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Who Was Ron Wyatt?
Ron Wyatt, 1933-1999, at the Gatlinburg Tennessee museum c. 1995
I first met Ron Wyatt in 1984, when I heard him speak at a
church in Nashville. He was such a humble man
in every presentation he gave,
always desiring to lead people to the Lord. That afternoon he had some specimens from the
Red Sea Crossing and Noah's Ark for us to look
at after the program. When leaving the program he shook our hand at the door.
I was truly touched by his sincerity, honesty and Holy example. I felt
like I would like to do something to help him out someday, but at the time I did
not have the funds to do so.
Later, in 1989, I heard him speak in Hendersonville, North
Carolina at a Church. The pastor there had roomed with
Ron at Highland Academy as a teenager, and had arranged for Ron to speak Friday night, Sabbath
for church, and Sabbath afternoon for a question and answer period (you can hear
this session under our Audio/Video page).
Your web host, Kevin Fisher, with Ron Wyatt in 1997,
Nashville, Tennessee.
Ron was the most humble, God-fearing man I have ever met.
He was not interested in fame or fortune. He was only interested in doing
the Lord's will. He made great money as a nurse anesthetist, but gave most
of it to this work, including traveling overseas 130 times. When he would run out of
money overseas, he would head back to his job and earn more to fund his work for the Lord. He lived in a duplex in Nashville,
desiring to spend his money working for the Lord, instead of on a beautiful
home. In 1977, when the Lord was showing Ron that He had a job for him to do,
Ron sold his farm and used that money for this work. He did not have
health or life insurance, as he would give the money he would spent on insurance
premiums to the Lord's work.
Ron's dining room consisted of bookcases filled with research
books, copy machine, various office tools. No fine china display case here
folks. (Photo courtesy Jim and Sandra Pinkoski, who were visiting Ron's home.)
Ron grew up in Kentucky and lived most of his adult life in the
vicinity of Nashville, Tennessee. He always had a love for biblical
archaeology. One of his high school classmates told me that Ron was
interested in archaeology even in those days, reading books on the subject.
Biblical archaeologists are rare these
days as most of the learned archaeological world rejects a good portion of the
Bible. Hershel Shanks, editor of the Biblical Archaeology Review,
stated that most archaeologists do not believe in the Exodus of Moses. How
could we then look to these men for the answers we are looking for in biblical
archaeology?
 
When brother Ron was
with us, he would always stress the necessity of becoming a follower of Jesus
and obeying His Commandments. He was a devout student of the Bible, while retaining an extremely
humble attitude. Sadly, Ron died in 1999. His
death was noted in The Tennessean on August 5, 1999. World Net Daily
interviewed him when he was on his deathbed, as noted in this article:
There are many negative statements on the Internet concerning
Ron Wyatt. They are untrue and are part of Satan's attack on the
discoveries of God. Satan thinks by attacking the man, the authenticity of the
discoveries are then compromised. But these are unfair,
illogical attacks that have a foundation of the forces of darkness and will not
prevail, as God will display these discoveries in all their glory to the world,
then the end will come.
Ron and Colonel Jim Irwin, who was an avid ark hunter.
(photo courtesy anchorstone.com)
A Talk by Ron,
April 6, 1996
A Talk by Ron,
February 13, 1999
Seventh-day Adventist
quotes on Ark of the Covenant
A
Serious Message - by Jim Pinkoski (Link - A Ron Wyatt Testimonial)
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