I visited the Old Stone Fort in Tennessee that possibly
dates back to the time that Jesus Christ lived.
The Old Stone Fort was a place set-apart for religious ceremonies; therefore
it was considered holy. Holy is defined
as ‘being set apart’ and
dedicated to for a religious purpose.
The entrance to the ceremonial grounds is aligned to the
summer solstice and only the descendants of Enoch, Noah’s grandfather, would
have the knowledge solar alignments. The
book of Jubilees tells us that the first
day of each season was to be celebrated; therefore tracking of the
equinoxes and solstices was important.
Reflected below are the pictures I took during my visit to
the Old Stone Fort during the Feast of Tabernacles in 2018. I took pictures of what I saw as I walked the
grounds and I also took pictures inside the museum that is located next to the
entrance of the ceremonial grounds.
The Origin of the Old Stone Fort
Old Stone Fort Diagram
Summer Solstice Aligned Mound Entrance
Scared Ceremonial Ground
As stated above the book of Jubilees tells us that the first
day of each season was to be celebrated.
It was part of our Father in Heaven’s covenant with Noah that the
seasons would not change.
“All
the days of the earth, seed and harvest, cold and heat, summer and spring,
shall not cease by day or night.” Sep Gen 8:22
Ancient sites for ceremonies were normally held at places
that had rivers because according to biblical law the Levites and the Priests
performing the sacrifices were required to be fully cleansed:
“Take the Levites out of the midst of the children of Israel, and thou
shalt purify them. And thus shalt thou perform their purification: thou shalt sprinkle them with water of purification,
and a razor shall come upon the whole of their body, and they shall wash their garments, and shall be clean. And they shall take one calf of the herd, and its
meat-offering, fine flour mingled with oil: and thou shalt take a calf of a
year old of the herd for a sin-offering. And thou shalt bring the Levites
before the tabernacle of witness; and thou shalt assemble all the congregation
of the sons of Israel. And thou shalt bring the Levites before the Lord; and
the sons of Israel shall lay their hands upon the Levites. And Aaron shall
separate the Levites for a gift before the Lord from the children of Israel:
and they shall be prepared to perform the works of the Lord. And the Levites
shall lay their hands on the heads of the calves; and thou shalt offer one for
a sin-offering, and the other for a whole-burnt-offering to the Lord, to make
atonement for them.” Sep Num 8:6-12
Recorded in Chronicles, at this Passover a number of the
Israelites had not purified themselves prior to the feast and Ezekiel prayed
for them since this was against the laws of Moses.
“And they stood at their post, according to their ordinance, according
to the commandment of Moses the man of God: and the priests received the blood
from the hand of the Levites. For a great part of the congregation was not sanctified; and the Levites were
ready to kill the passover for every one who could not sanctify himself to the
Lord. For the greatest part of the people of Ephraim, and Manasse, and
Issachar, and Zabulon, had not purified
themselves, but ate the passover contrary to the scripture. On this account
also Ezekias prayed concerning them, saying, The good Lord be merciful with
regard to every heart that sincerely seeks the Lord God of their fathers, and is
not purified according to the purification of the sanctuary.” Sep 2 Ch
30:16-19
At the first Passover after they had been in captivity in
Babylon they kept the Passover and that the priests and Levites were all
purified.
“And the children of the captivity kept the passover on the fourteenth
day of the first month. For the priests and Levites were purified, all were
clean to a man, and they slew the passover for all the children of the
captivity, and for their brethren the priests, and for themselves. And the
children of Israel ate the passover, even they that were of the captivity, and
every one who separated himself to them from the uncleanness of the
nations of the land, to seek the Lord God of Israel.” Ezr 6:19-21
The law for cleaning lepers required running water:
“And the priest shall give direction, and they shall kill one bird over
an earthen vessel over running water.” Sep Lev 14:5
The test for adultery also required running water:
The Old Stone Fort Area
Conclusion
I very much enjoyed seeing the Old Stone Fort. I enjoyed seeing all the diagrams and how
well maintained this site is.
Europeans have been noticing the similarities of the ancient
people that lived in America and the Israelites for at least a couple of
hundred years now. Dr. Boudinot wrote a
book about the Indians and the feast days in 1816. It is called ‘Star in the West’ and it
can be downloaded
here. An 1838 newspaper article was
written about this and it is shown in column 2:
here
Each time I go to one of these ancient sites I notice many
white people there that are interested in the history of these places. It is rare to see dark skinned people at one
of these ancient sites. One white lady I
met the previous year told me she was interested in learning more about her
ancestors and that is why she was at that ancient site. I believe many know or
suspect these are ancient white people sites.
Sources and more Information:
McFarland
Project https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001817943
