tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31557783607143015482024-03-05T05:26:30.888-08:00Among These StonesThe Bible comes to life as I stand in the places where Jesus and the apostles preached and lived, where kings and kingdoms stood and fell, where sin and death were conquered, and where the end of all things will be. This land is a testimony of the Bible.Sethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06611714885984128589noreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3155778360714301548.post-71320173839786141942011-06-05T02:24:00.000-07:002011-06-05T03:36:29.322-07:00And So It Ends...Thus It Begins<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs6GSNiVcjUmkx_d6rzZDsr_snEasKrPWbATJvtxoghZtc-x91iEHqlqd8_Edn5QuGFtCnt94PfnyqE1RVsb34ixf6A4V_8vNnGwr_Yl_hi795FWqpOsStiEl1qBsvd8fcnkvhf2ANCy4d/s1600/DSC00297.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 180px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs6GSNiVcjUmkx_d6rzZDsr_snEasKrPWbATJvtxoghZtc-x91iEHqlqd8_Edn5QuGFtCnt94PfnyqE1RVsb34ixf6A4V_8vNnGwr_Yl_hi795FWqpOsStiEl1qBsvd8fcnkvhf2ANCy4d/s320/DSC00297.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614676204504756946" /></a>The dig is over! Friday was our last day. Some people,including my dad, from the Master's group came to help for 2 hours that morning. The Masters group came in to Yad Hashmonah on Thursday from the Galilee. My dad worked with me on the kiln. It was only us two because Jim left and Susan had to do drawings of the other squares. So after my dad left I worked by myself. <br /><br />The mission on Friday was to do a half meter portion of the section next to the kiln. It was by the entry way so we were hoping to find out more about the kiln if we were working at the entry. That day Kaldune, the man who stores the ABR equipment gave us a 2nd breakfast of bread, hummus, felafel balls, and tea. It was quite good. We also ended around 1215 so with the breaks and early day I wasn't able to get where I wanted to on the rectangle I was working on. I would say I got 80% of it completed, which was quite a task to do in less than one day and it also helped that my dad helped for that short time. It was fun to be able to work on the kiln as a little project of my own.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJmoppAgI7FyMeJ2ALWdz-bl2ZWh2-drXqb5jIv0KLhY8CgCN2cEQvlSzAjY-NmrhWBkEuCZbODr4AFa_CvwsJ3M6xKrmx4Zd0ycYnWuwV1CJeTynR3jk5gfLIJqQxQNqTCeUXmAv_XR3G/s1600/DSC00287.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJmoppAgI7FyMeJ2ALWdz-bl2ZWh2-drXqb5jIv0KLhY8CgCN2cEQvlSzAjY-NmrhWBkEuCZbODr4AFa_CvwsJ3M6xKrmx4Zd0ycYnWuwV1CJeTynR3jk5gfLIJqQxQNqTCeUXmAv_XR3G/s320/DSC00287.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614675455872877442" /></a>Now that the dig is over and with a devotion from Dr. Merill I've had some change in my perspective of this archaeology. I know at first it seemed I didn't like it and it was all bad. That was due to the realization of what hard work archaeology is and also the fact that my first square was the worst square on the dig. Dr. Merill said that archaeology helps us to understand the Bible even more because we learn about the culture and people. This archaeology can be a ministry because, it helps believers have a deeper understanding of the Bible. To put in the time, effort, and money to do something like this in order to strengthen the walk of other with God is a ministry. Its a different type of ministry that I have never thought of before. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifOVawC8eoG4hK2rf3BTv4XY0TLfFqd5FJAtf9Gryq4SsflZKMhtWLNG_DUGIbsmKw_StzCQYlepshYSIrrpd02HKkVtF34W71fFRQtuCb1We_17cLVcheUP2ezuUm1Amh_cTDKjxP1s2W/s1600/DSC00285.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifOVawC8eoG4hK2rf3BTv4XY0TLfFqd5FJAtf9Gryq4SsflZKMhtWLNG_DUGIbsmKw_StzCQYlepshYSIrrpd02HKkVtF34W71fFRQtuCb1We_17cLVcheUP2ezuUm1Amh_cTDKjxP1s2W/s320/DSC00285.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614674947097640194" /></a>A secondary aspect to doing archaeology is also to show others that the places and events that occurred in the Bible exist. Scott Stripling, the archaeologist that worked on a Byzantine monastery at the site, during the lecture said, "'Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.' We can take confidence with what the Bible says and it can stand on it's own feet even when archaeological evidence isn't in sync with the Bible." This archaeology that I have done does not have the primary use of saying "In your face, this place does exist!" to those who don't believe in the Bible. I would say one of the main reasons is because if the site is actually different than what was initially thought the believers doing the dig do not look stupid because they know that even if it is not what they thought the Bible is still true and they were wrong.<br /><br />Friday night I apportioned practically all my food into 19 zip-lock bags for the 19 days that I will be here by myself. So, if any readers are worried I might go a day without food, don't worry. At least I have something to eat every day. <br /><br />Saturday was the last day the Master's and ABR groups were here. I went into the OC (Old City) with my parents and some others. We got Arab place that I had been to twice back in '09 called the Green Door Pizza which is right by the Damascus gate. The man that owns the place, Ali, said that his family and this place had been there for over 200 years! It was pretty cool to know that I was eating a dish that carried such a tradition for this Ali's family. I then got a phone that works here in Israel just in case I have an emergency I can call someone here. That evening for dinner to Spaghettim which is in Jerusalem by Ben Yehudah St. <br /><br />Once we got back everyone finished packing up and I got all my stuff out of my room and down to the miklat. I finished just in time to run up to the bus to say goodbye to my parents and some ABR people. Last night and today I've been putting all my things into appropriate bags. I have things I don't need until I get back, so those went on the bottom of bags. I want to do backpacking so my the multi-day backpacking stuff went into the big pack. Daily items such as food and clothes were put in accessible places. Now that I'm basically free of everything, including writing this, to let you all know what is happening I can devote my time to plan.<br /><br />The cooking and serving of the pizza. <br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">In the end an orange Fanta (preferred) or Coca Cola is necessary.</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjL1NI-lEDkK-sYIkkp_zLdt_Vabm8y0nOSCh5GFTXMVF_QH7A0QfMUbG4I0rLCnChkZFdn2wxyB4x63dC6XXzvHk2Y1AH4VExX8DqGU8xRVGSDTOsIXFCXaBOaf3gFqCI9g-cg0daDqxj/s1600/DSC00306.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjL1NI-lEDkK-sYIkkp_zLdt_Vabm8y0nOSCh5GFTXMVF_QH7A0QfMUbG4I0rLCnChkZFdn2wxyB4x63dC6XXzvHk2Y1AH4VExX8DqGU8xRVGSDTOsIXFCXaBOaf3gFqCI9g-cg0daDqxj/s320/DSC00306.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614677398516422834" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU6Db5jTOFz0BO1ws4AmZO8T_XhDUpTNnhi4W0mxQF9yM8uUNYbW7c1f6oGJkfc3yF5tlXrj_WZxTuzXEiAKrusaHyO1kf5Q5yU4iX_hYGovk91YSvUmnPC4QxfI9mMExY3037z_xvPIox/s1600/DSC00302.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU6Db5jTOFz0BO1ws4AmZO8T_XhDUpTNnhi4W0mxQF9yM8uUNYbW7c1f6oGJkfc3yF5tlXrj_WZxTuzXEiAKrusaHyO1kf5Q5yU4iX_hYGovk91YSvUmnPC4QxfI9mMExY3037z_xvPIox/s320/DSC00302.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614677021062282498" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvlFYW74G-sFjidjAxKaGI3Wu9mxqJbe4-xqt6wC1yUkIHnLs89MiByhfSMSBWigA_qOf1yB3QRuAJPn3Fns9EPX8NjXRvP7HE5dceNOdyngQ6hDTvU6dAh9rIpxD09qYchIq_6XNS0pOp/s1600/DSC00309.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvlFYW74G-sFjidjAxKaGI3Wu9mxqJbe4-xqt6wC1yUkIHnLs89MiByhfSMSBWigA_qOf1yB3QRuAJPn3Fns9EPX8NjXRvP7HE5dceNOdyngQ6hDTvU6dAh9rIpxD09qYchIq_6XNS0pOp/s320/DSC00309.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614678680456340578" /></a>Sethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06611714885984128589noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3155778360714301548.post-88907389634350152042011-06-02T10:35:00.000-07:002011-06-02T11:28:17.235-07:00I'm Kiln IT!Ok, that was a pretty stupid title, but I moved to a different location today. The old square is closed. I was moved from it yesterday after lunch. I was moved to a square where they are uncovering, what they think to be, a Roman era building. For the short time I was there a coin was discovered and uncovered the threshold of the house/room.<br /><br />Today was a bit more exciting. Me and two others started to excavate a pottery kiln that probably dates back to the Byzantine era. There is a Byzantine monastery on the hill above what we believe is the Ai of Joshua. One of the cool things about doing the kiln is that no one in the whole excavation team has ever excavated a pottery kiln. It will be a short project. We started it today and cleaned out the inside. The inside is made of a concave floor with thin pieces of rock covered with plaster (only parts now are covered with plaster because of time). There was hardly any pottery in there but it was covered in ash, of course, because there would be fires at the base of it. They would make the pottery by placing it above the fire so that the clay would harden. Tomorrow we will excavate the outside of it to see if we can find more pottery to help date it more accurately. Also my parents are here and my dad and a few others will come join us. Tomorrow is the last day and then other things that I haven't quite planned out yet, because I haven't had much time to, will take place. What I know I am going to do is go down to Eilat, Jordan, and Galilee. More details will come when I figure things out and I have time to tell those who read this.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Today's Before and After Work</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVnScMayybq9NXHoI-8URuF-t6KBfyEbXU0hZKjOtGdZvKhZsq9PrYwVrKPf4_rbNZigTFplUJlu4yDabRXE3faXB5H_xCDWhoFZaMnQKNn6SwVj4ZxIoG2RhBFMPDe66RG26peVle5Aro/s1600/DSC00275.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVnScMayybq9NXHoI-8URuF-t6KBfyEbXU0hZKjOtGdZvKhZsq9PrYwVrKPf4_rbNZigTFplUJlu4yDabRXE3faXB5H_xCDWhoFZaMnQKNn6SwVj4ZxIoG2RhBFMPDe66RG26peVle5Aro/s320/DSC00275.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613688237338470706" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizOk86G2aD-cFEWhqxRvOVZii4ckDDF90Y8_swKu8jEWRGtOyoTekmlCjy-2iAH8_CEqxN91ZmgF1CSq9MoReirDZex-k9WgRvt9dhQctCSo89Tk8P1CWW0rYC6bxjrREpFzhotjaKelCK/s1600/DSC00276.JPG"><img style="float:left; 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margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyCGwzdcZA0QSAqixlHuCT1OlUCv9ojJ-krH-NXiLopIIBJT0YLmWm8O41f58jCKNFmeZBlLUGwHNXf7iGBJ93hLlm5PBpWbcwvC-B1ZvqfsI6JIc_0Qul9UBKXLAQmRiC553f0wVqUsFc/s320/DSC00282.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613689934541103250" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeC-YRU8D0Ftd1owlMWVY08zsalj5a6eCGz8o0v7IvtdfHU8hg31tjX8hv8Q3meC4mh4K6XeltLBT3fYCOfW1srVfeJ4HlDJiNeGyFvKgrLlxY5d12o9nmgHQmgAyRgOR_o8h2Wf4JKBWe/s1600/DSC00283.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeC-YRU8D0Ftd1owlMWVY08zsalj5a6eCGz8o0v7IvtdfHU8hg31tjX8hv8Q3meC4mh4K6XeltLBT3fYCOfW1srVfeJ4HlDJiNeGyFvKgrLlxY5d12o9nmgHQmgAyRgOR_o8h2Wf4JKBWe/s320/DSC00283.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613690515136512450" /></a>Sethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06611714885984128589noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3155778360714301548.post-691542905580383422011-05-31T10:32:00.000-07:002011-06-05T02:55:58.976-07:00Pre-Adventure Adventure and Hopes of a New SquareThis last weekend I was able to go to Jerusalem to spend it with my parents and the group from TMC. On Saturday we went to Meno Kalisher's church, which is at a different place than when I was here two years ago. Then that afternoon my dad and I walked on top of almost all of the Turkish wall that surrounds the Old City. The only portions we couldn't walk on were the Temple Mount and the wall between the western side of the Temple Mount and Zion Gate. It was quite a bit of walking.