Update on Rebuilding Babylon & Petra
Jan 9, 2012 19:15:16 GMT -5
Post by PrisonerOfHope on Jan 9, 2012 19:15:16 GMT -5
An Update on the Efforts to Preserve and Rebuild Babylon & Petra
Posted: 09 Jan 2012 09:35 AM PST
I was recently asked if I had any updates on the rebuilding of Babylon, Iraq. For newer readers, I wrote an article several months ago detailing the ongoing efforts to preserve and rebuild Babylon at the following link:
prophecyproof.blogspot.com/2011/06/detailing-ongoing-efforts-to-preserve.html
I have a couple of recent news items concerning the preservation and restoration of Babylon that I’ll share today in case there is anyone else that is interested with what is going in Babylon. I’ll also share some information that I have on the U.S. government’s funding of preservation and restoration efforts in Petra, Jordan.
The first item is a video by the World Monument Fund. The organization discusses their recent activities preserving Babylon for the future:
Here is a link to the video if you cannot see it below:
The second item is an article by Construction Week Online from October 2011 about how the local government set aside $8.5 million to improve the infrastructure surrounding Babylon. The article quotes Mohammed Massoudi, the governor of Babil province, who explained what the funds will specifically be used for:
"The amount will cover the restoration work in some recreational aesthetic places, potable water systems, electricity networks and building of recreational facilities on the banks of the Euphrates River, passing through the historical city".
This update on the effort to preserve and rebuild Babylon does not contain earth-shattering information. That should be expected at this point because more work needs to be done to preserve the site and Iraq does not yet have a lot of money to focus on a rapid buildup of the area.
Petra
As an aside, I wonder how many people know that the U.S. State Department has recently contributed money towards the preservation and restoration of Petra in Jordan.
In 2010, the U.S. awarded $83,700 "to rebuild the ancient Nabatean dam in the Wadi al-Jarra area of Petra"
In September 2011, the U.S. awarded $600,000 “to stabilize, repair and increase accessibility to the Temple of the Winged Lions in Petra”.
The work to preserve and restore Petra may have some importance in the future as Petra is a place where some think the people of Israel will seek refuge from the Antichrist during the End Times. The main passage cited by proponents of this idea is Isaiah 16:1-4 where “Sela” in verse 16:1 is equated with Petra:
Isa 16:1 Send ye the lamb to the ruler of the land from Sela to the wilderness, unto the mount of the daughter of Zion.
Isa 16:2 For it shall be, that, as a wandering bird cast out of the nest, so the daughters of Moab shall be at the fords of Arnon.
Isa 16:3 Take counsel, execute judgment; make thy shadow as the night in the midst of the noonday; hide the outcasts; bewray not him that wandereth.
Isa 16:4 Let mine outcasts dwell with thee, Moab; be thou a covert to them from the face of the spoiler: for the extortioner is at an end, the spoiler ceaseth, the oppressors are consumed out of the land.
Posted: 09 Jan 2012 09:35 AM PST
I was recently asked if I had any updates on the rebuilding of Babylon, Iraq. For newer readers, I wrote an article several months ago detailing the ongoing efforts to preserve and rebuild Babylon at the following link:
prophecyproof.blogspot.com/2011/06/detailing-ongoing-efforts-to-preserve.html
I have a couple of recent news items concerning the preservation and restoration of Babylon that I’ll share today in case there is anyone else that is interested with what is going in Babylon. I’ll also share some information that I have on the U.S. government’s funding of preservation and restoration efforts in Petra, Jordan.
The first item is a video by the World Monument Fund. The organization discusses their recent activities preserving Babylon for the future:
Here is a link to the video if you cannot see it below:
The second item is an article by Construction Week Online from October 2011 about how the local government set aside $8.5 million to improve the infrastructure surrounding Babylon. The article quotes Mohammed Massoudi, the governor of Babil province, who explained what the funds will specifically be used for:
"The amount will cover the restoration work in some recreational aesthetic places, potable water systems, electricity networks and building of recreational facilities on the banks of the Euphrates River, passing through the historical city".
This update on the effort to preserve and rebuild Babylon does not contain earth-shattering information. That should be expected at this point because more work needs to be done to preserve the site and Iraq does not yet have a lot of money to focus on a rapid buildup of the area.
Petra
As an aside, I wonder how many people know that the U.S. State Department has recently contributed money towards the preservation and restoration of Petra in Jordan.
In 2010, the U.S. awarded $83,700 "to rebuild the ancient Nabatean dam in the Wadi al-Jarra area of Petra"
In September 2011, the U.S. awarded $600,000 “to stabilize, repair and increase accessibility to the Temple of the Winged Lions in Petra”.
The work to preserve and restore Petra may have some importance in the future as Petra is a place where some think the people of Israel will seek refuge from the Antichrist during the End Times. The main passage cited by proponents of this idea is Isaiah 16:1-4 where “Sela” in verse 16:1 is equated with Petra:
Isa 16:1 Send ye the lamb to the ruler of the land from Sela to the wilderness, unto the mount of the daughter of Zion.
Isa 16:2 For it shall be, that, as a wandering bird cast out of the nest, so the daughters of Moab shall be at the fords of Arnon.
Isa 16:3 Take counsel, execute judgment; make thy shadow as the night in the midst of the noonday; hide the outcasts; bewray not him that wandereth.
Isa 16:4 Let mine outcasts dwell with thee, Moab; be thou a covert to them from the face of the spoiler: for the extortioner is at an end, the spoiler ceaseth, the oppressors are consumed out of the land.
