Category Archives: Israel

Our trip to the Holyland in March 2007

Last day in Israel..can we fit in a quick trip to Lebanon?

Sat, 10 March, 2007 – 9:58 PM MST

We started our day in Hazor the largest Canaanite city. Again there wasn’t much rather fitting as that’s just what God say will happen in Jeremiah 49:33.
After this was went to Dan, the source of the Jordan river and had a walk around. After looking as some of the idols and altars referred to in [...]

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Boat Ride in Galilee and the End of the World

Thu, 8 March, 2007 – 9:29 PM MST

Thursday and Susan and I were just warming up… most of our other travelling companions we staring to wane a little. However this may have just been from the lack of milk to make a proper cup of tea.
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During our boat ride in a traditional boat across the lake the engines were stopped to read [...]

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Hanging out at Galilee

Wed, 7 March, 2007 – 9:11 PM MST

Today we spent the day taking in the sites of Galilee.
First was Korazin, a Jewish synagogue where Jesus was first rejected during his ministry (see Luke 10:3). Here wasn’t much there but you did get a feel for the wealth of the religious leaders who probably wanted to take Jesus down a peg.
Next we [...]

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Desert and Dessert

Tue, 6 March, 2007 – 9:11 PM MST

On Tuesday we when to visit the House of Hope in Bethlehem. This was set up by a blind lady to help blind children. It now cares for disabled children and had a workshop below the house where blind men were extremely pleased to be able to work to make brooms. Amazingly they were operating [...]

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Berlin Wall? no Bethlehem

Mon, 5 March, 2007 – 9:31 PM MST

Today we left our Hotel in Jerusalem. I didn’t sleep well last night and hearing what sounded like gun shots into the night.
Our first stop before heading to Bethlehem was to see the Dead sea scrolls in the Israel Museum. The museum also has an amazing scale model of Jerusalem in AD 70. After having [...]

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Walking Jerusalem

Sun, 4 March, 2007 – 6:32 PM MST

Sunday we started by looking at the old City of David.
We walked through the tunnel Hezekiah had dug to supply water to the city during military threat. The 8th century water diversion was immense taking water from the spring of Gihon, outside the city walls to the pool of Siloam. This pool is also [...]

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