<br /><br />On Sunday the group headed up to Galilee. I was thinking of going with them and their final stop would be Nazareth, but I knew that if I went I would need to be back at Yad Hashmonah that night so I could dig on Monday. I went, with the feeling I could get back on the bus, but wasn't totally sure about it. <br /><br />We first went to Caesarea, where it was good to get in the Mediterranean Sea for a little bit. Caesarea was where Peter went to after his vision about all animals being clean. Caesarea was also where Paul made his appeal to go to Caesar, thus allowing the gospel to go to Caesar's palace. <br /><br />We next went up to Mount Carmel where the account of Elijah and the priests of Ba'al took place also looking over the Jezreel Valley. From there we went to Tel Megiddo in the Jezreel Valley. The Jezreel Valley is usually understood as the place where the battle of Armageddon takes place. The Bible does not say that the battle will take place there. The Bible only says the armies of the world will gather there (Rev 16:16). Though the Bible does not mention the specific place where this battle will take place other scriptural evidence points to Jerusalem for being where at least the climax of the battle will take place.<br /><br />From Megiddo we went to Jezreel, the place of Naboth's vineyard and where the wicked Jezebel was killed. We then went to the final place Nazareth where the group was staying and I was to get a bus. <br /><br />Originally I was thinking that I was going to get a bus to Haifa and then to Jerusalem, but the group's bus driver, Joel, said it would be better to go to Tel Aviv and then Jerusalem. Joel dropped me off on the street where I would catch the bus. I walked up the street and found the place where the right bus number was and waited the 45min until the bus came. It was around 8pm. The ride to Tel Aviv was around 2hrs. From there I took a bus to Jerusalem and when I arrived in Jerusalem it was a little after 11p. I didn't know for certain but I was hoping that the buses ran until 12p, and even if it did I wasn't sure if one of the two buses I could take to Yad Hashmonah would arrive before then. One did and I arrived at Yad a little before midnight.<br /><br />Yesterday and today we kept digging at in our square. These past two days we have been bouncing off bedrock, which means our square will be closing soon because you can't get any lower than bedrock. The square has been disappointing and I hope we can start a new square tomorrow or help with another square where more things are happening.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Today's Work</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWfxdMQXOHzYXHgaU6MXQ0Z5yROeu2d3MgOnGPqPTZZZpwrwxhP9OaQdapIrJkh68GQ2t46qJpolZGEBo4GhRBL6Cy54WtkEuWv0wFNhQ5ukaBtUQPYOEndQ3y_Op_svlf5WMGPuoEt-KL/s1600/DSC00257.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWfxdMQXOHzYXHgaU6MXQ0Z5yROeu2d3MgOnGPqPTZZZpwrwxhP9OaQdapIrJkh68GQ2t46qJpolZGEBo4GhRBL6Cy54WtkEuWv0wFNhQ5ukaBtUQPYOEndQ3y_Op_svlf5WMGPuoEt-KL/s320/DSC00257.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612941690724821074" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI0em73O32o_J1Bo__o7-pAATC6vPSbxWJIWvC1aYQ5VS7pT9ZV7mF1_BcItG6sH-hZNihPWFBp135MQKrzN9U9opuacmhOR1LNk1EuG2_KTXekaYh436tQW71l4rYBJKfKROkJa7fS1UK/s1600/DSC00258.JPG"><img style="float:left; 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margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGBIjOLY6CIYLzog8vTVM5TLFHMrYGCHbfFCMQa-aUNfbz03iRmx8Qq_9MJdkPIH7yUDSqs7sHNeBKmXLT6DCYMjNntsfOq8yV2ZXpPDDA05NC1AVNdQUQbq6MB4VBUBFUXgIJ5T0seIKv/s320/DSC00265.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614669896739629858" /></a>Sethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06611714885984128589noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3155778360714301548.post-90736933078509871112011-05-27T09:22:00.000-07:002011-05-27T09:35:32.880-07:00End of Week OneToday was a hot day without the wind blowing through our shade that we set up each morning. We had some people from Dallas Theological Seminary come and they helped other squares that needed some muscle. Spirits were somewhat low in my square today. We haven't found anything really except the pot sherds, like we have since day one. We had two less people who stayed back today (remember, this is an older group), plus our bodies, mainly our hands were aching from a week of picking, scooping, shoveling, and lifting. On a brighter archaeological note, some other people found a coin while they were sifting dirt, so that was cooler than broken pot sherds, rocks, and dirt. In 10 minutes I will be going to the Old City to meet up with my parents and spend the weekend there. So it will be a fun break from what I've been doing this last week. שַׁבָּת שָׁלוֹ<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Today's Progress</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1r7kpz0Q0aJx25PBTZ6O9H5gCAp5lioMPjc8JqYCok2lmy7NABaYyvaxHIrazvlb3JVlyetXkdR94HPdM5dsfKsF68N0jJQFNBsIy04XyjLF7OYjNcllr-uHrM-NEUQ5l70IzWtNQSWRK/s1600/DSC00158.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1r7kpz0Q0aJx25PBTZ6O9H5gCAp5lioMPjc8JqYCok2lmy7NABaYyvaxHIrazvlb3JVlyetXkdR94HPdM5dsfKsF68N0jJQFNBsIy04XyjLF7OYjNcllr-uHrM-NEUQ5l70IzWtNQSWRK/s320/DSC00158.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611434280223883554" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxpr49uc7edmd3g5Gg0I4ddQa97St5HnVATrAFE8d0SjsWTCSqmzJPhhd12muck9IpVfaOn_BQTpdXrcV3_0TK10FEqwE_srJUdblzRxeS1PR_LgUqq2GZh6YM3LFIxAQjwIxMKArw2sXY/s1600/DSC00157.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxpr49uc7edmd3g5Gg0I4ddQa97St5HnVATrAFE8d0SjsWTCSqmzJPhhd12muck9IpVfaOn_BQTpdXrcV3_0TK10FEqwE_srJUdblzRxeS1PR_LgUqq2GZh6YM3LFIxAQjwIxMKArw2sXY/s320/DSC00157.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611433795913560162" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigsli9gnnjqrunC4ptz4DkApWitj3JCK63W_6Ufc8GzYFb8aVSJRVH4EQLzeH9RiPxqBDu0B12-8OgF2n02ZNsebbrypjCFlU_R__V-JBFNepW-dVojgWSVA_YHw_DynCT8nCuK7q9WaSQ/s1600/DSC00156.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigsli9gnnjqrunC4ptz4DkApWitj3JCK63W_6Ufc8GzYFb8aVSJRVH4EQLzeH9RiPxqBDu0B12-8OgF2n02ZNsebbrypjCFlU_R__V-JBFNepW-dVojgWSVA_YHw_DynCT8nCuK7q9WaSQ/s320/DSC00156.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611433478840784850" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh34m4qQYXoF6azgUsTv3VE5jlNxddSyej9yoQZfgtIvMANqNjfgo9Fd7oEas59P0L6QocBRKgCghfPPLXoSFXuZlkn65VYSWchELbBITTAsCJ-D2vALEsxi-HgX5FDkxnNMvPebM3hslLD/s1600/DSC00155.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh34m4qQYXoF6azgUsTv3VE5jlNxddSyej9yoQZfgtIvMANqNjfgo9Fd7oEas59P0L6QocBRKgCghfPPLXoSFXuZlkn65VYSWchELbBITTAsCJ-D2vALEsxi-HgX5FDkxnNMvPebM3hslLD/s320/DSC00155.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611433000596549426" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfSYBLM7_VhwBy2K_t5v7s5AUD9QhUWegnbsVNBLlEV22jE0YupjzrrYkuciumHCuD5Akd06piRDQfKqelbG_IyhAoKVCYagF8vRyQ8ueFclSClKdeaLZ4OLslPxJmgs-DF1rL6oHiF7Jr/s1600/DSC00154.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfSYBLM7_VhwBy2K_t5v7s5AUD9QhUWegnbsVNBLlEV22jE0YupjzrrYkuciumHCuD5Akd06piRDQfKqelbG_IyhAoKVCYagF8vRyQ8ueFclSClKdeaLZ4OLslPxJmgs-DF1rL6oHiF7Jr/s320/DSC00154.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611432636045967890" /></a>Sethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06611714885984128589noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3155778360714301548.post-5689503893618404372011-05-26T10:41:00.000-07:002011-05-26T11:15:57.299-07:00Fresh Backs Are on OrderToday my square kept digging to reveal the 'wall' that we are trying to find. So it was a lot of dirt moving, which has made quite a ramp of dirt. In the archaeology I've been experiencing I spend a good part of the day with my elbows below my knees. Hopefully we'll find something that will make this dig pay off in some sort of way. If anything, we'll know the area we're digging in is nothing of importance and we can cross that area off the map. It would be almost like doing a search and rescue in that you pick areas on the map and check in those areas by air or land and if there is nothing then you move on to another part of the map.<br /><br />Tomorrow we get to have a seminary group from TMS and Dallas Theological Seminary come to help us when we initially arrive there. So we'll get fresh backs and spirits. One of the people on the dig is Dr. Merrill who is a well known professor from Dallas Theological Seminary. Although he isn't my square supervisor, thus we're in different areas during the day, we have been able to talk some walking to and from places and at some meals, and it is cool to see his wit and wisdom. So hopefully I can spend some more time being able to pick his brain. I'm going to try to get to bed by 930p here so I can get to sleep. 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margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYIbmej9Rldex3ioHy7O4izvX3kDRw6UNLtNMpGOrv4eeQazZGahggHQJSZYTodI5A2ER8VI-9UtU1_8td1_-4ljzteTx7X5vted96AJwLuaVbIsH7PtgzWOayYUj4kkJQt8P1twYdAYj4/s320/DSC00149.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611087163079605778" /></a>Sethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06611714885984128589noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3155778360714301548.post-29036983412071595262011-05-25T10:22:00.000-07:002011-05-26T10:48:18.451-07:001 Gufa + 1 Dustpan + 1 Hand Broom + 1 Handpick + 1 Trowel + 1 Pick + Dirt + Rocks + Sun = ArchaeologyNow is some down time. Its just go, go, go, from 420am-now (around 8pm), so they are long days, but it is great. I'm not wasting any time because I'm always doing constructive stuff and I'm not super tired during the day, which I would probably be if I was in school with the same length of days. This last weekend I was able to go to Jerusalem and be with Varner's group, the group my mom and dad are in. I came back here to the moshav that evening because we had our first meeting.<br /><br />These dig days start at 420a when my alarm goes off and I go up to breakfast at 430a. I have cucumbers some green peppers and a bowl of cereal. We get our lunches from the moshav which aren't bad. We get some bread, chips, and some fruit. I take some cheese from breakfast and we have some peanut butter. We try to leave Yad Hashmonah at 5a and as we are getting to the site, Khirbet el-Maqatir, we see the sun rising over Jordan. Khirbet el-Maqatir is what the site's modern name and the archaeologists are arguing to be the Ai of Joshua.<br /><br />When we get to the site we get our equipment, which is stored in the shed of some Arabs who are letting us store our stuff there. We get digging around 615-645a. There are five different areas at Khirbet el-Maqatir that people are digging at. I'll be talking about mine, since I'm digging there.<br /><br />At my square they dug a test trench to see what they found and they found a large stone, which means that it is a wall. So my square is seeing what we can find around that wall. Monday we were pretty meticulous with our work not taking much dirt out. Tuesday, since we found cobble-like stones going over the wall we sped up work to see the extent of it in our square. They aren't sure why they were put there or what they are for, but they were made to be level, but it goes over the wall, which is interesting. Today we removed those cobble stones and dug along the wall. The wall is defined by the biggest stone. What we found today is that some other big pieces (not as big as the big one) are on top and next to the wall. We had a prominent archaeologist, Shimon Gibson, come by the site. From the pottery we had in our bucket he said that the site can date back to the Middle Bronze Age. At the end of these last two days (and the following days) we get a giraffe's view of our square photographed by the photographer.<br /><br />What is nice is that we have shade things we put up and there is a wind blowing almost always. Its a lot of squatting, sitting, and kneeling (I do the least of kneeling because it'll make the knees worse later). Anyway, we work until 1030a and have lunch until around 1115a. We work until 2p and then we take all the equipment and put it back in the shed. On the way back to Yad Hashmonah we stop off at an Israeli settlement where we can buy an ice cream from the grocery store, and the first two days I've gotten Magnum bars, very good ice cream bars. When we get back here we have to wash our pottery that we found which takes about until 330-415p (it goes longer as more pottery is found). After that I work out since I need to stay in good shape. I workout in the same area I worked out in during IBEX. Yesterday I included a run that went from the IBEX dorms to the Neve Ilan Hotel, then to the gate of the monastery at Kiryat Ye'arim (it was closed) and back, which was a 5mi run, almost half of it being uphill. I then go to dinner, which starts at 6p. We then have a lecture that goes from 7-8p and then I'm free.