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Unearthed Artifacts of Ancient Egypt CONFIRMS Moses Rumour... · Off The Kirb Ministries

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  OK, so there's something strange that has been on my radar for a
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  long time now, and I can't ignore it any longer.
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  It's something I never thought I'd be investigating, but I am.
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  I'm investigating an ancient Egyptian figure who some people
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  believe might actually be Moses. You see, one of the biggest
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  questions in history is this. Who was the Pharaoh during the
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  Exodus? People have been trying to
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  figure it out for years. But there's another question
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  that might be even more interesting.
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  Was Moses a real person? And is there any actual evidence
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  for him in ancient Egypt? Some people say no straight
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  away. They believe Moses is just a
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  character and a story with no real proof behind him.
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  And some would go as far as to say that there is zero evidence
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  that the Israelites were even in Egypt in the 1st place.
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  Others take a slightly softer view.
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  They admit that the Bible shows a strong understanding of
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  Egyptian life and culture, which suggests it is rooted in
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  something real. But they still aren't quite
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  convinced that Moses himself existed.
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  So here's where things start to get a little unusual.
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  There is one Egyptian Prince from history whose life lines up
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  in some surprising ways with the story of Moses.
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  Not just in little things either, but in big ones.
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  So much so that it has led the author Scotty Roberts and the
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  archaeologist Christopher Ames to believe that this could
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  actually be the same person. The fact is, this guy's Before
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  we jump into any conclusions, we need to get the timeline clear.
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  The Bible gives a specific clue, saying the Exodus happened 480
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  years before Kings Solomon built the temple.
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  That place is the Exodus at around 1446 BC, with the
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  Israelites entering the land of Canaan around 40 years later.
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  What's fascinating is that this timeline doesn't just come from
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  the Bible. It also lines up with things
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  that we see in ancient history. For example, there are letters
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  from that period where leaders in Cana are panicking about an
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  invading group of people, which sounds a lot like the Israelite.
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  Even the timeline of Egyptian Pharaohs seems to fit this
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  timeline. So what does all of this mean
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  then Joe? Well, if the timeline is right,
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  then the fair of the Exodus would have been Ammon Hotep the
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  Second. Interestingly, not the first
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  born son, which some of you know already raises a lot of
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  questions as it's commonly believed to be Rameses the
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  Second, who was the 1st in command during the Exodus.
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  However, it is important to remember that ancient writers
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  like Manetho and Josephus both refer to the Exodus Pharaoh
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  using a Greek version of that same name, Amanofus, which is
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  the name associated with Amahotep the Second.
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  It is worth noting that Amahotep the Second began his reign with
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  intense military campaigns and gained A reputation for being
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  unusually harsh, even cruel some would say.
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  But what's strange is that later in his rule, things go quiet.
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  We don't have as much information about the
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  second-half of his reign apart from one warning he gave about
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  being cautious of foreigners and magicians.
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  Am I the only one who finds this a rather odd detail, especially
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  when you think about the biblical story?
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  OK, watch this. If we work backwards on our
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  timeline, we can see that Amotech the Second's father
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  would have been Tutmo, say the third, the Pharaoh during the
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  time when the Israelites were being oppressed.
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  He was one of Egypt's greatest rulers, reigning for over 50
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  years, and it fits the timeline for when Moses would have fled
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  Egypt and spent 40 years in the wilderness.
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  So this part is pretty important to understand the identity of
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  Moses. Meet hap shep suit Tut Mose, the
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  third stepmother who you're about to see really does match
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  the Bible's description of Pharaoh's daughter.
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  Oh, and by the way, if you are new here, I'm Joe and I've been
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  making Christian videos on YouTube for a decade now.
