Saturday, April 9, 2011

Saturday April 9 Mt Carmel/Nazareth/Jordan River Israel side

This is the area in prophecies that the Battle of Armageddon will be fought, the Jerzeel Valley, and this hill is specifically mentioned
At the summit of Mt Carmel, where Elijah challenged the 450 priest of Baal and all were destroyed by fire

Looking down into the Jerzeel Valley from Mt. Carmel
Top of the monastery at the summit of Mt Carmel.
















Walking up Mt. Precipice at Nazereth


















In Nazareth they have an old village replica and they had these Crucifiction nails on display
This is a tool they used to thresh wheat, a sledge (this is the bottom) with small stones embedded. The sledge was drawn over the wheat by a donkey on the threshing floor and would separate the grains.
Sample of a corral

















A stone wine press carved into the rock
A replica of a burial tomb, we saw alot of these depictions.

The roof of the dwellings, covered with reeds and mud.

An olive press

Replicas of papyrus scrolls

















John Lund teaching in a synagoge Local artisan weaving


The Israel side of the Jordan River just south of the Sea of Gaililee is a popular site for baptism/rebaptism by several different faiths. While this is probably not the site Jesus was baptised, it is well developed, much more scenic, and could represent what the River Jordan looked like at the time.

We are in Tiberias for a couple of nights, had a night-time ride out onto the Sea of Galilee, I told Nancy this was the ship we were taking. It was much bigger, in fact, big enough for an devotional.

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