<br /><br />I came into this dig not expecting much and much has not happened, so I'm not disappointed. What I'm doing is how most people do archaeology. Most people do archaeology by paying money and using their time to go do their work. No one makes a living doing it. Most of the head guys are teachers. To me, having to pay a bit of money to do long days of the work we are doing, with not much return (of course no monetary return), does not seem to be worth something to get into for me too seriously. People have too much of a romantic view of archeology...thanks Indiana Jones! I really do like archeology though for its scientificness. Just as we use science to discover what God does in his creation archaeology is a way we can see the places history took place, and gain a deeper insight to history. Its also nice to point people to these evidences archeology gives us to show them that the actual places and names in the Bible exist. <br /><br />I'm not 100% against not wanting to do archeology. Yesterday, I was talking with a younger guy that is not a part of the group who is getting his PhD in Archeology and from other digs he has been on this dig is not too exciting. So I'm not experiencing the best. Who knows, maybe I might do digs in the future but not too often (I think the majority of the group does 1-2 digs a year).<br /><br />The people I'm working with, with the exception of three are all old...like 50s and 60s. I'm quite surprised that they do all the work we do, not that its super hard, but its not the easiest (with all that sitting and whatnot my back is tired for the length of time we work). My square supervisor, an older guy, asked me on the way back today if I wanted to go to Petra with him on Sunday. That is something I've been wanting to do and am willing to do, but then he was talking with others to see how long it would take. Yes it would be a long day, but I would much rather do it with someone else than by myself. So we'll see.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Work from Monday</span>. 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Before I got here at Yad Hashmonah I rode in a taxi, sherut, and hitch hiked. Once I got out of the car here at the moshav, I felt right at home. I came down the stairs to the IBEX rooms and saw Becky, the IBEX nurse, and met/reacquainted myself with Benj Foreman, and Heather, the IBEX secretary. They are letting me keep my belongings in the IBEX miklat (bomb shelter/student center) since my reservation doesn't start until tomorrow. As I walked around to the different places I was overwhelmed with the many great memories and people I have spent much time with here. Once I dropped my belongings off in there I did what I do to feel even more at home and worked out in The Dungeon. I haven't told him, but Zach Edwards knows which workout I did...its the one you always do to start out somewhere. Right after I finished I took my camera over to the Biblical gardens and saw the sun set behind the clouds beginning shabbat. I was also able to see Bill Schlegel a few minutes ago and he saw my parents earlier today and they said I could come to Jerusalem tonight to be with them for the weekend. So, I'm going to go there tonight, thus I will be in Jerusalem on Friday, on Shabbat! Hodu, l'Adonai ki tov!<br /><object id="BLOG_video-FAILED" class="BLOG_video_class" contentid="FAILED" height="266" width="320"></object>Sethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06611714885984128589noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3155778360714301548.post-54910766076378214572011-04-18T17:19:00.000-07:002011-05-18T23:48:59.361-07:00הַלְלוּ אֶת-יְהוָה, כָּל-גּוֹיִם O, Praise the LORD all ye nations<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheHUyI8fsH9H3f8rVu5FWAE_-pjvul7br558xE5m528GStbWfMamsE-45Z8fyDbGmGA557hyncOfBThfRFNDSWIBCNb9kdnFegkisuv8tUz9tag4P_k0SDE_qNxm_4g9IpwBCN5U9noy-2/s1600/IMG_1969.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheHUyI8fsH9H3f8rVu5FWAE_-pjvul7br558xE5m528GStbWfMamsE-45Z8fyDbGmGA557hyncOfBThfRFNDSWIBCNb9kdnFegkisuv8tUz9tag4P_k0SDE_qNxm_4g9IpwBCN5U9noy-2/s200/IMG_1969.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608315247670991218" /></a><br />In less than 12 hours I will be in an airplane taking off for the land of Israel once again. The day I land there it will have been 714 days since I was last in Israel, and much has happened in that time. Last time I was there I was ending my first year of college and now I'm done with my college career.<br /><br />Being in Israel for that semester changed many things in my life. Being at the places did not necessarily change my life, because if you don't know what happened at a place it doesn't mean anything. What makes Israel special is because it is a physical place where we know God came to earth. What changed me was the teaching at the places where the Bible happened and the teaching in the classroom. <br /><br />One of the main thing that changed me was that I was able to close the gap in space in time. Israel doesn't seem that far away anymore and the events that happened there 2000+ years ago don't seem as far away as it did before, making the theology of the Bible much more of a reality.<br /><br />Another major thing I learned is that I have a selfish view of the Bible. As I read many times before I went and I can still do, I would read the Bible to see what I could get out of the reading for myself. "How does it apply to ME?" is the question that always seems to be asked, which is why people, at times, try to avoid the OT. What I learned from the teaching is that God is King, I am a slave, and the Bible is about Him. As a reader of the Bible I am an observer of the works and attributes of God proclaimed and how sinful my species is. These are just two of the ways being over there has impacted my life.<br /><br />So, the question is, why am I going back again? It was something I might have done last summer, but it will be working out much better for this summer. My main mission is to be a part of an archeological dig at the city of Ai. The account of what happened at Ai can be found in Joshua 7-8. It was the second city conquered by Joshua, after Jericho. This link is the link that can show you more specifics about the dig-- http://www.biblearchaeology.org/outreach/event.aspx?id=134<br /><br />The dig will last for two weeks and then I will be there for another two and a half weeks backpacking around Israel toting around art supplies, books, and cameras to make the most of my post-college Israel trip. I do not have any specific plans yet, but they will formulate once I will be able to talk to my professor from IBEX Bill Schlegel. We will be staying where I stayed for IBEX for those two weeks during the dig, so Bill will be close by, and it'll feel almost like home to me.<br /><br />If you look on the website you can see that the days are filled with things from 4am-8pm, so my posting might be sparse. I'm starting this up so that people will be able to know where I'm at and what I'm doing. If you have any questions, you can ask me, and I will try to answer it. Next post will be in Israel. <br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">שָׁלוֹם</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEm4mAT4tMypc0zhxV6mIAxNbQXxJOQy-8ojfPbtDvGQrlMhNEyMZCbh6sRNK6bZkjZxbSyoL0Xl0VuPYIGsK02ipjL6bsYBlOvPepMnJca7nLtxqVKJGy1PL4-ke6_F1_VmUidlNJghWO/s1600/IMG_7736.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEm4mAT4tMypc0zhxV6mIAxNbQXxJOQy-8ojfPbtDvGQrlMhNEyMZCbh6sRNK6bZkjZxbSyoL0Xl0VuPYIGsK02ipjL6bsYBlOvPepMnJca7nLtxqVKJGy1PL4-ke6_F1_VmUidlNJghWO/s400/IMG_7736.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608314143176497426" /></a>Sethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06611714885984128589noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3155778360714301548.post-40551121824811390062009-05-08T22:46:00.000-07:002009-05-08T23:29:21.926-07:00I'm Still Alive<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3vQv0kaPBqZld4NAjNe9_Yy50S25gGvVaXelkoTiCSTa_tuM3wL6Zs0hmpq-zu2pRlX6w2XjfJAggc2k9ih7vZPN7OHNRfZp4_Bf1B_Intti2_-FaKivKx2vW0hx-qHkwrYUMxWS6lt8f/s1600-h/temple+of+karnak28.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 156px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3vQv0kaPBqZld4NAjNe9_Yy50S25gGvVaXelkoTiCSTa_tuM3wL6Zs0hmpq-zu2pRlX6w2XjfJAggc2k9ih7vZPN7OHNRfZp4_Bf1B_Intti2_-FaKivKx2vW0hx-qHkwrYUMxWS6lt8f/s400/temple+of+karnak28.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333705184512199234" border="0" /></a><br />Sorry, its been a long time. I was pretty busy after travel study with projects and finals to write about travel study or to explain why I'm still here.<br /><br />Real quick. Egypt was an adventure. Not the funnest at times but an adventure. The train tickets down to Luxor cost about twice as much as we were told, so that changed some things, like not going down to Aswan. We rode camels and horses around the pyramids and went to the Cairo Museum. We took a night train down to Luxor and saw the Temple of Karnak and the Valley of the Kings. After two days there we took another night train (on the second night in Luxor) back up to Cairo. When we got there we took a six hour crammed taxi ride back to the border. We got there at night and we walked five miles to where we were going to stay in Eilat (we didn't think it would be that long, we just kept going).<br /><br />We were going to go to Amman, but we didn't have enough money. We also thought about going to Petra, but we didn't want to spend $100 and a whole day to see a sight for a couple hours. I had a great time spending a couple days in Eilat at the beach and with friends.<br /><br />My IBEX friends left and my dad came on May 2. My dad and I are going on a Turkey/Greece Early Church tour put on the The Master's College. It starts May 17 and ends June 5, so my dad and I are just killing time over here until the tour starts, because it would be cheaper for me to stay here than go back home and then come back (even though I'm looking forward to going back).<br /><br />The silence has broken, and I'll post when I can.Sethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06611714885984128589noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3155778360714301548.post-47197372042274565852009-04-08T13:20:00.000-07:002009-04-08T15:00:54.639-07:00Galilee: Saturday 4/4<meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 12"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 12"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CSETHSE%7E1%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><link rel="themeData" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CSETHSE%7E1%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_themedata.thmx"><link 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The place we were at is where people claim that Jesus was baptized. We know that He would have been baptized in Jericho area because after being baptized He went into the wilderness to be tempted, and then went north.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";" >It was a short day and our last stop was at Bet Shan which is the best preserved New Testament period city even though it is only mentioned in the Old Testament. During the Roman period this was one of the ten decoplis cities, but it was the only one on the west side of the Jordan River. The Old Testament period city is the tel that is within the Roman period city. This was the city was mentioned in I Samuel 31 when Saul and his son’s bodies were taken and impaled on the city wall. 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<style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin-top:0in; mso-para-margin-right:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt; mso-para-margin-left:0in; line-height:115%; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";" >Our first stop was at Chorazim, which was one of the places where Jesus spent a lot of time teaching. Even though Jesus spent a lot of time here there is not one event recorded from here. In the synagogue there is a chair called the Seat of Moses which was where the teacher would have taught from. Since Jesus taught here Jesus could have taught from the seat here. In Matthew 11 Jesus condemns Chorazim along with Bethsaida and Capernaum. Today, that condemnation can be seen because there is no city there that stands today.</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKUt6qJwdB0-U9dcwA5exaN5zIz9ZD9cU2Pscivch-gN9FF5qLKR0vINeUqg9lVPiFMRoV8pyHTvB-eH7nODb9x6-o1s_GsAUK5wP3W-yLUTNRYqjq3FSHiLatx0MUKhBPlmcZ88fMl-S6/s1600-h/Chorazin.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 169px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKUt6qJwdB0-U9dcwA5exaN5zIz9ZD9cU2Pscivch-gN9FF5qLKR0vINeUqg9lVPiFMRoV8pyHTvB-eH7nODb9x6-o1s_GsAUK5wP3W-yLUTNRYqjq3FSHiLatx0MUKhBPlmcZ88fMl-S6/s400/Chorazin.