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  All right, so Hap Shep suit wasn't not just any royal
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  figure, she became one of the most powerful rulers that Egypt
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  ever had. Her inscriptions even describe
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  her as having a compassionate heart and being open towards
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  foreigners, which really makes sense if she really did raise a
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  Hebrew child as her own. Now when you put all of this
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  together, the timeline brings us to a very specific moment in
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  history around the 16th century BC Right in the middle of it, we
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  find Hapschett's suit again. And during her time we see
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  something remarkable happen. There is the sudden rise of a a
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  man from low status to a position of great power within
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  Egypt. The Bible tells us that Moses
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  lived for 120 years, split into three parts.
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  That's 40 years as a Prince in Egypt, 40 years in the
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  wilderness, and 40 years leading the Israelites.
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  So based on the timeline that we've been looking at, that
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  would place his birth at around 1526 BC during the reign of
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  Pharaoh. Tutmo say the first.
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  Now take a look at this. Tutmo say the first not only had
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  a daughter named Hap Shep Sut and a son named Tutmosay the
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  Second, but to secure the royal line these two were married,
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  which was quite common in ancient Egypt by the way.
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  But it is crucial to remember that Tutmosay the Second was
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  weak and didn't leave a strong legacy, whilst Hat Shep Sut rose
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  to power and became a dominant ruler.
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  When Tutmosay the Second died, his son Tutmosay the Third was
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  an only child. So Hatch Shep Sut stepped in and
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  ruled for over 20 years. And during her reign, Egypt
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  experienced great peace and stability.
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  Historians even describe her as unusually kind hearted for a
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  pharaoh, with inscription speaking about her love and
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  openness towards others. And guys at this exact time,
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  records show us that a man of low origin, a peasant if you
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  like, was suddenly elevated to one of the highest positions in
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  Egypt and nobody became a Prince.
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  Which sounds very familiar, doesn't it?
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  So here's the part you've all been waiting.
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  Four Egyptian history records. A man called Senemut, a figure
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  who started life with no royal background at all.
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  Yet somehow he rose to become one of the most powerful men in
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  Egypt. By the end of his life, he held
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  incredibly high positions, working closely with Pharaoh
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  Habschepsut. And then, quite suddenly, we
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  read that he disappears from the record.
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  The unavoidable conclusion is this.
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  There are researchers who believe that this isn't just a
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  coincidence. They believe that Senemut could
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  actually, actually be Moses. At first, this might sound like
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  a bit of a stretch, but when you look closer, it starts to raise
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  some serious questions. Senimutz wasn't just promoted
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  once or twice. He was given nearly 100 titles,
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  placing him right at the top of Egyptian society.
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  He became a trusted advisor, a Crown Prince, head of the
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  prophets and overseer of the granaries, a leader of the
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  people, and even a guardian and teacher to Hapsheptsut's
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  daughter. For someone who started with no
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  royal status, that kind of rhyme is almost unheard of.
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  Now, if you thought that raised a few eyebrows, wait until you
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  hear this. The Bible actually describes a
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  very similar kind of rise in the life of Moses.
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  In the Book of Exodus, we're told that Moses wasn't born into
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  Egyptian royalty at all. He was a Hebrew child placed in
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  a basket on the Nile and discovered by Pharaoh's
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  daughter. Instead of being rejected, he
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  was taken in and raised inside the royal household itself.
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  That means Moses grew up with axes to the highest level of
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  Egyptian education, culture and power.
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  In the New Testament, in the book of Acts, it even says that
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  he was educated in all wisdom of the Egyptians and was powerful
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  in speech and action. In other words, he wasn't just
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  some outsider, he was trained like royalty, positioned amongst
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  the elites. So when you hear about someone
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  like Senemut, an outsider with no royal blood, who suddenly
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  gains a whole heap of influence, authority and even becomes a
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  tutor within the royal family, it does start to sound like a
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  very real possibility. So how does this man go from
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  nothing to effectively becoming a Prince?
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  Even his name is interesting. Sentiment can be understood as
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  mother's brother, which may sound strange at first, but in
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  Egyptian culture, names often carried A deeper meaning.
