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1. Consider a world international
scene dominated by two superpowers.
2. Consider a world in which both
superpowers form alliances, plan assassinations, and undertake
massive projects to gain advantage over their adversaries.
3. Consider a world in which third
rate countries choosing the wrong superpower as an ally are
destroyed, their ruling cast carried off into exile by the invading
enemy.
4. Finally, consider a world
international scene in which a small group of religious zealots
boldly proclaim that the coming world conflagration is the will of
God.
| Around 605 B.C., Pharaoh Necho "conceived the notion
of canalizing the Wady Tumilat by cutting a waterway, 'the canal of
the east,' probably from the Kharom Lake midway along its length to
the northern tip of the Gulf of Suez... The intent of this ambitious
operation was to be able to operate freely on both Nile and Red Sea,
and possibly open up alternative avenues of attack on Mesopotamia."
(Source: Egypt, Canaan, and Israel in Ancient Times,
pp.451-2)
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Such was the case in 605 B.C. when Babylon vied with Egypt
for world domination.
The Brotherhood of the Scroll begins
in 605 BC, when Jeremiah delivered a prophesy that Jerusalem would be carried
into Babylonian captivity for 70 years. In that same year, Babylon defeated
Egypt at the Battle of Carchemish, Nebuchadnezzar became King of Babylon, and
within a year, carried the first of three groups of Jews into exile. Among
that first group of exiles was a teenager named Daniel. Along with another
future prophet of Judah, Ezekiel, these two teenagers would have known, and
quite possibly been disciples of, a middle-aged Jeremiah.
The Brotherhood of the Scroll will appeal to those
who enjoy a spy novel with multiple subplots. The only difference between the
geopolitical competition between the United States and the Soviet Union of the
Twentieth Century and the struggles between Babylon and Egypt circa 600 BC is
technology. Take that away, and the human element remains. As just one
example, the Hebrews of that time period had a way to code messages known as
Athbash (see, for example, Jeremiah 25:26 and the reference to "Sheshach").
Finally, Brotherhood will appeal to those with an interest in
the Bible, especially those interested in the general subject of how
Evangelical Christians can be involved in politics.
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