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Why would Abram leave the Ur of the Chaldees? Ur was an important city in a nation called Chaldea, later called Babylonia. Archaeological evidence tells us that Ur was a place where the gods lived. A seventy foot high place for the gods to dwell (ziggurat) was built in the center of the city. The ziggurat was not a place of worship, it was a place where the gods lived. This structure is very similar to the Stepped Pyramids of the Maya culture in Yucatan. The scientific evidence uncovered changed how people looked at ancient civilizations. The people of Ur had remarkable building methods, an excellent canal system...and even had things like running water and fireplaces in homes. Beautiful art forms were common for the ruling class. God told Abram to leave Ur and go to an unknown place. In the middle of a place where people worshiped false gods, God found a seventy five year old man who believed and was willing to leave his home to go to a promised land where he and his family would live in tents. Abraham believed God when God chose him... and told him there was a better place! |
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