Unleashing the Beast

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4 R EVELATIONS IN THE A RABIAN D ESERT

But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed (Galatians 1:8). For about 2,500 hundred years, the world was void of a written revelation from God. From the creation of Adam to the time of the Exodus, there was no written Scripture from God. Prior to the flood of Noah, men lived to be over 900 years of age, and they handed down information by Word of mouth from father to son (Genesis 5:3-32). Finally, the prophet Moses led the Hebrew nation out of Egyptian slavery and toward the Promised Land (Israel). A hike to the top of Mount Sinai brought the world the first written revelation from God! This revelation, called