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322040849895243666" border="0" /></a></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";" >We then went to Hazor, which is the largest tel in Israel—two hundred acres. From here we could see the steep drop down into the Sea of Galilee from the Hazor Valley. We could also see Mount Hermon which can have snow from October to May. Hazor was conquered by Joshua, which can be found in Joshua 11:1-16.The attack was a sudden and he burnt the city, but Deborah and Barak are accredited with the final destruction of the Canaanite city. Archeologists have found temples, standing stone pillars, and houses. They also say that there could have been one hundred people per acre, which means that there could have be around twenty thousand people in the city.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivW8atL90DTWeRUDYy6Gb71D3U4qhnAkmqAxH78GWbkXTGBpgTkzcZRXyjQ9g1ORYdyrWowpENNTXg3B59ojBU_3ar7JhpCUx6gCK7OiIyAHuRYW9_mANnYmdiNIhKCZHCtwzX30SEKtXe/s1600-h/IMG_0937.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 236px; height: 158px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivW8atL90DTWeRUDYy6Gb71D3U4qhnAkmqAxH78GWbkXTGBpgTkzcZRXyjQ9g1ORYdyrWowpENNTXg3B59ojBU_3ar7JhpCUx6gCK7OiIyAHuRYW9_mANnYmdiNIhKCZHCtwzX30SEKtXe/s320/IMG_0937.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322033435726551394" border="0" /></a><span style=";font-family:";" >We then went to tel Dan which had things mainly built by Jereboam I, Ahab and Jereboam II.<span style=""> </span>There is a remnant of a high place here</span><span style=";font-family:";" >, which was sacked by the Arameans. I Kings 12 talks about Jereboam I setting up a high place to worship YHWH. Even though it wasn’t to worship Baal it was still a perverted form of worship. The Assyrians finally destroyed the city as they conquered the northern tribes. In the front of the city the gate area is well preserved that was built by Jereboam II. In the book of Amos, we have Amos prophesying against the northern kingdom and he could have likely been in the gate area preaching. The most important find here was a stele (called the Tel Dan Stele), which is one out of two that exist, that mentions the “house of David”. <span style=""> </span>It was written by an Aramean king boasting about the death of the king of Israel and Judah. Even though the names of the kings’ names are not clear we know that it was Jehoram and Ahaziah, who were killed by Jehu, because he killed them both in one day.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";" >From tel Dan we went to Caesarea Philippi which was built by Herod the Great, and it has remnants of temples to Caesar, the god Pan, and Zeus. It was in this area that Peter makes his confession to Christ that He is the Messiah, which is found in Matthew 16. Herod thought that Jesus was John the Baptist and others thought he was Jeremiah because Jesus and Jeremiah predicted the destruction of the temple and a lot of people did not like them.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";" >From there we went to Mount Hermon which is a series of peaks, and on one of these peaks Jesus was transfigured, which is found in Matthew 17. Elijah and Moses appeared to them, which was a testimony to the disciples to who Jesus was. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";" >Our last stop on the Golan Heights was looking over into Syria in the direction of Damascus which is the capital. This city was where Paul was going to, to persecute Christians, but on the way Jesus appeared to him and Paul’s life was forever changed.<o:p></o:p></span></p> Sethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06611714885984128589noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3155778360714301548.post-4314035882982555102009-04-07T08:49:00.000-07:002009-04-07T10:04:44.016-07:00Galilee: Tuesday 3/31<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwhBrh66IXD8SFFBKB8k7IZC1sVOaxFLjRxhun9F1feXUeIpqQESrSDJ5YaCwH6TCwEcuAGKecGbPzJ5ixfuYEhUqJpXKu6l_tUyi3DtTk5-L0jLe6f7LMgmsWpow-VPPmiYFIQpmhdnrt/s1600-h/Capernaum1+synagogue.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 175px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwhBrh66IXD8SFFBKB8k7IZC1sVOaxFLjRxhun9F1feXUeIpqQESrSDJ5YaCwH6TCwEcuAGKecGbPzJ5ixfuYEhUqJpXKu6l_tUyi3DtTk5-L0jLe6f7LMgmsWpow-VPPmiYFIQpmhdnrt/s320/Capernaum1+synagogue.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321979593576162562" border="0" /></a>
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Here, they had built all the buildings out of basalt, which is a black volcanic rock. They thin</span><span style=";font-family:";" >k they know where Peter’s house is, but if it was then Peter would have been a very wealthy fisherman, which was not likely at all. There was also a synagogue that was built during the Byzantine period, but the foundation of it is a basalt foundation, which is not the same as the synagogue standing there today, which means that the synagogue there today might be built on top of the one that was there during the time of Jesus. Jesus cast a demon out of a man in the synagogue here, and Jesus, in the gospels is said to have taught with authority here. 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When Jesus fed the five thousand it was symbolic of His death because He was giving life to them all through the bread He gave them. When He walked on the water the disciples think He is a ghost, and the only other time they think He is a ghost is when He appears to them after the resurrection, which means that this incident is a foreshadowing of His resurrection. <span style=""> </span>This was also the city where the centurion’s servant was and Jesus was amazed at the centurion’s faith.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";" >We then went to the Hill of the Beatitudes where Jesus could have given the Sermon on the Mount. We see that in the first twelve verses of Matthew 5 that we might be looked down upon for associating with Jesus, which goes to show that being a follower of Him is not easy but it will be rewarded. The Sermon on the Mount proves that Jesus is the new Moses because He interprets the Torah. This is the new Mount Sinai, and the crowd recognized His authority.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";" >From there we walked down to Tabgha which could have been where Jesus called His disciples. In Matthew 4 when He calls them we have to keep in mind that Jesus had known them previous to this encounter. Then before Jesus ascends to heaven seven of the disciples are in this area fishing and Jesus fills their nets with fish, and as they get to shore Jesus asks Peter if he love Him. This question is to remind Peter of his denial of Jesus on the eve of His crucifixion. Peter is a lot more humble in his answer; he has changed a lot since then. Peter knows that he cannot love Jesus on his own that is why he says it is Jesus who knows what is in the heart.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";" >We then drove to Nof Ginosar, or in biblical terms Gennesaret. This is where the ‘Jesus boat’ is. It is a first century boat that was discovered in the mud. They can determine the date of the ship by its design and also some pottery that was found next to it.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";" >Our last sightseeing stop was at what people claim to be Bethsaida. The reason why it could not be is because they have only found Iron Age buildings here. During the Old Testament times this would have been in the land of Gesher. The Gesherites were not pushed out of the land when Israel came in from the wilderness. Later on David married a Gesherite princess who was the mother of Absalom, and after Absalom murdered Amnon. Anyway, the New Testament town of Bethsaida would be nearby because it is said to be along the Jordan River as this city is. This was made a city by the Roman government which would mean that archeologists would have found capitals from pillars or other things that Roman cities would have. This is also a reason why the city we went to could not be the New Testament Bethsaida. The only miracle performed here is a blind man being healed, which is found in Mark 8:22-26.<o:p></o:p></span></p> Sethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06611714885984128589noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3155778360714301548.post-25698549994657694412009-04-07T08:33:00.000-07:002009-04-07T08:48:45.320-07:00Galilee: Monday 3/30<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdtKRnimVWQVgnpLMM4Kh8Ixh57aSK5ThBR2SMW86ralAiFWe5NxZyF_bpoPzF7xReW-z15l1GNxthJYFlv9gRWxnXip0myX5dVnvhFjvMonInvC9qplsOgawiH80qEeA6V8vX3KJY9BQV/s1600-h/Sea+of+Galilee6.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 179px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdtKRnimVWQVgnpLMM4Kh8Ixh57aSK5ThBR2SMW86ralAiFWe5NxZyF_bpoPzF7xReW-z15l1GNxthJYFlv9gRWxnXip0myX5dVnvhFjvMonInvC9qplsOgawiH80qEeA6V8vX3KJY9BQV/s400/Sea+of+Galilee6.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321975659610853490" border="0" /></a>
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Only the rich are buried in tombs. Isaiah 53 talks about Jesus being crucified as a criminal but buried as a rich man.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia_yUMicW9gh7HJ-ERnMiIJFBcEeYLznoHdKr1kFfqXuzxKGtG5r8sXLSVl9SuC8m6K8JUj591_enf0AN4wXt_B0_HSXdIBeI-RkW2-78spIVr_wXhCa_acBumVJSB39oleiS0AnZ4LC64/s1600-h/IMG_0182.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia_yUMicW9gh7HJ-ERnMiIJFBcEeYLznoHdKr1kFfqXuzxKGtG5r8sXLSVl9SuC8m6K8JUj591_enf0AN4wXt_B0_HSXdIBeI-RkW2-78spIVr_wXhCa_acBumVJSB39oleiS0AnZ4LC64/s320/IMG_0182.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321685812964602642" border="0" /></a><span style=";font-family:";" >From there we went to (Mount) Megiddo, which in Hebrew is Armageddon. This is the most excavated sight in Israel and they have found ruins from cities in the 3000’s BC, during the very early Canaanite period, whi</span><span style=";font-family:";" >ch would have been some of the first settlers after the flood. They have found things extending into every other time period since then too. There is a water shaft that was carved during the reign of Ahab. People are confused about what happens here in the end times. Most people think that there will be a battle of Armageddon in the end time</span><span style=";font-family:";" >s, but this is not where the battle, mentioned in Revelation 16, is suppose to happen. Armageddon is where the armies of the world will <u>gather</u>. The battle is going to be in Jerusalem. There are also stables there, which Shalmaneser III says that Ahab supplied his enemy with chariots. The ruins we see there today are from the time of Ahab. It was here that King Josiah, in 609 BC, died trying to stop Pharaoh Neco. It was tragic because he was the last good king of Judah, and twenty years after his death Babylon took Judah into captivity.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";" >We then went to Jezreel, which means ‘God will sow’. In I Kings 21 we have the account of Jezebel and Ahab getting Naboth’s vineyard. Saul had his camp set up in Jezreel before his last battle against the Philistines who were across the valley at Shunam. Saul went around the Hill of Moreh to find the witch to speak with Samuel. Saul and his sons go to Mount Gilboah, which is about three o’clock when looking at Shunam, and die there.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";" >We then went to the Harod spring which is where Gideon chose three hundred men to fight against the Midianites. 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This is where the Philistines took the Ark of the Covenant after they beat the Israelites in battle. The battle took place in 1104 BC and this is where the Philistines had set up their camp. They were moving north of Israel threatening to conquer it by taking this strategic place along the International Highway, so Israel had to defend herself by going to battle. The exodus happened three hundred years before this and the Philistines knew about the supernatural things of the Israelite God and they were a little unsure about the battle, but by the outcome of the battle the Israelites learned they could not manipulate or put Him in a box.