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  Some believe that this title reflects his special
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  relationship with Hat Shepson, almost as if he had been fully
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  adopted into the royal family, raised not just as a servant but
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  as some one with royal status. To take all of that into your
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  mind and now think about this. Ancient history writers say that
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  Moses actually had a different name whilst he was living in
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  Egypt, and that Moses was the name used by the Israelites, not
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  by the Egyptians. So if that's true, then we
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  shouldn't expect to find the name Moses in Egyptian records
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  at all. We should be looking for someone
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  else whose life matches the same life as Moses.
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  So as we follow the history of Sannamut, more details begin to
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  line up in some more rather surprising ways.
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  It seems he first rose through the ranks as a soldier, possibly
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  even leading troops in campaigns down in Kush, which is what we'd
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  call Ethiopia today. Now, that might not sound like
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  much at first, but ancient historians outside of the Bible
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  actually describe Moses as leading military campaigns in
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  that same region. However, it wasn't until Hat
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  Shepzuk came into power that Sannamut's rise really took up.
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  He wasn't just promoted, he was elevated to an unbelievable
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  level. Some historians even say that he
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  became the most powerful man in Egypt after the Queen herself,
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  effectively running the Kingdom on her behalf.
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  What's also quite striking is just how many statues and
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  records we have of him. For someone who wasn't born into
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  royalty, the sheer number is unusual, almost on the level of
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  a king. And yet, despite all of his
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  power and all of his influence, there is no clear evidence that
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  he had a wife or children. Which again, is quite unusual
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  for someone in his position. Then there's his role as an
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  architect. Sanamat oversaw the construction
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  of Hapschetzutz Great Temple Dare El Bari, a massive and
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  beautifully designed structure built into the cliffs.
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  It was one of the most impressive building projects of
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  its time. And when you think about Moses,
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  who he too is described as overseeing major construction,
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  organizing people, leading work and later building the
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  Tabernacle in the wilderness, it really does start to make a lot
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  of sense. But it actually goes a little
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  deeper than that. In Exodus, Moses doesn't just
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  passively approve the Tabernacle, he receives the
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  design. He relays detailed instructions
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  and appoints skilled Craftsman like Bazele and overseas the
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  entire operation as it's being carried out.
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  You do realise that this is a large scale, highly organised
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  project involving materials, labour and precise design.
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  He was more like a project manager or an architect than a
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  lot of people actually give him credit for.
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  Did you know that there is actually another detail that
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  most people miss? Before the Tabernacle is even
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  built, Moses constructs an altar at the foot of Mount Sinai with
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  12 stone pillars representing the 12 tribes of Israel.
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  So again, you have this image of Moses not just as a spiritual
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  leader, but as someone directing physical structures, working
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  with stone, space and symbolic design in a very intentional
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  way. So when you place that next to
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  Senemut, the royal architect behind one of Egypt's most
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  ambitious temple complexes, it raises a very interesting
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  parallel. Both figures are associated with
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  large symbolic building projects.
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  Both operate at a high level, and they have great organization
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  skills and great authority. And both seem to bridge
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  leadership and construction in a way that is actually a little
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  unusual. And then there's the moment that
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  changes everything. In Exodus, we're told that Moses
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  goes out and sees an Egyptian beating a Hebrew worker.
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  He intervenes and stops the Egyptian instant, which forces
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  Moses to then flee, to run away, to get away from Egypt.
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  And that raises a very important question.
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  Why was Moses there in the 1st place?
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  Was it because Moses had some kind of administrative or
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  supervisory role? Because he had been trained in
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  architecture and thus was involved in overseeing the
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  labour projects? And that's exactly why he
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  witnessed this overbearing Egyptian taskmaster first hand.
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  But here's where the story takes a sharp turn.
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  Cinemat had not one, but two tombs prepared for him,
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  something that only the elites could afford.
