Leaders Sound Alarm on Election Issue: 'Bellville Will Go Haywire With Pot Shops'

Sen John Fetterman Brings the Kennedy Center to Complete Silence With an Emotional Message

ICE Op: Two-Thirds of Nabbed Illegal Aliens' CDLs Were Issued by Two Sanctuary States



Search the Articles Archives

Keyword:  
Author:  
Words Posted On:  
Day Month Year



BCN Plus

Follow BCN on Twitter
Are You Praying for Our Government Leaders?
BCN Staff

Steve Shultz
Steve Shultz, Managing Editor
Founder and Owner


Aimee Herd
Aimee Herd, Editor


BCN Plus
Are You Praying for President Trump?
 
 

All articles on this site and emails from BCN are copyrighted property of Breaking Christian News. Permission is given to link to, or share a BCN story if proper attribution is given to both the original writer and summarizer of the story. Breaking Christian News 2005-2019. All Rights Reserved.


Breaking Christian News is a division of Elijah List Publications, Inc. All Rights Reserved


Disclaimer: Articles and links, as well as the source articles linked to; do not necessarily reflect the opinion of Breaking Christian News.

editor@breakingchristiannews.com