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";" >We then went to Caesarea where Herod the Great had built a great city in 22-10 BC. In Acts 10 Cornelius sent for Peter to come from Joppa. Cornelius was a centurion from the Italian Cohort and was a strong believer. Acts 12 tells us that Herod Agrippa I killed James</span><span style=";font-family:";" > and imprisoned Peter; it was here that Herod Agrippa I was eaten by worms. They could kill and imprison whoever they wanted, but the Roman Empire could not stop the spread of the gospel because it was God doing the work. Paul was also brought here for two years and gave his testimony before Felix, Festus, Herod Agrippa II, and Bernice (Acts 23-26). Festus did not understand why there was such a problem because, from his viewpoint, the Jews and Paul were arguing about a dead person. The city has a palace that juts out on a point. During its prime the city was a major harbor city which was manmade, but as time has worn on it has been dilapidated. There is also a theatre and a stadium. A stadium is a certain distance and they would have all types of races in it. The city has been used by all civilizations from the Roman period. There are mosaics from the Byzanti</span><span style=";font-family:";" >ne period that have scripture. One that we say was from Romans 13, which said in Greek, “If you desire to not fear the government, do good”. </span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoreZDfWkf8kPoOMui2fvVH-Op-y0amo27cmXoJeLzmOdYPHXUhh_VQTymsSj819jSAZbtbdsrMQZc_V9HJ053Sk9QQ46SCyxI2nb6DuL1HV25eL6JPey044w40dlxTbILPbEmNkMseQGd/s1600-h/Cesarea+palace.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 463px; height: 104px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoreZDfWkf8kPoOMui2fvVH-Op-y0amo27cmXoJeLzmOdYPHXUhh_VQTymsSj819jSAZbtbdsrMQZc_V9HJ053Sk9QQ46SCyxI2nb6DuL1HV25eL6JPey044w40dlxTbILPbEmNkMseQGd/s400/Cesarea+palace.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321570911981729010" border="0" /></a></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";" >From Caesarea we went to Mount Carmel where Elijah had his infamous standoff with the prophets of Baal. It was a good place to have it because it was a neutral place so not one side could have any ground of complaint. The standoff is described in 1 Kings 18, and we see that Baal is a figment of human imagination. People, for many years, thought he was real, but Baal is not worshipped anymore, YHWH is. YHWH has stood the test of time; He always has and always will. 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We were across from a hill that will be excavated because they think that it is the city of Ai during Joshua’s time. There was a city of Ai during the time of Abraham but it was most likely a kilometer south from the hill we were looking at. It is possible for the city of Ai during Abraham’s time to be different than the city of Ai during Joshua’s time. We may have been standing on the hill that the Israelites set their camp up as it was across from the proposed city of Ai.<o:p></o:p></span> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;font-family:georgia;"><span style="">As the Israelites were conquering the land of Canaan, they l</span><span style="">ost three thousand men at the city of Ai in their first attempt to take it. The reason why they lost so many was because Akan sinned against God by taking spoils of cities. After Akan, all his family and livestock were stoned the Israelites set an ambush by sending a group of men as bait, and as they retreated those who were hiding in the bushes along the hill pounced on the men of Ai. Thus they destroyed the city and those in it (Joshua 8:1-29). Through this victory the Israelites could see the fulfillment of the promises God made with Abraham and Isaac. Even thought it might have taken a while for it to come to pass we see that God is a God beyond time. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;font-family:georgia;"><span style="">We could also see where the ancient city of Bethel was, which is in the modern city of Ramalah. During the days of King Josiah he grounded an altar from Bethel to dust. A man named Hiel who was from Bethel tried to rebuild the city of Jericho and came under the curse that was set by Joshua (1 Kings 16:34). Jacob was in Bethel when God’s covenant was reaffirmed to Jacob in a dream (Genesis 28:10-22).<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;font-family:georgia;"><span style="">We then went to Tel Shiloh where the Tabernacle was during the early years of Samuel.<span style=""> </span>In 1104 BC the Ark of the Covenant was taken into battle at Aphek and it was lost in the battle. The Philistines probably came up into the hill country and destroyed the city of Shiloh, but the Tabernacle was moved. As people are awaiting to hear news from the battle a man come</span><span style="">s from the battle (which is about a 20 mile run for the guy) and tells Eli that the Ark was taken and his sons were dead, at which Eli fell back, broke his neck, and died. Shiloh was also the place where the Benjaminites, who weren’t killed in the civil war, got their wives (Judges 21:16-24).<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;font-family:georgia;"><span style="">As the Israelites are conquering the land of Canaan the Bible is unclear on how they conquered in the area of Samaria. Bill told us there could be three options. Either the battles aren’t described, the people ran away, or the people were willing to give up their territory and cooperate.<o:p></o:p>
<br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;font-family:georgia;"><span style="">Our next stop was on Mount Gerizim. In the valley below we c</span><span style="">ould see the ruins of Shechem, which was where Abraham was promised that he would get the land of Canaan (Genesis 12:6-8). Joseph is buried at Shechem (Joshua 24:32). Shechem was also where the Israelites came to, when they recited the blessings and curses. The Israelites recited the blessings on Mount Gerizim and the curses on Mount Ebal (Deuteronomy 11:26-32, 27:1-26). Then at the end of Joshua’s life he came back to this area and reaffirmed that they would serve the Lord (Joshua 24:25). Shechem was also where Jesus and the Samaritan woman talked at Jacob’s well (John 4:1-26). Jacob’s well, currently, is covered up by a church, but we were on the mountain Jesus and the Samaritan woman conversed about.</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7ORbfE7uRrRWTS-3V7IYDgiET_PftUKbik5btAKIBbPkC5FH-tuMbueXk8nMFXCwEjG5lfQd2AKVjk0_H8iLfJRbLGjb4PRaL1zlUBFVteumK4zbAwBnS7Z7Rtrin65s17dvsWtmMtCKZ/s1600-h/Mt+Gerezim.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 458px; height: 98px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7ORbfE7uRrRWTS-3V7IYDgiET_PftUKbik5btAKIBbPkC5FH-tuMbueXk8nMFXCwEjG5lfQd2AKVjk0_H8iLfJRbLGjb4PRaL1zlUBFVteumK4zbAwBnS7Z7Rtrin65s17dvsWtmMtCKZ/s320/Mt+Gerezim.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321561427881168690" border="0" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;font-family:georgia;"><span style="">This was suppose to go up over a week ago, but I was pretty busy getting ready for leaving for Galilee that I didn't have the time.
<br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in; font-family: georgia;"></p>Sethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06611714885984128589noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3155778360714301548.post-54699395835528206802009-03-20T02:37:00.000-07:002009-03-20T03:10:38.908-07:00Our Second Trip To the Shephelah<meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 12"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 12"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CSETHSE%7E1%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><link rel="themeData" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CSETHSE%7E1%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_themedata.thmx"><link rel="colorSchemeMapping" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CSETHSE%7E1%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_colorschememapping.xml"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> 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The first stop was to a biblical garden called Neot Kedumim. The place is right on the edge of the west bank. It was a no man’s land before Israel had it and since it was so close to the border they were able to get six hundred acres. One of the major things is that the Hebrew words for plants tell of the plant’s character in how it looks or behaves. For example, the almond tree is called ‘sheched’ in Hebrew which means diligent. It is called diligent because of the early bloom of the seeds and the carful three-layered protection it gives to the seed. The sycamore tree, the tree Zacchaeus climbed to see Jesus, is called ‘shichma’ which means to rehabilitate, and Jesus gave Zacchaeus some spiritual rehabilitation that day he climbed to see Jesus. The lady who gave us the tour told us that to the plants can also have a spiritual meaning. <span style=""> </span>The fig tree is compared to reading the Torah, because it gives fruit little by little, not all at once. When we read the scriptures we learn little by little we cannot learn everything all at once. An olive tree can look dead at times, yet it still has life and will bear its fruit, just as the Jewish people can look dead spiritually, but we know that God has a purpo</span><span style=";font-family:";" >se for them in the end.<o:p></o:p></span>
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<br /> We also learned about the life of the shep</span><span style=";font-family:";" >herd.</span><span style=";font-family:";" > Even tho</span><span style=";font-family:";" >ugh we</span><span style=";font-family:";" > can associate s</span><span style=";font-family:";" >h</span><span style=";font-family:";" >epherds with the better people because great people like </span><span style=";font-family:";" >David,</span><span style=";font-family:";" > J</span><span style=";font-family:";" >a</span><span style=";font-family:";" >cob, </span><span style=";font-family:";" >a</span><span style=";font-family:";" >nd </span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEvsEctt95bK-VV_DuOfh9M85HV8du76l7PYuJ0JS4inR7Wzq6R0_y9JwAfa4MzntzM3EPTh4eVVub1F9E0NhzYrsb_x37ok4ayI_Wf4Da5zErUhwbEgq_9N1JueMawiCi-505nFaNYB_x/s1600-h/img_4672.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 250px; height: 166px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEvsEctt95bK-VV_DuOfh9M85HV8du76l7PYuJ0JS4inR7Wzq6R0_y9JwAfa4MzntzM3EPTh4eVVub1F9E0NhzYrsb_x37ok4ayI_Wf4Da5zErUhwbEgq_9N1JueMawiCi-505nFaNYB_x/s320/img_4672.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315206407873144354" border="0" /></a><span style=";font-family:";" >M</span><span style=";font-family:";" >oses came from that lifesty</span><span style=";font-family:";" >le,</span><span style=";font-family:";" > shepherding</span><span style=";font-family:";" > is a long, dirty, and smelly job. Shepherds</span><span style=";font-family:";" > in the</span><span style=";font-family:";" > tim</span><span style=";font-family:";" >e of the Bible did not usually have a good n</span><span style=";font-family:";" >ame among other people.<span style=""> </span>We learned t</span><span style=";font-family:";" >hat the shepherd leads from the back of the flo</span><span style=";font-family:";" >ck. One does not l</span><span style=";font-family:";" >e</span><span style=";font-family:";" >ad a flock by being aggress</span><span style=";font-family:";" >ive. A </span><span style=";font-family:";" >shepherd leads the </span><span style=";font-family:";" >flock gently. If one does not treat them the right way they will not respond and not foll</span><span style=";font-family:";" >ow as we saw in the group exercises we did with the flock.<o:p></o:p></span>
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<br /><span style=";font-family:";" > </span><span style=";font-family:";" >We then went to</span><span style=";font-family:";" > </span><span style=";font-family:";" >Gezer which is in the edge shephelah. It was here that Israel could be a light to the nations around them</span><span style=";font-family:";" >. They could not have intermixed with the Canaanites. They could </span><span style=";font-family:";" >have broken down</span><span style=";font-family:";" > the stone pillars which are still standing today. They didn’t and they were </span><span style=";font-family:";" >punished for it. </span><span style=";font-family:";" >Even though </span><span style=";font-family:";" >we are always in the world as it </span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKTmUYvHrJ2zPpyguNuub38kLFYSIims3XKO0D8crm5rFqAjkldKRlVkI1KnPUeaTNVUQxRgJdgu8hAV5UszRVt0Py5kciGhRRbJYrVf5rW_V-PtpBiS_NQIUaugFxZJZH5sSUDe11JUvC/s1600-h/img_4887.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 235px; height: 173px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKTmUYvHrJ2zPpyguNuub38kLFYSIims3XKO0D8crm5rFqAjkldKRlVkI1KnPUeaTNVUQxRgJdgu8hAV5UszRVt0Py5kciGhRRbJYrVf5rW_V-PtpBiS_NQIUaugFxZJZH5sSUDe11JUvC/s320/img_4887.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315206728603829442" border="0" /></a><span style=";font-family:";" >can surround us we cannot compromise and adapt to the ways of the condemned just as the C</span><span style=";font-family:";" >anaanites were. In the city we could see the gate that was built during Solomon’s reign. The gate was the place where people were judged as we can see with Absalom. Building up before his coupe he judged at the city gate (2 Samuel 15) and stole the hearts of the people. Boaz proclaimed his redeeming Ruth at the gate too.<o:p></o:p></span><span style=";font-family:";" >
