Israel- An Incredible Day

WOW! How can we ever tell you all that we saw and experienced today. It was incredible to see the bible come alive before our eyes. But we will try and give you a thumb nail sketch. Above is the theater in Caesarea. On this stage where we are standing is the place where Paul was on trial and imprisioned in this city. Also this city is where Peter came to Cornelius's house from Joppa to bring the gospel to the gentiles. Amazing to see both ends of this story. Also there are ruins here from King Herod and the principal buildings, and port he erected. Pontius Pilate resided here. The crusaders came through here....and the list goes on and on. It was quite moving for Pat to sit in this theatre and picture Paul on trial. Amazing.
Above is the view from Mt. Carmel where Elijah challenged the prophets of baal. If you look closely you can see the winding brook where Elijah took the prophets of baal down and slew them. This valley is the future site of the Battle of Armageddon. From this mountain you can see the place Joshua fought one of his battles, the valley where Giddeon chose his army and where he fought the battle, the Mediterranean Sea where Elijah told his servant to go look for rain, Nazareth on the hillside, Solomon's chariot city, the Mount of Transfiguration......and the list goes on and on.....unbelievable . I had to actually drag Terry away from Mt. Carmel, the bus was leaving. Words do not describe this place and the pictures do not even come close.
This is the gate to one of Solomon's palaces. This is Megiddo that had 28 layers of civilizations and layers of history excavated. It would take all day just to tell the stories of this place. Five thousand years of history....
This is a sacrificial altar of the Canaanites. Can you see the steps leading up to the big round altar? They found a great deal of animal bones on this altar site. Just one of the layers of Megiddo.
This is in Nazareth. After Jesus read the scriptures in the temple that the "Spirit of the Lord was upon Him," they took Him up to this cliff where the city was built to throw Him off. He walked right through them. I am sitting on that cliff. Crazy.
Here we are with the Molloys standing at the Sea of Galilee. We drove to Tiberius on the Sea of Galilee where we will be spending the night.