Good post. I agree with what you said. Somehow it seems like God really did give us a wonderful home and so much of the suffering and misery is CAUSED and not necessary at all. I hope we will be free again, too.
2 Kings 10: 18-28 is a great summary of how Jehu got rid of the worship of Baal in Israel.
If they start finding ancient manuscripts there I'd say its NOTABLE. Mark Taylor has prophesied that something like that would happen.