Insights On Where God Came Down from Joel Kramer

Who is He

• He is a biblical archeologist, photo journalist, writer, teacher, and tour guide based in Amman Jordan.
• He serves as Research Professor of Biblical Archaeology at Shepherds Theological Seminary.
• Joel grew up in Saudi Arabia when his dad worked for an oil company there.
• He attended the University of Arizona, earning a BA in Communications in 1991.
• He graduated summa cum laude from the University of the Holy Land (UHL) under Dr. Shimon Gibson, with an MA in Archaeology.
• For over a decade, he participated in numerous dig projects and gained invaluable field experience — serving in every position at an excavation from lowly digger to supervisory dig staff.
• Joel uses written and video medium to take you into the Bible. He highlights biblical sites, and gives context, evidence, and experience to understand Scripture more profoundly. Joel lays out the evidence for the historicity, authenticity, and authority of the Word of God.
• In his words” Expedition Bible is all about leading you on the greatest adventure you can undertake…knowing and trusting God’s word!”

Introductory Statement

Main Websites

ExpeditionBible.com – Information about His Book and upcoming tours 

YouTube Channel – Significant Findings in Biblical Archeology

Book:

Where God Came Down – Link: https://amzn.to/3QHh8Jo

Favorite Biblical Archeology Findings:

Genesis 11: Tower Of Babble, Built and destroyed – Here is the place

Genesis 12,28,35: Abram pitches a tent and makes an altar to God between Bethel and Ai, His grandson Jacob meets God in a dream while passing through Bethel, Jacob declares God His God at Bethel – Here is the place.

Genesis 18: God Appeared to Abraham at Mamre – Here is the place

Genesis 19: Sodom and Gomorrah Destroyed by Fire and Brimstone – Here is the Evidence

Genesis 32: Jacob wrestles with God at Peniel – Here is the place

Exodus 11: Pharoah experiences plagues, first born Son killed – Here is the Tomb of the Exodus Pharaoh with his first born son

Exodus 12-14: Israelites leave captivity in Egypt in 1446BC.  How they used an eclipse to establish the actual date of the Exodus.

Exodus 15: Israelites wandering as nomads in the desert worshiping Yehweh – Inscription by a pharaoh in Egypt

Deuteronomy 12: The Canaanites / Ammonites worshiped Moleck/Baal by sacrificing babies – Here is their altar and evidence

Joshua 6: Joshua brought the walls of Jericho tumbling down – Here are the walls

Joshua 24: Joshua’s Great Witness Stone Erected at Shechem  – Here it is

1 Kings 2: King David is buried amongst the patriarchs – Here is the grave

1 Kings 6-7: Solomon Builds A temple – Archeology of Temple Mount

2 Kings 3: King Mesha of Moab rebels against Israel conquering cities – Here is a massive stone inscription from 840BC

Jeremiah 51: Babylon will be destroyed and lay barren – Here it is and what is lift of it

Micah 5: Jesus birth in Bethlehem is prophesized 700 years before it happened – Here is the evidence

John 4: Jesus visits Jacob’s well at Shechem and talks to the Samarian woman – Here is the well

John 11: Jesus raises Lazarus from the dead – Here is his tomb

Matthew 26: Jesus underwent great pressure in the Garden of Gethsemane – Here is the significance of Gethsemane

Matthew 27, Mark 14, John 18: Jesus is tried by Pontius Pilot – Here is where that happened

Matthew 27, Mark 15 John 19: Jesus was crucified at Golgotha – the place of the skull,  Here it is

Matthew 27, Mark 15, John 19: Jesus was killed by crucifixion – Here is archeological evidence of roman crucifixion 

Matthew 28, Mark 16, John 20: Jesus Was Buried in a tomb, He was raised on the third day. Here is the tomb

The “last supper” and “The Pentacost” occurred in an Upper Room: – Site of the last supper and the First Christian Church