Adventurer and
Geologist Karl Mauch
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could hardly believe
his eyes as he and his party
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exploring in the heart of
Southern Africa stepped out of
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the bush one day in 1871. Before
him was one of the most stunning
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ancient stone
monuments in the world.
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Scattered across the hill
and valley in front of him was a
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network of mysterious ruins,
buildings, towers, and walls
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all expertly worked in
stone, they seemed hauntingly
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out of place in a landscape
who's only other architecture
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was the simple timeless mud hut.
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Mauch had stumbled upon the
great Zimbabwe along abandoned
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city of stone. It's the largest
collection of ruins in Africa
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south of the Sahara
and testament to a culture
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of immense wealth and
great architectural skill.
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All the towers and structures
were built out of millions
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of stones balanced
perfectly on top of one another
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without the aid of mortar.
Great Zimbabwe is a masterpiece
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of stone craftsmanship,
but who built this mysterious
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stone city? When
was it built? Any why?
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As Mauch wandered through the
abandoned city and examined the
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stone buildings, he was
convinced, he had discovered
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at last the legendry
gold mines of King Solomon.
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Join me on a journey into
the heart of Southern Africa
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as we explore this amazing
kingdom of stone and discover
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its secrets and you
may be surprised at just
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what we discover because we
will uncover ancient messages
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in stone that is
relevant to us today.
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It's a message that could bring
you peace and change your life
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forever.
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The legend of King Solomon's
gold mines has long haunted
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the minds of Arabs
and Europeans alike.
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According to the Bible, King
Solomon, the wise son of David
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ruled in Jerusalem from 970
to 930 B.C., he was Israel's
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third king and ruled
during the nation's golden age,
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Solomon was renowned
for his wisdom and riches.
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The crowning achievement
of Solomon's illustrious reign
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was the erection of
a magnificent temple on
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Temple Mount in Jerusalem,
it was a monument to God
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and a permanent home for
the Sacred Ark of the Covenant.
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Solomon spared no
expense on this building.
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In fact, Solomon's Temple
was the most beautiful building
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this world has ever seen,
every- thing inside was gold
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the dishes, bowls, lamps,
lamp- stands and 500 shields
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were all made of solid gold.
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But that wasn't all,
notice what the Bible says in
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I Kings 6: 20- 30.
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A golden temple, walk inside
and all you would see was gold.
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All the furniture was solid gold
then the walls, the ceiling,
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and even the floors were
all covered with pure gold.
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No wonder why many
people believe Solomon's temple
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was the most magnificent edifice
ever built, a golden temple,
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the idea is breathtaking.
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King Solomon's
Temple was a glory of gold.
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By the end of his reign,
it's estimated that Solomon had
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accumulated over 500 tons of
gold, today it would be worth
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not billions, but
trillions of dollars.
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Well, the Bible provides a
clue in I Kings 10 where it
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tells of the Queen of
Sheba's royal visit to Jerusalem
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to meet King Solomon. Now not
only was Solomon renowned for
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his wisdom and riches but it was
also a man of charm and romance.
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The Queen of Sheba heard reports
of Solomon's great wisdom
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and went to investigate. He
surpassed her every expectation,
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she gave him a large quantity
of gold as well as precious
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stones and spices. The gift
of gold amounted to 120 talents
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roughly 20 tons, Solomon
was also captivated by the
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Queen's visit and gave her
all that she desired, whatever
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she asked for and the two
ended into trade agreements
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between their two countries.
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As a result, Solomon's
Navy, his ships brought gold
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from the land of Ophir.
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Notice what the Bible
says in I Kings chapter 10.
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So we're told that all this
gold came from the land of Ophir
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but that's where the clues
stop and the trail goes cold.
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Out of this mystery grew
the legend that was to obsess
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that adventurers,
explorers, and treasure hunters
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for centuries and drive
the search for King Solomon's
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fable gold mines.
