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Mr. Vice president , mr. Speaker, honorable members of congress, dear friends, i am most grateful for your invitation to address this joint session of congress in the land of the free and the home of the from which we have all received so much and toward which we share a common responsibility. Each son or daughter of a given country has a mission, a personal and social responsibility. Your own responsibility as members of congress is to enable this country, by your legislative activity, to grow as a nation. You are the face of its people, their representatives. You are called to defend and pre...

Narrator the quest for immortality the desire to extend th certainties of life beyond the grave is as old as egypt itself. The pyramids at giza, the wonders of the ancient world, were not just designed as the pharaohs last restingplace. They were the first stop on a long nights journey to everlasting life. By 1550 bc, power had shifted to a n kingdom 500 miles south in the ancient city of thebes, now called luxor. To the west, in the hills beyond the niles west bank, the royal tombs of the valley of the kings were cut into limestone cliffs. Their interiors are richly decorated with hieroglyphs...

Their interiors are richly decorated with hieroglyphs and paintings signs and symbols that detail the necessary steps to attain immortality. Egypts power and the grandeur that came with it were wellestablished by 2500 bc when the Great Pyramids at giza were built. The sphinx was a philosophy of government set in stone. It depicted the king as fearless, cunning and brave as the lion. And as crucial to egypt as the nile itself. The king was not just a political leader but a religious leader too. In the minds of the ancient egyptians, the pharaohs power and authority as a king stretched far beyon...

The gospel truth. Were mary and joseph turned away from an inn in bethlehem 2,000 years ago . And the miracle of the virgin birth. Is that intended as the literal truth in matthew and luke . The gospels give us one description of the birth of jesus. Do archaeology and history give us another . Joining us to answer these questions areu. S. Open, the aute brand new jesus of nazareth cunning of the and Jeffrey Sheler author of the brand new is the bible truth . Tell us what you think happened at bethlehem, jeffrey sheller. Well when we read two gospels, only two of the four gospels even talk abou...

Sheller. Well when we read two gospels, only two of the four gospels even talk about the birth of jesus and when we read matthew and luke, those two gospels, we are certainly presented with different details surrounding the story of the birth but despite the differences there are several things that clearly come through and those are the important aspects of the story. One, that jesus was born in bethlehem. To a virgin named mary. Whose husband, joseph, was of the lineage of david. And this according to the writers of those two gospels was in fulfillment of the hebrew prophesies. So despite ve...