An Important Discovery by the Red Sea

In 1974 there was an important discovery in Israel. Stories about this discovery vary in detail, but the most common story tells about a little Arab boy named Mohammed-ad-dhib. He was tending his goats in the Valley of Qumran west of the Dead Sea when one of his runaway goats wandered into a cave. Mohammed threw a rock up into the cave and heard a strange noise. It was the sound of a clay jar breaking. Because he was curious, he entered the cave, and then discovered 7 jars that were 2 feet tall. Inside the jars was leather scrolls wrapped in linen. Mohammed had found the book of Isaiah which had been written over 2,000 years ago! In the following years, more than 400 scrolls were discovered in eleven different caves. Every one of the Old Testament books of the Bible was found except for the Book of Esther. All of the scrolls were written in Arabic, Hebrew, or Greek. Incredibly these scrolls were 1,000 years older then any other Bible manuscript ever found. There were very few changes found in the wording. It’s amazing to think that we are still reading the same message that God gave to His people over twenty centuries ago! -Sarah in Queensland