Vendyl Jones

Vendyl Jones	Creation Date: 22-Feb-2021
	Last updated: 18-Dec-2021
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There is a very interesting man named Vendyl Jones that has had a very remarkable life that involved many fascinating experiences in Israel. There is a belief by some that he is the inspiration for the fictional character Indiana Jones, Raiders of the Lost Ark, based on archeological work that Vendyl was doing using a Copper Scroll found in Cave #3 at Qumran West Bank Lebanon. Vendyl believed the Copper Scroll is a treasure map to the location of the Ashes of the Red Heifer and other Temple Sacrificial Equipment which may include the Ark of the Covenant.

The significance of the Ashes of the Red Heifer, Numbers Chapter 19, was it was used in ceremonial cleansings of the Priests and others. Some believe, as possibly Vendyl believed, that when the ashes were almost gone, then the ashes were part of the ceremony of obtaining ashes from the next Red Heifer. This author cannot find any documentation on the requirement of dumping the ashes from the previous ashes onto the fire that creates the next ashes from a Red Heifer. Regardless, it is possible that this was a tradition that was not written down. There is a great deal more that can be said, but in short, it would be an important find to locate the last known Ashes to be used in a future Temple opening.

Numbers 19:1-8

1 The Lord said to Moses and Aaron: 2 “This is a requirement of the law that the Lord has commanded: Tell the Israelites to bring you a red heifer without defect or blemish and that has never been under a yoke. 3 Give it to Eleazar the priest; it is to be taken outside the camp and slaughtered in his presence. 4 Then Eleazar the priest is to take some of its blood on his finger and sprinkle it seven times toward the front of the tent of meeting. 5 While he watches, the heifer is to be burned—its hide, flesh, blood and intestines. 6 The priest is to take some cedar wood, hyssop and scarlet wool and throw them onto the burning heifer. 7 After that, the priest must wash his clothes and bathe himself with water. He may then come into the camp, but he will be ceremonially unclean till evening. 8 The man who burns it must also wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he too will be unclean till evening.

We know from the scriptures, that there will be a future Temple in Jerusalem, where there is not one now. This Temple in Jerusalem, has to be rebuilt and operational, in order for the future Abomination of Desolation to occur in the Tribulation Period.

Note that this author, back in the 1990s, heard a cassette tape being passed around that was by an Evangelist, concerning Vendyl Jones and his work accomplished which included claims that Vendyl had found a secret cave where the Temple sacrificial equipment was found, using a photo copy of the Copper Scroll. The Copper Scroll was one item that was found with the famous Dead Sea Scrolls, albeit from a different era. Part of the cassette tape lecture contained the following information:

The Copper Scroll is a manifest of the Jewish Temple sacrificial equipment with additional information that was encrypted in equal distance lettering.
The Jewish Temple sacrificial equipment was taken out of the Temple to be safely hidden before the second continuation of the 70AD Roman Army siege of Jerusalem that eventually succeeded in the destruction of the city of Jerusalem with the killing of the inhabitants. The siege was interrupted which had the Roman Legions temporarily allowing limited entrance/exit of Jerusalem because of the death of Caesar.
The Copper Scroll mentions that the Jewish Temple sacrificial equipment was buried in a cave with a Temple Priest's burial place.
Vendyl located the area where the sacrificial equipment by decoding a hidden message in the Copper Scroll while he was in deep prayer back in San Antonio, Texas.
While Vendyl was exploring a cave and near the point of complete disappointment of not finding anything in his numerous explorations of caves, he nearly gave up. In his exasperation, he hit the floor of a cave he was exploring with his digging hammer which produced an echo sound that indicated a chamber underneath where he was sitting. Next, he realized the floor was a burial place that was covered with ceremonial salt laid on top. This indicates a burial place of someone of the Levitical Priesthood.
The last part of the Evangelist's message was digging had begun by Vendyl and Jewish Religious authorities under complete secrecy.

It is this author's opinion that the Evangelist's message is most likely true but possibly embellished. Assuming it is true, the Israeli government and the Jewish religious hierarchy are not going to collaborate or release detailed information on such a delicate subject, which would inflame the Muslim Faith. By releasing information that the ancient Temple Sacrificial Equipment was found would mean to the Muslim Faith that Israel has plans on rebuilding the Temple on the current Temple of the Mount location that is controlled presently by Muslim Religious authorities. In several sources in the news, there are plans on rebuilding the Temple, but the location has not been established.

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