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<br /> We then went to Gath which was the home of giants such as Goliath. Gath is one of the cities that the Ark of the Covenant came to when the Philistines took it in battle. Gath was where David came to when he was running from Saul. The Philistines captured him and brought him before the king and David was terribly afraid and he acted like a crazy person and the king threw him out (1 Samuel 21:10-15). This encounter prompted David to write Psalm 34 and 56. Yet ten years later David went back and the king was friendly and gave him Ziklag. The reason for this change is because the king knew that David was a nemesis of Saul, thus allying himself with the Philistines. Later on when Gath was in Israelite hands Hazael of Syria came down and took Gath (2 Kings 12:17).</span>
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<br /><span style=";font-family:";" > </span><span style=";font-family:";" > T</span><span style=";font-family:";" >he final stop was at Adullam where</span><span style=";font-family:";" > David fled to from G</span><span style=";font-family:";" >at</span><span style=";font-family:";" >h</span><span style=";font-family:";" > (1 Samuel 22:1). This is where the kingdom of David </span><span style=";font-family:";" >started; the Messiah’s line of royalty start</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR9BgQXlV4y_9VNW1oCgKO6Tk4qbNmMG6gXXPhMymmSXZ8Eejs3UBdUFR6wwXTCduq7wqMGuOLz1FfmtxKRKviKs8MiZBy4GAI3hLniP1xfzzUO0XdYBlV68EX36zlcZQVWv36ttpGW8Xp/s1600-h/img_5054.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 257px; height: 172px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR9BgQXlV4y_9VNW1oCgKO6Tk4qbNmMG6gXXPhMymmSXZ8Eejs3UBdUFR6wwXTCduq7wqMGuOLz1FfmtxKRKviKs8MiZBy4GAI3hLniP1xfzzUO0XdYBlV68EX36zlcZQVWv36ttpGW8Xp/s320/img_5054.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315207014150169602" border="0" /></a><span style=";font-family:";" >ed </span><span style=";font-family:";" >here. Although David was hiding from Saul he still put his trust in God that he would still be king. God starts David’s kingdom here to show that He is in charge of what will happen in David’s life. David started out with four hundred men at the beginning of his kingdom. Jesus started with twelve men walking around Israel—the kingdom of God. This kingdom that David was beginning was not just another kingdom it was one that would produce the Messiah.</span> Sethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06611714885984128589noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3155778360714301548.post-43190600299857584992009-03-10T01:33:00.000-07:002009-03-10T06:11:11.402-07:00Sorry it has been a while since I have posted this is from last week. We haven't had internet in the dorms since we've gotten back, so it takes a little bit more to get a post up.<br /><br /> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU2Fhyphenhyphend6_Hnu1n0x2zCMLTi_yvBbNVizSBzaoOXIftxSD0PaCBrgE8BzI2SHsQRX8G9-8CGtoNjpzQzgN25XP3fdlD4jcEuS3wgtVcRLEz5Mk8ehiQ0bhqED5xzjML5STEDJfUYzHv0n7t/s1600-h/IMG_6906.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU2Fhyphenhyphend6_Hnu1n0x2zCMLTi_yvBbNVizSBzaoOXIftxSD0PaCBrgE8BzI2SHsQRX8G9-8CGtoNjpzQzgN25XP3fdlD4jcEuS3wgtVcRLEz5Mk8ehiQ0bhqED5xzjML5STEDJfUYzHv0n7t/s200/IMG_6906.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311476025449145042" border="0" /></a>Our first stop down South was at Beer Sheva at a reconstructed altar. The actual Beer Sheva is most likely closer to the modern city we were most likely in a suburb of the ancient city of Beer Sheva. In the Old Testament times there were places of refuge for criminals and one thing that could save a criminal was to grab the horns of an altar. The horns represented God’s power and mercy. This reminds us that as Romans 12:1-2 says that we are to be “a living sacrifice” to God, and our motivation is in the mercy that He gives to us. There are two places in the Bible that give us accounts of people grabbing the horns of an altar. Joab and Adonijah both grabbed the horns of the altar to attempt to save their own lives. The horns saved Adonijah because his killing was man slaughter, but Joab was killed because his was a premeditated murder. They found actual pieces of the altar scattered around the city when they had done excavations a while ago, but they are now in a museum. It is likely that they altar was destroyed by either King Hezekiah or King Josiah, because it was not allowed to have altars outside of Jerusalem, yet none of the kings beside these two are said to have destroyed the high places (see 2 Kings 23:8).<br /> Also at Beer Sheva there was a well and Genesis 21:22-34 gives an account about when Abraham went through Beer Sheva and dug a well similar to the one we were at in the same area. Through the incident of digging the well Beer Sheva got its name. Beer means ‘well’ and Sheva means ‘oath or seven’, but in this case it means ‘oath’ because Abraham made a covenant with Abimelech. In the city we saw a storage room where they would have stored grain, wine, and oil from the taxes they collected. 2 Chronicles 32:27-29 talks about Hezekiah building store houses such as this one to store the things mentioned above. From the city we could see the Nahal Basor which flows all the way to Gaza. Even though there are many branches of it they all go to the same area, and Psalm 126 talks about these water courses of the Negev.<br /> <br /> We then went to Tel Arad, which dates back to the early Bronze Age around 3000 BC when it was a Canaanite city, but the Canaanite city was much larger than when the Israelites inhabited it. So it would have been around when Abraham was around and he could have most likely walked there. The Canaanite city could have deteriorated after the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah because this city could have been a place where the minerals that were collected from the Dead Sea were traded. When the two cities right by were destroyed, the business would have stopped too. In the Iron Age city of Tel Arad the importance of the city was trade just as it was when Sodom and Gomorrah were around. This is a place where people have to trust in God because the climate is very difficult to live in and everyone wants it because of its strategic place on the trading routes. As we looked around at the destruction of the city Bill reminded us that the pride of man will be humbled and God will be exalted.<br /> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkqMXDhclZhEl0Y2kCw8EMa6ycpF6gvugSjzNDwV0G0BA-MjJYpKd1pEmfmjISLzkKaQoNJivmLkSDiCo3mF_4YLyOIeSzQ1f7xqc2B1uvmcYqhYXys4WDK0Gxhyphenhyphen7uky-dW3Ta09rYFtSu/s1600-h/IMG_6919.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 234px; height: 176px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkqMXDhclZhEl0Y2kCw8EMa6ycpF6gvugSjzNDwV0G0BA-MjJYpKd1pEmfmjISLzkKaQoNJivmLkSDiCo3mF_4YLyOIeSzQ1f7xqc2B1uvmcYqhYXys4WDK0Gxhyphenhyphen7uky-dW3Ta09rYFtSu/s400/IMG_6919.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311476931672835218" border="0" /></a>In the city there is a mini temple there with an altar made from uncut stones, as is prescribed when an altar is made, there is also a Holy of Holies where there were incense burners. A place such as this was condemned because it is a man made system of worship. They were doing something that God had commanded them not to do; it was an unworthy manner to ‘worship’. Places such as this were called the ‘high places’ and it says that King Asa, Jehoshaphat, and Jehoash of Judah did not take down these high places (see 1 Kings 15:14, 1 Kings 22:43, 2 Chron. 17:6, and 2 Kings 12:3).<br />From there we stopped by David ben Gurion’s home in Midreshet. It was his second home away from his other one in Tel Aviv. It was a kibbutz that a number of young people were starting and then he wanted to join them, so after they accepted him he was there as often as he could. It was the place where he also died.<br />We then went to the Nahal Zin and we hiked in a canyon there and Bill reminded us that when the children of Israel were able to have water brought out of the flinty rock by God. There is much flint rock which would be very difficult to walk through with the footwear they had.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMvEdsP7vdXrsGSxzfO71Vx82Lri94zqd0EqcxrGIFxhXBCchy39s4d9DagBPcOAOEdagyh3JurtLAWazn6pihb8hQ-p2zpIQWtLdi46b3i-FPQKyBjY8yikLAV5FjCtf-Bq1hIXVferOy/s1600-h/IMG_8907.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMvEdsP7vdXrsGSxzfO71Vx82Lri94zqd0EqcxrGIFxhXBCchy39s4d9DagBPcOAOEdagyh3JurtLAWazn6pihb8hQ-p2zpIQWtLdi46b3i-FPQKyBjY8yikLAV5FjCtf-Bq1hIXVferOy/s200/IMG_8907.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311478753862910914" border="0" /></a>We came to the city of Avdat, where the Nabateans came in 200 BC, and then the Romans came in 106 AD. The people in the city took on Christianity. There are signs Christians present because there are signs of a church that would have been there. There is a baptismal along with Greek inscription with a cross and menorah. Our last stop of the first day was at Mactesh Ramon, a large natural crater, which is five miles by twenty-five miles long at the longest points.<br />The first stop on the second day was in the Wilderness of Paran. This is where the children of Israel were wandering for forty years. It is an unforgiving place to have to be in the summer. Deuteronomy 8:15 says that it is a “great and terrifying wilderness, with its fiery serpents and scorpions and thirsty ground”. The wilderness is a place of testing. God had the Israelites go through there so that they would be humbled and trust in Him, to do them good as verse 16 says in Deuteronomy 8. This is where Ishmael and Hagar lived after they went out from Abraham.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTbVcP3bJ27MivfZPNO0BGY7_YbnypCrG_cTqaFvhjSxHSMmgJbIeCDyQV0sj_pNgky0PcHUun1wYq4z81_8t0ArczBImZmm0TmXks-zj7wJMnj3e1nFWI7kFRaai-mNnrBfHwBtRhQ63-/s1600-h/IMG_9021.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 72px; height: 108px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTbVcP3bJ27MivfZPNO0BGY7_YbnypCrG_cTqaFvhjSxHSMmgJbIeCDyQV0sj_pNgky0PcHUun1wYq4z81_8t0ArczBImZmm0TmXks-zj7wJMnj3e1nFWI7kFRaai-mNnrBfHwBtRhQ63-/s200/IMG_9021.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311486207315958962" border="0" /></a>We then went to the Red Canyon where we hiked. It is similar to what Petra would look like as we hiked through the winding canyon. From there we went over by the Israeli Egyptian border. From there we were above Elat and could see Egypt, Israel, Jordan, and t<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-WAxmb3F81UCk-6XYAopM3cWyqmLlwP0QEb2pPj3Ma-VD85BffYh8imtvX6kueG54UQ6NQ0vK6onhJrgfaV2U7y6m6nW8xejkDWZqWRzfkwQCYbJQZtb05uCVP-uQU3EsFvZEMNATfWjE/s1600-h/IMG_9072.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 144px; height: 97px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-WAxmb3F81UCk-6XYAopM3cWyqmLlwP0QEb2pPj3Ma-VD85BffYh8imtvX6kueG54UQ6NQ0vK6onhJrgfaV2U7y6m6nW8xejkDWZqWRzfkwQCYbJQZtb05uCVP-uQU3EsFvZEMNATfWjE/s200/IMG_9072.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311487372174741874" border="0" /></a>he Gulf of Aqaba. Our last thing of the day was to go snorkeling in the Gulf of Aqaba where there was a great diversity of sea creatures. The Gulf of Aqaba was where the kings of Israel, such as Solomon could build ships. The Gulf of Aqaba opens up trade to the Far East.<br />On the third day we first went to Timnah where there were copper mines that were used by the Egyptians, Romans, and even now days in other areas surrounding Timnah. The miners would find the copper and try and follow it as it branched down into the ground. They would also refine the copper they found in pits where they would melt the rock and then collect the copper that was left behind. Psalm 12:6 tells us that God’s word is refined seven times, so we know that God’s word is pure. Over by Solomon’s pillars there is an Egyptian inscription and temple to the goddess Hathor.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvBET85LwdJ8gpiXM6fRIb_2PUooCESc0FipSdG4g0k9wCFXKhiTL8AJCU2S6bLNV5JfYhrPxs1KIdadFxbuIKETB0ZrD5-F__9K0mruJSmVW9wJf98YU52fpJpscO9W3TpCSqaSB7J-tq/s1600-h/IMG_9153.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvBET85LwdJ8gpiXM6fRIb_2PUooCESc0FipSdG4g0k9wCFXKhiTL8AJCU2S6bLNV5JfYhrPxs1KIdadFxbuIKETB0ZrD5-F__9K0mruJSmVW9wJf98YU52fpJpscO9W3TpCSqaSB7J-tq/s200/IMG_9153.