Israel - Old Jaffa/ Tel Aviv

Today we got a little adventurous and decided to travel up the coast to "Old Jaffa," more commonly known as Joppa in the bible. This place has some bible history. The Cedars of Lebanon were brought here, for building the Temple in Jerusalem, by King Solomon "...in floats by sea to Joppa." (2Chron.2:16). Also once again, Ezra brought cedars from Lebanon to rebuild the temple "to the sea of Joppa." (Ezra 1:3)
It was fun to walk around this old city and think of all that happened here in the old and new testament.
Below is the house of Simon the tanner. It is believed that on the roof of this building Peter saw a vision that opened the way for spreading Christianity to the gentiles. This location had a beautiful view of the Mediterranean Sea and the port of Joppa.
Old Jaffa is the world's oldest seaport. Below are the remains of the original wall.
Below is the seaport and the old city. This is where Jonah the prophet caught a boat and tried to run away from the Lord's calling on his life.
This is what the seaport looks like today.
Below is a picture of Tel-Aviv from Jaffa. We also traveled around TelAviv today.
The weather was again beautiful and we had a wonderful day.
Shalom from the Carlson's