The Stone That Challenges the Core of Christianity

This ancient tablet, the Hazon Gabriel, describes a dead-and-risen messiah before Jesus—and it could unravel everything Christians believe.

The Hazon Gabriel stone—an ancient tablet whose words threaten to rewrite the resurrection story.

For two thousand years, Christians have clung to the story that Jesus’ resurrection was the one-time miracle that split history in half. But what if a stone dug up in Jordan suggests the whole idea wasn’t original? What if someone else’s messiah was already …