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The Dutch, the Portuguese,
and Arab traders conducted
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unsuccessful expeditions to
find the legendary gold mines
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of Ophir. Finally in 1871
a young German Adventurer and
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Geologist called Karl
Mauch, set off into the interior
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of Africa in search of
the mysterious gold mines
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of King Solomon. His search led
him here to the great Zimbabwe.
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Scattered across the hill
and valley in front of him
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was a network of stone ruins,
these edifices were expertly
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constructed in stone and seem
so out of place in a land where
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mud huts were the norm. He
realized that he had stumbled
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upon something amazing, the
mystery of the place was almost
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palpable, an eerie silence
brooded over the stone wonder
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before him. Beneath that
wall of silence and here at the
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heart of the ruins Mauch
found a huge enclosure with
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granite walls 11 meters high
and 7 meters thick in places.
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This stone enclosure was
known to the local natives as
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Mumba-Hulu, or "the
house of the great woman,"
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and it didn't take Mauch
long to succumb to his own
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wishful thinking and jump
to the conclusion that the
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great woman must be the
legendary Queen of Sheba.
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Then of course great Zimbabwe
by the same stretch of the
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imagination must have been the
capitol of the Kingdom of Ophir
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and the site of the fabled gold
mines of Israel's King Solomon.
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But Mauch was wrong, as were
a host of other later explorers
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and historians who believed
that black Africans could never
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could have constructed as
elaborate as the Great Zimbabwe.
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However, the truth is that
great Zimbabwe had once been the
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trading and religious capitol
of a great black African empire.
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In fact, parts of it were built
as early as the second or third
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century A.D. by the ancestors of
the very natives who first led
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Karl Mauch to the site.
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Over a period of more than a
thousand years, great Zimbabwe
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grew and developed into
the magnificent capital on an
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African kingdom, it
consisted of ceremonial shrines,
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royal palaces, passageways,
granaries and forts.
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During the Medieval period, the
central ruins and surrounding
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valley would have supported
a population upwards to 20,000
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and was one of the most
signifigant civilizations
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in the world with trading
links stretching as far away as
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India, Persia, and China.
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No way in this great stone
complex was there a straight
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wall or a right angle and
nowhere was any mortar used
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to bind the granite rocks
together or the towers and
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structures were built out
of millions of stones balanced
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perfectly on top of one another
with out the aid of mortar.
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Great Zimbabwe is a masterpiece
of stone craftmanship,
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the ruins of the complex are
divided into three main sections
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the Great Enclosure, the Valley
Ruins, and the Hill Fortress.
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The Great Enclosure, a
massive oval shape structure
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is the heart of the complex.
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This apparently was the
palace of the Great Chief
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who ruled this kingdom of stone.
The Great Enclosure is the
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largest single ancient
structure in Africa south of the
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Sahara Desert. The outer
wall is about 250 meters long
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and in places it's 11
meters high and 7 meters wide.
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Fifteen thousand tons of granite
was used to construct the
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great enclosure and
again, no mortar was used
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to hold any of the
granite blocks together.
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They were laid in brick-like
courses and fitted together
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with precision and
sometimes capped with decorative
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Chevron-shaped border designs.
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The valley ruins consist
of scattered stone efficacies
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as well as a large number of
mounds that are the remains of
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earthen and brick structures
that may have once have rivaled
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the stone buildings in grandeur.
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The valley complex is where the
citizens lived and was possibly
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the busiest part of the stone
city. Beyond the valley ruins,
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the Hill Fortress is
located on top of a steep sided
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100 meter high hill, it's the
oldest section of the complex,
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and in early times was a
place of refuge and used as a
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fortress. In times of danger and
when under threat the citizens
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would have found
safety in the hill fortress
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later, it developed
into more of a ceremonial and
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religious center. The Hilltop
Fortress is reached by climbing
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a narrow twisting stairway
that squeezes between outcrops
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of natural rock and allows only
one person at a time to pass.
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This would have made the
fort easier for the inhabitants
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to defend when attacked.
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Near the summit, there
is a wall with four towers
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that give the appearance of
a traditional fortification.
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From here the inhabitants
could look down into the valley
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below and keep an eye
on approaching danger.
