Have you ever seen such a thing? I have
not, and, as far as I know, there has never existed such a creature.
However, some extremely religious-minded people accidentally created one.
Many years ago, someone claimed to have found a shin-bone of the donkey
on which Jesus made his triumphant entry into Jerusalem. The discoverer
immediately realized the value of this “holy relic” to the religious world.
This donkey’s shin-bone was sold for a large sum of money. However,
throughout the years, five of these shin-bones have been sold, purportedly
belonging to the same donkey. Refresh my memory: how many legs
does a donkey have again?
Over the years there have been pieces of wood
sold that supposedly came from the cross on which Christ was crucified.
Rusty spikes have been pawned off as the ones that were used in the crucifixion
of Christ. There are the stories about Noah’s ark, David’s throne, the
burial shroud of Jesus, and on and on. The truth of the matter is
that none of these things have ever been discovered, nor will they ever
be. God in His infinite wisdom has kept these things from man.
Man has a tendency to worship such things, and God knows that. Just
think of the brass serpent, and the golden ephod made by Gideon. Try as
man might, he will never find the original Ten Commandments, the ark of
the covenant, the original letters of Paul to the churches, etc., and we
need to thank God for that. Some things are better left unknown (Dt.
29:29).