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311488850832758194" border="0" /></a>There was also a life size Tabernacle built to the measurements that are described in Exodus 26-28. The Tabernacle faces east because when people go into it they put their backs to the East because they are facing the one true God. False religions would have their people face east toward their gods, so the statement that the people of Israel made was a bold one. The Tabernacle was mobile, so it could move with the children of Israel as they moved along the wilderness. The priests and Levites could go into the court of the Tabernacle. The priests could go into the Tabernacle, and only the High Priest could go into the Holy of Holies once a year.<br />For the sacrifices there would be one bull for Aaron and his sons, one ram for the people, and two lambs one would be sacrificed and the other would be a scapegoat that would go into the wilderness. There is a ramp leading up to the bronze altar so that the priests would not dishonor God by showing their legs while sacrificing. The copper laver was used for the priests to wash their hands, and the copper for this laver was given by the women at the gate.<br />Inside the Tabernacle there were four different colors that represent the Most High God. Red is for blood, white is for purity, purple is for royalty, and blue is for heaven. As you entered there was the Table of Showbread on the right-hand side. It had twelve pieces of showbread to represent the twelve tribes of Israel. We see David eating this bread as he is running. He could have been killed for doing such a thing, especially on Shabbat, but as Jesus talks about this incident Jesus says that He is Lord of Shabbat and it was made for man, not man for Shabbat. We see with David that there is grace above the Law. On the left-hand side there is a menorah.<br />When the priests would enter the Tabernacle they would have to take off their sandals because they were on holy ground. The things that the High Priest is decked out with shows that he carries Israel on his heart and his shoulders as he went before God on the Day of Atonement. On that day he would purify himself between each sacrifice. The Holy of Holies is separated by a veil and the veil in the temple was torn by God from top to bottom when Jesus died. At all Jewish funerals it is customary for one to tear a piece of their shirt as a sign of grief. This action, done by God, could represent His grief for His Son’s death and it also shows that all can come into the presence of God.<br />That night we went to the base of Masada and slept there. In the m<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisdUj9G2DfIg7v5Hd-s1VLHx_qvAzWvd3hoORTWQLLL8BcNjuwGlROwsn1QaOZnYOtZI7VfNkWo0Yo6OvbSx38CdsWiU2-bnQgE5H4QbMZwPZJjg3P-irslVmbu7Xw_zLFWjexlwKnNeM1/s1600-h/IMG_9322.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 245px; height: 161px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisdUj9G2DfIg7v5Hd-s1VLHx_qvAzWvd3hoORTWQLLL8BcNjuwGlROwsn1QaOZnYOtZI7VfNkWo0Yo6OvbSx38CdsWiU2-bnQgE5H4QbMZwPZJjg3P-irslVmbu7Xw_zLFWjexlwKnNeM1/s200/IMG_9322.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311541426858531042" border="0" /></a>orning I started my hike to Masada at 5:15AM and got up there at 5:45AM to see the sunrise. Masada was built by the high priest Jonathan from 161-143 BC. Later on King Herod built a palace there that resided on the northern point of the plateau. Masada was held by Jews left over from the 70AD revolt led by Eleazar.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNrzqoo2bLyXMHZ2wRAFxdyvkaOe3FMhFeaonmLxvbyve3tCWALIvgXQjPuNTcBY2kWvnT81CoyOGWL8oRvAM6EhAFT-WWlmC3OzG9y-yElyIV9SBpuD1k8FG7wgQyHc7KivQJWBW9VZ6q/s1600-h/IMG_9457.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNrzqoo2bLyXMHZ2wRAFxdyvkaOe3FMhFeaonmLxvbyve3tCWALIvgXQjPuNTcBY2kWvnT81CoyOGWL8oRvAM6EhAFT-WWlmC3OzG9y-yElyIV9SBpuD1k8FG7wgQyHc7KivQJWBW9VZ6q/s200/IMG_9457.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311544806326358690" border="0" /></a> The Romans came upon the city in 72 AD and had to build a ramp up to the city in order to get into it. The ramp is 375 feet high and it took two to three months after the ramp was built to finally take the city in 73 AD. To their surprise everyone except seven people committed suicide rather than falling into the Roman’s hands. There were ten chosen to slit the people’s throats, which were given willingly. Then there was one chosen among the ten who took the life of the other nine and then finally took his own. The seven who survived were two women and five children who hid themselves in aqueducts. There was a total of nine hundred and sixty who died willingly.<br />Our last stop was in Qumran where the Dead Sea scrolls were found. The Essenes most likely lived here because of the way Josephus described them. Most the scrolls written there were written before the time of Jesus. Before these the oldest pieces of scripture dated back to 1000 AD these date to around 150 BC. Every Old Testament is found here except Esther.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1NAKbTVnraZGGqToJoWAr9u64_ZLGbX9EXPqJ1aPcjAFpn7v6sJIFjc_tAm0eHxdJlYW-dqyMiJvS_xve0Y0LGDF40iTUocceqyWuZWgD2Rb6w6w2hJcUSdUBFayNThLc_HahjbcFFb55/s1600-h/IMG_9567.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1NAKbTVnraZGGqToJoWAr9u64_ZLGbX9EXPqJ1aPcjAFpn7v6sJIFjc_tAm0eHxdJlYW-dqyMiJvS_xve0Y0LGDF40iTUocceqyWuZWgD2Rb6w6w2hJcUSdUBFayNThLc_HahjbcFFb55/s320/IMG_9567.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311545736616325362" border="0" /></a> Psalm, Deuteronomy, and Isaiah have appeared the most out of all the books found here. The longest scroll found is twenty-eight feet long. The clay jars they were found in are unique to Qumran. All the scrolls found are spread out along a mile and a half area. The Essenes would have grown and sold dates as their way of making money. Out of the one thousand books found here one quarter were biblical books.Sethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06611714885984128589noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3155778360714301548.post-20286742554636849802009-02-27T02:25:00.000-08:002009-03-11T07:05:38.420-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLl88akucmEe0ujE5q0IbEIlGSyRnKcFR3UZLYCC2pDLhsk6IB_HFgRtjc-SEbIf_qDtIRR_Yt6E0Ha7AgVhP7HfSGu5zjqgr2oRzmrTgyhWMFRf68iMxt5Wd9hcoXhFmumVHgx4NSLXx-/s1600-h/n686263450_1471996_9276.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 357px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLl88akucmEe0ujE5q0IbEIlGSyRnKcFR3UZLYCC2pDLhsk6IB_HFgRtjc-SEbIf_qDtIRR_Yt6E0Ha7AgVhP7HfSGu5zjqgr2oRzmrTgyhWMFRf68iMxt5Wd9hcoXhFmumVHgx4NSLXx-/s400/n686263450_1471996_9276.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307423089129320770" border="0" /></a><br />This is where we went on Wednesday for our History of Modern Israel class field study.<br /><br />Our first stop was at the campus and house that Cheim Weizmann built. Born in Russia, he became a brilliant man as he went on to Germany for school at a younger age and then England to teach. When he came to Eratz Israel and established the university of graduate and doctorate programs in science in the modern town of Rehavot, the modern town was not even established. The reason why he was able to build this campus with his own money was because of the patents he had in the science community. He was a man that knew the right people to be able to establish the Balfour Declaration. Even though many people helped establish this country I think Cheim does not get as much credit as he deserves. He was the one that knew the people in the British government who had the authority and power to be able to establish this state. It is true that many Jews did not like the British, but this was all their land so they were the ones that had the power to do with it as they pleased. Cheim was the one who was able to greatly influence this decision. He was in there at the right time, because Britain was not too particular to having a Jewish state before or after the Balfour Declaration. When Israel declared itself a state Britain did not recognize it until Winston Churchill became Prime Minister. I think that the people should have given him a more honorable position as Prime Minister.<br />We then went to David Ben Gurion’s house. He too was not born in Eratz Israel but in Poland. He was made to be a politician because he could not farm, fight, or be a doctor. It is disappointing that he was not able to finish law school, but he was able to do a much more prestige job of becoming the Prime Minister. Ben Gurion was also a brilliant man almost like Weizmann because of his ability to learn multiple languages.I am not sure if it is just that Ben Gurion knew the people more than Weizmann or if he knew politics better, but even without a major degree he became the first Prime Minister.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik51ZMqfO0HCKvjzwxiKskpZHxoW1UcP6cLZ3l_0BD4F2IsaSAtQD_gWRGTe1DiluI1Ykc2esrG_7rqpIkAA4YWDx8rqCIwZ3ZIdFFebCxtv3ETkjngWK15iL7ZYOTzx3sN59FjGzGeGcV/s1600-h/n731285883_2218646_3930.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 338px; height: 254px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik51ZMqfO0HCKvjzwxiKskpZHxoW1UcP6cLZ3l_0BD4F2IsaSAtQD_gWRGTe1DiluI1Ykc2esrG_7rqpIkAA4YWDx8rqCIwZ3ZIdFFebCxtv3ETkjngWK15iL7ZYOTzx3sN59FjGzGeGcV/s400/n731285883_2218646_3930.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307423694401574242" border="0" /></a>On our last stop we came to the tank museum and it was an experience that allowed us to be able to look in on the Israeli military and how they have functioned throughout the wars and how they have functioned in the losses they have had in personnel. I really enjoyed the Tower of Tears. It was sobering to see the holes where a projectile hit the tank and killed people and how those pieces were integrated into the piece of art as a whole. The rust that the water made seemed to me that it shows the effect of scarring that a death has and that war can have on people. It was a very unique piece of art that I think really represented that whole place.Sethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06611714885984128589noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3155778360714301548.post-67105559605122685602009-02-18T13:39:00.000-08:002009-02-18T14:26:32.983-08:00In the Buffer ZoneHeading down to the Shephelah it was easy to see how the terrain changed from deep narrow valleys and tall hills to the wider valleys and descending hills as they pointed to the coastal plain. In this buffer zone between the hill country and the coastal plain there are five main valleys to use as passage between these two different types of terrain. <br />Our first stop was at Beth-shemesh, which is in the Sorek Valley. This was the land that Samson was born and grew up in—the tribe of Dan. Although the valley produces good wine Samson could not have any because he had taken the Nasserite vow.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCpbbGCY6ruxCT6BTF1Odm9hR56aKyU99HcAfO9ewU86lzAkK0I-iUgCsaBIC03scPa5F0fm_XBBO13zprTg6mv0c_dsQphWzj_2x4F3xgnB2nZAsewvbzZ8rCy6r09AP_zU68TRgdkT7J/s1600-h/IMG_6722.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCpbbGCY6ruxCT6BTF1Odm9hR56aKyU99HcAfO9ewU86lzAkK0I-iUgCsaBIC03scPa5F0fm_XBBO13zprTg6mv0c_dsQphWzj_2x4F3xgnB2nZAsewvbzZ8rCy6r09AP_zU68TRgdkT7J/s200/IMG_6722.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304256033201646514" /></a> Samson took the road through the Sorek to go to Ashkelon to kill the one thousand Philistines to pay for the bet he had. Then when his fiancé is given to another man he goes and burns the Philistinian fields and vineyards. He also took the gates of the city from Gaza to Hebron, which is about a forty mile walk in a straight line. Therefore, we can easily see that it is the Spirit of the Lord that energizes Samson. It was in the Sorek Valley, when he was going to see his girlfriend, Timnah, where he killed a lion (Judges 14:1-9). The woman Delilah, who turned him over to the Philistines, was from the Sorek too. Another major thing that might have happened right after the time of Samson was the return of the Ark of the Covenant from the Philistines. The Israelites took the Ark to battle against the Philistines, thinking that they could manipulate God like other people did with their gods, but it was taken. After it had gone to Ashdod, Gath and Ekron the Philistines sent it back because of all the havoc it was causing in those cities. They put it on a cart and the two cows took it through the Sorek Valley over to Beth-shemesh.<br /> The next stop was south from the Sorek Valley at Azekah, in the Valley of Elah. When the Amorites were escaping from Joshua it says in Joshua 10:11 that the hail stones that were shooting down on them fell “as far as Azekah”. In Sennacherib’s boasting about conquering cities in Judah, he stated that Azekah was an “eagle’s nest”. From the hilltop that the city is on, it is easy to see the coastal plain and the hill country, thus making it a vital defensive spot when holding against those coming from the coastal plain. 