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On the summit of the hill,
there are stone wall and towers
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that creep from rock to
rock and create a labyrinth
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of enclosures. The
defenders incorporated natural
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granite boulders and
rectangular blocks to form walls
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up to six meters
thick and 11 meters high.
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Within the wall there are
remains of urban structures
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which may have been
houses for soldiers or priests.
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Because of the security
provided by the hill fortress,
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it was considered a royal
city and was the residence of
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successive chiefs. The kings
kept many of their treasures
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here including eight carved
sandstone birds which were
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discovered nearby. The Hilltop
Fort's narrow partly covered
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passageways and high
walls provided safety in times
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of danger and a secure place
to store the royal treasures.
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But this hilltop fortress
couldn't save this kingdom
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of stone, it's
king and it's citizens.
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This civilization disappeared
and left no record of a
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written language behind
which makes great Zimbabwe
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the "Kingdom of Stone," one
of the truly lost civilizations
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of the world. But it
did leave a message behind,
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"an important one." Yes, this
hilltop fortress carved out of
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stone carries an
important message for us today
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it's a reminder that down
through history cities and
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civilizations needed a place of
safety. A place where citizens
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could find refuge and
safety in time of danger.
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But it's not only ancient
cities that need a fortress,
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a place of refuge, we do
too, yes, we need a fortress,
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a place of refuge where we
can find true peace and safety
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in times of stress and danger.
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We too need a fortress that is
strong, reliable, and enduring.
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Because let's face it,
we all have our challenges,
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it may be panic or stress
over work deadlines, or bills
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we are struggling to pay.
It maybe relationship conflicts
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or ill health, it may
be the betrayal of a friend
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or the loss of a job. It may be
physical or spiritual battles.
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When things like this
happen, we need a refuge,
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a place of safety and so
we all have our own fortresses
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that we run to when we
have overwhelming circumstances.
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These fortresses can
take the shape of people or
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relationships, they could also
be material things in our lives
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that we think will bring us
happiness and take our minds off
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our problems and difficulties.
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But sadly, all too often
these fortresses let us down
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and fail us particularly
when we need them most.
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If you've had an experience
like that or are looking for
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a fortress that you can
depend on, a fortress that will
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always protect you and never
let you down regardless of who
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or what is attacking you,
then I'd like to recommend
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the one true fortress
that will always protect you.
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The fortress that
will never let you down...
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Notice what the Bible
says in Psalm 91: 1, 2.
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Yes, the Bible talks about
a fortress too, it says that
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God is like a fortress, He is
strong and reliable, that's how
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God is and because He is so
strong, He can keep us safe.
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Things can attack
but the walls will howl.
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God protects us and gives us
a safe place to hide when we're
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afraid, attacked or threatened.
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When we trust in God,
He becomes our safe place.
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So, next time you are
in trouble run to Fort God,
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He will save
you and protect you.
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That's what Martin Luther did,
he was a priest who lived in
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Germany 500 years ago,
back in the 16th century.
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He began to read and
study the Bible and he realized
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that the Medieval Church
had departed from the Bible
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and the teachings of Jesus.
The church had fallen away
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from truths of the Bible,
this really concerned Luther
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and so he publicly disagreed
with the corruption and
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false teaching that
had infiltrated the church.
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Martin Luther then took
a bold and dangerous step,
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he nailed a paper to the door
of the Cathedral where he lived
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in Wittenberg, Germany.
On the paper, he had written
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ninety-five complaints against
the corruptions and false
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teachings of the church,
it's known as the 95 Theses.
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It went down in
History as the beginning of the
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Protestant Reformation.
The protests that were written
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that day for the public to see,
began the most dramatic reform
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within Christianity and
it didn't take long after the
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appearance of the 95 Theses
these complaints for discontent
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to grow into conflict.
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Some Christians wanted to
change and follow the Bible,
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and some didn't. Some even said
that Martin Luther should be
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burned alive because he wanted
to follow the teachings of the
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Bible, he was declared a heretic
and an outlaw to be captured
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and killed on-site. He was
in real danger, he faced years
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of trials and persecution.
