Israel
The Messianic
Seal
First Apostle
of
Jesus Christ
Have you ever heard of the
Messianic Seal
uncovered from Jerusalem?
I came to know about the Seal
through the book
published in 1999 by Reuven Efraim Schmalz and Raymond Robert Fischer
(Olim Publications, Israel).
"The Messianic Seal of the Jerusalem Church"
book front cover is shown below.
What the book reveals is the discovery
in 1990
in
Jerusalem,
from an
underground grotto in Mt. Zion
where the
Upper Room building
(which enshrines a memorial David’s Tomb – not the real one)
is
located
This building is on a
small hill
on the SW of the Old Jerusalem city
outside the walls
(for a map, please read the author’s article on the Real Calvary on this website).
The story goes
that an old Greek Orthodox monk
found some
forty artifacts in a cavity
in the rock adjacent to David’s tomb
before the 1967 war.
Many of these pottery shards,
oil lamps
and stone pieces were engraved with a
mysterious symbol
that combined a menorah,
a
Star of David,
and a fish symbol
(with a cross at the center of some).
In 1990 these artifacts came to the attention of Ludwig Schneider,
editor in chief of Israel Update
when he visited the monk.
It is from Schneider the book authors
learned of the artifacts.
Click on the color image below for more in-depth information on the
discovery of this symbol, it's origin and it's meaning.
The stone piece in the image is supposed to be used as a
base for holding an
oil jar.
One of the pieces found had the Aramaic inscription which translates to
'For the Oil of the Spirit'
almost identical to the use in James 5:14-16
where anointing oil is mentioned.
The grotto where the pieces were found
is supposed to be an area in the first century church
(believed to have been underground)
used for baptismal purposes.
The Menorah
is the
seven-branched oil lamp
in the
Temple;
it is a
distinctly Jewish symbol
and stands for the Torah
which
illuminates mankind.
This lamp shone in
the Holy Place before
Yahweh in the
Holy of Holies.
The Menorah is also a symbol of the
Tree of Life.
The Star of David symbolizes
Christ
descended from David,
or shall we say,
from the roots of Jesse.
The foot of the Menorah could be considered the
root
The Fish symbol
is a
first century representation
for Christ
coined from the Greek word for fish, the
Greek letters representing
'Jesus Christ God Son Savior'.
Israel
The Messianic
Seal
First Apostle
of
Jesus Christ
Have you ever heard of the
Messianic Seal
uncovered from Jerusalem?
I came to know about the Seal
through the book
published in 1999 by Reuven Efraim Schmalz and Raymond Robert Fischer
(Olim Publications, Israel).
"The Messianic Seal of the Jerusalem Church"
book front cover is shown below.
What the book reveals is the discovery
in 1990
in
Jerusalem,
from an
underground grotto in Mt. Zion
where the
Upper Room building
(which enshrines a memorial David’s Tomb – not the real one)
is
located
This building is on a
small hill
on the SW of the Old Jerusalem city
outside the walls
(for a map, please read the author’s article on the Real Calvary on this website).
The story goes
that an old Greek Orthodox monk
found some
forty artifacts in a cavity
in the rock adjacent to David’s tomb
before the 1967 war.
Many of these pottery shards,
oil lamps
and stone pieces were engraved with a
mysterious symbol
that combined a menorah,
a
Star of David,
and a fish symbol
(with a cross at the center of some).
In 1990 these artifacts came to the attention of Ludwig Schneider,
editor in chief of Israel Update
when he visited the monk.
It is from Schneider the book authors
learned of the artifacts.
Click on the color image below for more in-depth information on the
discovery of this symbol, it's origin and it's meaning.
The stone piece in the image is supposed to be used as a
base for holding an
oil jar.
One of the pieces found had the Aramaic inscription which translates to
'For the Oil of the Spirit'
almost identical to the use in James 5:14-16
where anointing oil is mentioned.
The grotto where the pieces were found
is supposed to be an area in the first century church
(believed to have been underground)
used for baptismal purposes.
The Menorah
is the
seven-branched oil lamp
in the
Temple;
it is a
distinctly Jewish symbol
and stands for the Torah
which
illuminates mankind.
This lamp shone in
the Holy Place before
Yahweh in the
Holy of Holies.
The Menorah is also a symbol of the
Tree of Life.
The Star of David symbolizes
Christ
descended from David,
or shall we say,
from the roots of Jesse.
The foot of the Menorah could be considered the
root
The Fish symbol
is a
first century representation
for Christ
coined from the Greek word for fish, the
Greek letters representing
'Jesus Christ God Son Savior'.
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