Proof of Authenticity.
Maria
Valtorta’s The
Gospel as Revealed to Me
mentions 255 geographical sites in Palestine, of which 79 were
completely unknown to
archaeologists
and biblical scholars
in the mid-1940’s when she wrote her work. Since then, of the 79
unknown sites, at least 29 have now been confirmed as actually
existing in first century Palestine, including six ancient cities
that she described. How could she have known about these places?
[Probably more have been confirmed, since the below article was
written in 2004.]
Proof
of Authenticity. Research done by David J. Webster M.Div. 11/15/04.
Maria
Valtorta was an eye-witness to the first century life and ministry of
Our Lord Jesus! Her numerous strikingly accurate descriptions of
first century Palestine Prove it!
While
it may be difficult for some to grasp, “in
the spirit” where all time is one,
one can, if allowed by providence, literally see any event in history
as it actually takes place. That Maria Valtorta’s revelations are
literally packed with strikingly accurate descriptions of first
century Palestine reveals that what she saw was the very life and
ministry of our Lord.
This
would mean that The
Gospel as Revealed to Me
is not the product of mere pious imagination as seems at least partly
true with other revelations of biblical
persons and times. Over thirty percent or 79 of the 255 geographical
sites in Palestine mentioned in her work were not listed in
the 1939 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE) Atlas. 62
of these 79 were not even listed in the 184 page Macmillan Bible
Atlas (MBA) published in 1968.
Where
did Maria Valtorta get all these names? For a first century
eye-witness to include so many obscure and unknown names would, of
course, be expected. And most surprising is that these names, obscure
and unknown in the 1940’s, are being proven authentic. 52 of these
62 have no biblical reference whatever and 17 of these with no
biblical reference have been either indirectly confirmed as authentic
by recent “ancient external sources” found in the Macmillan Bible
Atlas (1968) or actually listed in the HarperCollins Atlas of the
Bible (1989). This makes a total of 29 confirmations since the 1939
ISBE atlas listing.
Also
among those 62 sites are mentioned the ruins of 6 ancient Palestinian
cities, some corresponding to the modern consensus on location.
In
addition, Valtorta’s precise descriptions of the natural topography
of Palestine from numerous locations and the information about the
outside pagan world of that day, including people, places, customs,
Greek and Roman mythology, related in the conversations of that day,
are strikingly correct. Along with this material you will find
refutation to the foolish charges by enemies of this work that apples
were not grown in Palestine and that Maria Valtorta could not have
seen screw drivers on Joseph’s bench! [And also the charge that
there are a lot of useless conversations in the Work.]
While
literarily gifted, Maria Valtorta had only an average education, had
never been to Palestine, was sick, suffering and bed-ridden for most
of her life, and in this condition had access to only her Bible and
small catechism during the years of her writing. Verification of so
many of these locations and descriptions known only by experts in
their fields and that these details were included at Jesus’ own
request for “the difficult doctor’s of the Church,” is not only
proof this is an eye-witness account but that these revelations were
intended by Heaven to be accepted by the Church as authoritative for
providing definitive clarification on so much of the Church’s
teachings that had become clouded and confused by too many human
elements.
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