Fearing for Martin Luther's
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safety, a sympathetic friend
led him into the protection
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of his fort, his castle,
and it was in this fortress that
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Martin Luther reaffirmed
the strength and comfort
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of a mighty God. While hiding
away, he continued reading
00:19:22.12\00:19:27.00
and studying his Bible
and the words of Psalm 46
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came alive and vibrant for
him. Here's what it says in
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Psalm 46: 1,2.
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Those words inspired him to
write one of the most famous
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tunes of our time, "A
Mighty Fortress is our God."
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It was a bold affirmation
of our powerful and loving God.
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Listen to the
words of the first verse.
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The four verses form a
single continuous hole that
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progressively tells
of the Christian journey
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through this world.
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It covers the full
sweep of the Christian's life,
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the song declares our
absolute reliance on God
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and His absolute power
over the forces of darkness.
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A Might Fortress became a
rallying cry for the reformation
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and a source of great
strength for the common people.
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It was sung in the streets,
it was sung by poor Protestant
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immigrants on their way into
exile, and by martyr's at their
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death. It's been translated
into nearly every language
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and 500 years later it's still
a source of comfort for many
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people today. A Might Fortress
is our God gives us hope amidst
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the struggles of life, the
words still ring true today when
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the storms of life blowing
around us, we can find refuge
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in the Mighty
Fortress of our God.
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The words of Martin Luther's
hymn also remind us that we're
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in the midst of a
Great Controversy,
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the universal wall
between good and evil.
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We're reminded that our ancient
foe, the Devil constantly
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strives to bring us down
and haven't we all experienced
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the harshness
of Satan's attacks?
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He often strikes at our weakest
point telling us lies and
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tempting us to give
in to despair and sin,
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he's a formidable enemy.
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But here's the good news,
he's also a defeated enemy,
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he's doomed and in the
words of a Mighty Fortress,
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we find assurance that Satan
won't triumph. Let's remember
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we're on the right
side in this great conflict,
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we will WIN the battle, but
not because our own strength,
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as the hymn so eloquently says,
our striving would be losing
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NO, the victory is ours
only when we take refuge in our
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Might Fortress Jesus Christ.
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So the next time you are
surrounded by life's stormy
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weather, when you feel
under attack, when you feel fear
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or pain, or disappointment,
when your circumstances seem
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about to overwhelm you,
remember, there is a safe place,
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a shelter from harm. God is your
fortress, a safe place above the
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dangers of life, high above your
enemies, God know all about the
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challenges you are facing,
He has a safe place for you
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and His protection is limitless.
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Notice what the
Bible says in Nahum 1:7.
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Yes, God knows all about
you and wants to protect you
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so if you feel like you are
fighting every battle alone,
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and need a place of refuge.
Remember God is your protection
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and strength in your time
of need. And remember the words
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of our hymn instead of trying
to win the battle with your
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own feeble efforts, turn
instead to the mighty fortress.
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When you put your
struggles in the hands of God,
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you can be confident that
you'll survive the battle.
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Why not decide to call on
Him, the mighty fortress today
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as we pray.
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Our Dear Heavenly Father, You
are our savior and deliverer,
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You are our refuge
and our place of safety.
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We are so grateful that you
are a powerful God, a mighty
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fortress and that in our times
of trouble and during the storms
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of life, we can find
safety and refuge in you.
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You are bigger than
anything that comes against us
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or anything that rages within
us. we commit our lives to You
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and pray for Your continued
blessing and guidance in
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our lives, and we ask
this in Jesus name, Amen.
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The great Zimbabwe is one
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All the towers and structures
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If you've enjoyed today's
journey to the Great Zimbabwe,
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and our reflections
on the Mighty Fortress,
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be sure to join us again next
week when we will share another
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of life's journeys together
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and thought provoking
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Until next week, remember
the ultimate destination of
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life's journey.
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Now I saw an new heaven
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wipe away every
tear from their eyes.
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There shall be no more
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there shall be no more
pain for the former things
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have passed away.
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