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  One of these tombs even contains the earliest known star map in
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  Egypt, which is again evidence that this man was highly
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  educated, very knowledgeable in astrology.
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  And yet, after all this, he was never buried in either of them.
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  Both tombs were left unfinished, suddenly abandoned, with tools
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  still left inside, as if the work just stopped without
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  warning. His burial chamber was never
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  completed, his coffin left unfinished.
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  And after that, Senamot disappears completely from
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  history. No clear record of his death, no
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  proper burial, no explanation. He rises from nothing, becomes
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  one of the most powerful men in Egypt and then vanishes.
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  Which raises a very serious question.
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  Did Senamot simply fall from favour, or does his sudden
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  disappearance match the moment that Moses fled from Egypt?
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  I wonder whether I should tell you this, but the last records
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  of Sanima place him around year 16 of Hatch Shepshot's reign.
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  After that, there's nothing. He's gone.
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  And when you line that up with the biblical timeline, it gets
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  very, very coincidental. If Moses was born around 1526
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  BC, then he would have been 40 years old in around 1486 BC.
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  The exact point when the Bible says that he dealt with that
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  Egyptian and fled the country. Did you catch that?
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  Now do you see it? That is the exact window of time
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  when Senemut vanishes from history.
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  No explanation, no record of his death, no burial.
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  He's just gone. But there's another layer of
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  this. After his disappearance, many of
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  Senemut's statues and inscriptions were deliberately
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  destroyed. His name was scratched out, his
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  image is broken, his tombs vandalized.
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  And am I the only one who wants to know?
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  Did the Egyptians do this because they wanted to erase
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  someone from history completely? As if if he never existed.
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  Okay, my dear friend, instead of us getting lost in trying to
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  figure out whether cinema was Moses, here's a question people
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  have been arguing about for centuries.
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  And it matters a lot more actually, is Jesus Christ God?
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  That's the question. I believe the evidence is clear.
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  Jesus said things like he who has seen me, has seen the
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  Father, and I and the Father are one.
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  That's not just a spiritual teacher speaking some grand
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  words. That's a man who's claiming to
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  be God in the flesh. And when you really think about
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  that, it is incredible. God didn't stay distant.
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  He didn't remain billions of light years away, watching from
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  afar. He stepped into our world.
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  He took on a flesh just like us. He lived a life just like we
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  live, and yet He did it without sinning.
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  You see where we've sinned in our flesh, He didn't.
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  But then He went on a cross. He took all of our sin, all of
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  our wrongdoing on himself and God in a flesh bearing it all
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  died in our place, taking the sins that we'd done in His very
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  body. And yet Jesus didn't stay dead.
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  His human nature that truly died, but because of who he is,
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  death couldn't hold him down. He rose from the dead and in
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  doing that he didn't just pay the price for us in, he broke
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  it. He tore that debt in two.
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  And now because of him there's an offer on the table,
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  forgiveness, new life, resurrection and even
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  immortality if you put your trust in him.
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  So the only question that remains is will you put your
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  trust in the same Saviour who Moses and all these great
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  figures of the past believed on and the same Christ who is
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  coming back very soon to judge the living and the dead.
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  But hey, now I do want everyone now to check out my description
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  because there you can find a link to Chris for Ames is
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  awesome article. You can also see the Armstrong
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  Institute's YouTube channel, a brilliant channel if you love
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  archaeology. So go and subscribe to that.
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  And also you'll see a link to Scotty Roberts book because as
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  you know, I give all of the credit for this video to these
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  guys and all of their hard work. Just one last thing.
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  I want to take this opportunity just to say a huge thank you to
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  everyone who has ever donated even a penny to our ministry
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  through our website. Honestly, I'm grateful.
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  Thank you to all of our channel members.
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  this high without your help. So a big thank you to you all.
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  Oh, and if this was a big faith builder to you, wait until you
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  see all of these archaeological discoveries in this video right
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  here.