Gershon Salomon, Founder and Leader of the Temple Mount Faithful with David and Rachel Oaks

Pastor David and Rachel Oaks, Brian Smith and Gershon Salmon, Founder and Leader of the Temple Mount Faithful are exploring the "Tomb of Abba" soon after it's discovery.

The Tomb of Abba was uncovered north of the Old City. On the wall above the repository is an Aramaic inscription in ancient Hebrew letters (very unusual in the Second Temple period) which reads:

I, Abba, son of the priest
Eleaz(ar), son of Aaron the high (priest),
I, Abba, the oppressed
and the persecuted (?),
who was born in Jerusalem,
and went into exile into Babylonia
and brought (back to Jerusalem) Mattathi(ah),
son of Jud(ah), and buried him in a
cave which I bought by deed.

This intriguing inscription caused much speculation as to the identity of the person buried here. One theory is that the remains in the decorated ossuary are those of the last king of the Hasmonean dynasty, Mattathias Antigonus who, in an attempt to restore the former independence of the Hasmoneans, had sought the help of the Partians. He was defeated and killed by the Romans in 37 BCE. (Text from the Israel Foreign Ministry)

Pastors David and Rachel pastor The Light Church Fellowship located in Bartlesville, OK.
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