Positive Proof
The Bible says, “The Jews ordained,
and took upon them, and upon their seed, and upon all such as joined themselves unto them, so as it should not fail, that
they would keep these two days according to their writing, and according to their appointed time every year; And
that these days should be remembered and kept throughout every generation, every family, every province,
and every city; and that these days of Purim should not fail from among the Jews, nor the memorial of them perish
from their seed. Then Esther the queen, the daughter of Abihail, and Mordecai the Jew, wrote with all authority, to confirm
this second letter of Purim. And he sent the letters unto all the Jews, to the hundred twenty and seven provinces of the kingdom
of Ahasuerus, with words of peace and truth, To confirm these days of Purim in their times appointed, according
as Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen had enjoined them, and as they had decreed for themselves and for their seed, the
matters of the fastings and their cry. And the decree of Esther confirmed these matters of Purim; and it was written in the
book.” Esther 9:27-32 (KJV)
One day in 1909 a group of Alaskan miners, popularly called
Sourdoughs, were sitting in a saloon in Fairbanks talking about outsiders such as Dr. Frederick Cook climbing “their”
Mount McKinley. Convinced that Cook’s ascent had never been made, some of the miners decided to prove it the only way
they knew how; by doing it themselves.
After a long climb, three miners left their base camp and raced
for the North Peak, carrying some doughnuts, thermoses of hot chocolate, and a 14-foot wooden flagpole. As simply as they
went up, the Sourdoughs returned to camp. But when they returned to Fairbanks, nobody believed them. and nobody could see
the flagpole. But in June 1913, when some professional climbers reached the summit, to their surprise they found the flagpole
planted by the Sourdoughs.
One of the proofs of the Bible is that the Jews around the
world still celebrate Purim and the Passover today. Doubters will one day realize the Bible is true just as the truth of the
Sourdoughs were proven!
Daily Chronological Bible Reading: Esther
6-10
