| For many years now, there has been a popular
theory among some Bible believing people that Petra holds a special
place in Biblical prophecy. This idea has permeated many sectors
of Christianity, and has left us puzzled as to it's origin. After
some research we believe we have discovered the source of this
interesting, if not somewhat controversial theory. It seems that
it all began with a man in the USA, known as W. E. Blackstone.
This man was so certain that Petra would be the secret hideout
of Jews escaping from the Battle of Armageddon, that he invested
$8000.00 (in the 1920's) to place boxes of Bibles in all of the
caves in Petra, so that the Jews would have some interesting
reading when they were hiding from the ravages of war. This idea
was picked up by Joseph Hoffman Cohn of the American Board of
Missions to the Jews and published in a small booklet titled:
The Man from Petra. We have now obtained a copy of this
book, and have reproduced it in full on Nabataea.net. The first
part of the book deals with Cohn's theory of how the Battle of
Armageddon will take place and how the Jews will use the ancient
city of Petra as a hideout during the war. The most interesting
part of the book comes on pages 16
and 17. I'm sure you will find it interesting reading. If
you want to access all of this small booklet, please click here:
The Man from Petra. |
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