1 Samuel 17 describes one of the most told stories that is always the template of a comeback. The event between David and Goliath happened in the middle part of the Elah Valley between Azekah and Socoh.<br /> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLR5ujG0fP8zqBY7UmbjONYTQ2yDlKfqd8m7fBS7w11tpNo4KYR4nPFJtzixU3jGTDS3zrUhDjEbq-SMYy90T1HhLmHGwY3EM_h7u25fkLHyudhxSxzJ6S3q5w37KVoMHWvdkMb_fxCLIZ/s1600-h/IMG_6751.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLR5ujG0fP8zqBY7UmbjONYTQ2yDlKfqd8m7fBS7w11tpNo4KYR4nPFJtzixU3jGTDS3zrUhDjEbq-SMYy90T1HhLmHGwY3EM_h7u25fkLHyudhxSxzJ6S3q5w37KVoMHWvdkMb_fxCLIZ/s200/IMG_6751.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304256965500599922" /></a>From there we went to caves that were built in 135 AD during the second revolt. The entrance ways were tiny and would have to be crawled through to get to a bigger room. It was very small, the claustrophobic could probably not even look into the crawling space it was that small. They would get their enemy in there and kill them as they came in, not making it easy for them to escape. We then went over to a Roman period amphitheater in Bet-guvrim where plays were held and gladiators fought. <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgHSAug2iWZ3lmvnny4_O7cYgQFDcFuf1BNHzRea0rzuikb1c0RwwE9cBQPxFwzop6cOvGX_EDxFBLRfI0e2irHONLDjo1O0jynFQXjQBQsbRJTVxmwoEBn8xm1itUkt7nXgAQmakQnLpQ/s1600-h/ampitheater2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 94px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgHSAug2iWZ3lmvnny4_O7cYgQFDcFuf1BNHzRea0rzuikb1c0RwwE9cBQPxFwzop6cOvGX_EDxFBLRfI0e2irHONLDjo1O0jynFQXjQBQsbRJTVxmwoEBn8xm1itUkt7nXgAQmakQnLpQ/s400/ampitheater2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304260478199317010" /></a><br /><br />We then went to the prized possession of Sennacherib, Lacish. When the city was conquered by the Israelites they were told not to destroy any of the buildings, so there is no clear distinction, in the archeology, from the Canaanite and Israelite periods. This city was boasted about by Sennacherib because he could not take Jerusalem since God killed one hundred eighty-five thousand men in one night. It was taken again by Nebuchadnezzar in 501 BC. In some pieces of writing found in the city Azekah and Lacish were the last two cities standing. <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj4ayL6dwIL_KRBPZO71MjIaYj1rs-VaU8VNYRhyLTYqy99Z2EkrJHx-ua0uH7BXlVEHICqUgVutudUfFXKnkwaMjGLd_nlBGA6e-DeBfjm4dL-VP-zfCVmy9pu41U02A8ROlwNps_MdZ7/s1600-h/lacish2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 176px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj4ayL6dwIL_KRBPZO71MjIaYj1rs-VaU8VNYRhyLTYqy99Z2EkrJHx-ua0uH7BXlVEHICqUgVutudUfFXKnkwaMjGLd_nlBGA6e-DeBfjm4dL-VP-zfCVmy9pu41U02A8ROlwNps_MdZ7/s400/lacish2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304267072742354962" /></a><br />While we were driving back to the Elah Valley, we were pointed to the area where Asa repelled an attack by an Ethiopian named Zerah (2 Chon 14:9-15). We then went to a brook where David would have taken the five stones and Bill showed us how the people would have slung the stones. Then we went up to an early excavation site that could be either Aphas Damim or Sharime (meaning ‘two gates’)(I'm not sure if that is how you spell them), in the Elah Valley. This town, dating back to the time of David (900 BC), had two gates and was strongly fortified. There are only a few areas where they have dug since they started excavating only a year ago. One of the guys, Josh, showed me and Jon a small cave in the ground where they had thrown all the pot shards and there were tons of pieces that had been discarded. I found a whole handle attached to the pot, but not the whole pot, pretty cool find.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAcSyhSVsxeD1Va9Bd6m6uoAlDhyjqGLLqjaOFsJqOqWdxKHtM8k3951ZqsoTZ9tpi9v1zKCld52x8Wra0W3k4kHiHHU19cvSLRQD4dYPyOFov6D2NAG_gdO-0lcpTjlV_jTPUkNhZ0WL7/s1600-h/excavation.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 111px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAcSyhSVsxeD1Va9Bd6m6uoAlDhyjqGLLqjaOFsJqOqWdxKHtM8k3951ZqsoTZ9tpi9v1zKCld52x8Wra0W3k4kHiHHU19cvSLRQD4dYPyOFov6D2NAG_gdO-0lcpTjlV_jTPUkNhZ0WL7/s400/excavation.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304263926159196450" /></a> This is the only excavation that they have done.Sethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06611714885984128589noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3155778360714301548.post-80203357641510962722009-02-13T07:34:00.000-08:002009-02-13T14:38:41.477-08:00Jerusalem Approaches: Mount of Olives, Bethelehem, HerodiumThis was to be for yesterday.<br /><br /> Our first stop today was on the Mount of Olives. We were in the vicinity of where Jesus ascended to heaven because it says in Luke 24 that he ascended “out of the vicinity of Bethany”, which was where we were. <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMLPOMMVgVRIueKIveqe3TYe8V7K7luI6qZiryT6OpgagH-OuFvbOxZWc_kKUupYFC90rUJn1-0PnwgxH8f1OgmsfKJBzFwTLOz4wQUpf6ZdLqkzH_l5brm48H6drUF0Lmmcwe-3YMwRDe/s1600-h/IMG_6582.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMLPOMMVgVRIueKIveqe3TYe8V7K7luI6qZiryT6OpgagH-OuFvbOxZWc_kKUupYFC90rUJn1-0PnwgxH8f1OgmsfKJBzFwTLOz4wQUpf6ZdLqkzH_l5brm48H6drUF0Lmmcwe-3YMwRDe/s200/IMG_6582.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302307457565690994" /></a>We read the account of Him ascending acting like we were looking up into the sky and the angels asking what we are looking at. The Mount of Olives is also the place where Jesus will descend to on His second return, and as He comes down the Mount of Olives will split in two (Zech 14:1-5). From where we were, looking east, we could see Bethphage and Bethany. Bethpage was where Jesus told the disciples to get the donkey for His triumphal entry. An interesting note about His triumphal entry was that the people who were praising Him were not the people to be demanding Jesus’ crucifixion.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_CWX2iQEQ9Av34-qN5d3VfS7WLpCXR_6kVI9PwM01n11LEBqHlTuNoOxsOi0TrUn1LTmpu7edTjq42oXPJrh0DDz-NPgYUMD0tRnsFib1cCN9NukmFZMqoNXnLX8H2OTxr_uvmF_xyZmd/s1600-h/IMG_6591.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_CWX2iQEQ9Av34-qN5d3VfS7WLpCXR_6kVI9PwM01n11LEBqHlTuNoOxsOi0TrUn1LTmpu7edTjq42oXPJrh0DDz-NPgYUMD0tRnsFib1cCN9NukmFZMqoNXnLX8H2OTxr_uvmF_xyZmd/s320/IMG_6591.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302308628092177010" /></a><br /> Just as people had differing views about things today there was a group that loved him and a group that wanted His arrest. That is why they did not arrest Him earlier, because they were afraid of the crowd. That is why they had to do it at night; when everyone was in bed. Bethany was they hometown of Mary, Martha, and Lazarus. This was where Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead. The Mount of Olives was also where Jesus prayed and was betrayed in the area called Gethsemane.<br /> We then went over to the Hinnom Valley, opposite Jerusalem and saw some Iron Age (around 600BC) burial tombs. Death is a prominent thing here; they don’t hide their graves, in fact, it is one way to claim land. Concerning the tombs surrounding Jerusalem, Jesus had said that the Pharisees were like those tombs that were white on the outside, but full of death on the inside. The ridge that the tombs were on, on the Hinnom Valley ridge, was the border between Judah and Benjamin. <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOtJNaCklRxenOr6eo9UbYALn5ard8yngh1146X02E0sdAD7fjDP9k-oBo1u4AiiFODJDB9lm6HxQCsg0e95vmkwKhoKXrARjlyFOreYJg1ZtaZR4aUXqb9Kwc9H-K2fNzahvWpavlBbGT/s1600-h/IMG_6598.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOtJNaCklRxenOr6eo9UbYALn5ard8yngh1146X02E0sdAD7fjDP9k-oBo1u4AiiFODJDB9lm6HxQCsg0e95vmkwKhoKXrARjlyFOreYJg1ZtaZR4aUXqb9Kwc9H-K2fNzahvWpavlBbGT/s200/IMG_6598.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302309805495708146" /></a>On the top of the ridge is the Road of the Patriarchs and we were in the area that the Levite decided to continue on to Gibeah, which was where the Benjaminite civil war started. This also could have been the area where Abraham met Melchizedeck to give him gifts. In one of the tombs we were at the oldest piece of scripture was found. It was a piece of silver that was rolled up in a necklace but the area that it was found was covered with dirt so grave robbers had no idea of its existence. It quotes Numbers 6:24-26, and this artifact dates back to 600 BC. We can be reminded of what Jesus says in John 5:21 and 24 where he says that he has the power over death. We are the only religion where Christ has the key to death and Hades.<br /> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpJ58id6sXU3yqDthOXCpEsZVACA8ujD3YwMwk-FQFTBjY-O2l5JncbaKy0_D6vrG75lgguI9cxXYznRNWwRSlaA113K6RH4KmLExwCKXl5wDFPUALoYkb7gCy7r2tc3FoQOduwUSnBER8/s1600-h/IMG_6619.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpJ58id6sXU3yqDthOXCpEsZVACA8ujD3YwMwk-FQFTBjY-O2l5JncbaKy0_D6vrG75lgguI9cxXYznRNWwRSlaA113K6RH4KmLExwCKXl5wDFPUALoYkb7gCy7r2tc3FoQOduwUSnBER8/s400/IMG_6619.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302333585935361186" /></a>We then went to Bethlehem, which was on the West Bank so we had to go through a checkpoint (we've been over there before). When we got there there were some murals/graffiti on the walls. Most of what they say are totally wrong. They only reason why there has to be a wall up is because it is to prohibit/defer/discourage suicide bombers. Now areas where suicide bombers are usually from doesn't allow them walk over to a bus and blow it up.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBQ9Rpp_6l8v3cTEF3Q8bYm5Kno2ssmgM3vPr04NYE537wf6WeDYpUjMF1gtvz7yxYGfezhRR8y1JDaKToodlQqc0M5dKXaSJGEkS9a42lQGDtgphcW7y4hctSZBWXl1O4NhFiFZUyctuZ/s1600-h/wall+painting.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 124px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBQ9Rpp_6l8v3cTEF3Q8bYm5Kno2ssmgM3vPr04NYE537wf6WeDYpUjMF1gtvz7yxYGfezhRR8y1JDaKToodlQqc0M5dKXaSJGEkS9a42lQGDtgphcW7y4hctSZBWXl1O4NhFiFZUyctuZ/s320/wall+painting.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302329461632295266" /></a> Bethlehem was David’s hometown and Jesus was born here. In the wheat fields surrounding Bethlehem was where Boaz had his fields, and where the accounts of the book of Ruth took place. Bill pointed out that everyone has a wrong view of the Christmas story. First of all there was no inn; the word is supposed to be translated ‘upper room’ meaning that it was probably Joseph’s family’s house. <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQHUmjteudn04zQUaruhqmYMcU5V-V2ZjiQsk1kQ7R_YYjpFxlKgTvKxemgyFOFcLtNQFJPmczRQBe3X7mjW2u8PLtAiwAvBLjUkOkODOn4yyeduusvS_vF8d5_ufTQI5oIHLMFxCP7Vog/s1600-h/IMG_6637.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQHUmjteudn04zQUaruhqmYMcU5V-V2ZjiQsk1kQ7R_YYjpFxlKgTvKxemgyFOFcLtNQFJPmczRQBe3X7mjW2u8PLtAiwAvBLjUkOkODOn4yyeduusvS_vF8d5_ufTQI5oIHLMFxCP7Vog/s200/IMG_6637.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302338112431026898" /></a>There was no late night arrival; they were there for days maybe even weeks before Jesus was born. The account never mentions any animals in the manger. The shepherds didn’t see the star; the magi did, the shepherds would have gone around asking people where the new born was. Also, Jesus could have been born during the day. Bethlehem is the place where God became man.<br /> We then went to the Herodium, which was a fortress built by Herod. It is also the burial place of Herod, which was just found in 2007.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilM36XgXE7KdOiZ5NrwwOA0yY84iDT0oF3VrYc9YGP4-owpQxqF8U1-V8Ss6Yab2yt8vulw4oyS0ukjcd8uoKfHFOq1sf3OrnyEFYqOyDOb69Un4c9wm9rbK-i7hBJ0qT254d_J-9rDlbn/s1600-h/IMG_6661.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilM36XgXE7KdOiZ5NrwwOA0yY84iDT0oF3VrYc9YGP4-owpQxqF8U1-V8Ss6Yab2yt8vulw4oyS0ukjcd8uoKfHFOq1sf3OrnyEFYqOyDOb69Un4c9wm9rbK-i7hBJ0qT254d_J-9rDlbn/s200/IMG_6661.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302412662573912482" /></a> The Jews took the fortress over in the two revolts in 70 AD and 135 AD. One of the features were a couple of cisterns that had water brought in by bucket from the aqueducts below, yet the Jews used the tunnels as ways to get to different areas when fighting.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-DiWS9LeXtsY6JWK3nFh_iYeVhLODZBXuW6CVNluSQNJJ0PcQHf2zQ4GKS1kR29bRuNLPuZFQ4t9QLMp4TKx_mxtQUmE3aNe0ls0Fo9Nj5ai9R-7uye580Mq6SsoStUteIDsRc6CUlSNK/s1600-h/IMG_6674.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-DiWS9LeXtsY6JWK3nFh_iYeVhLODZBXuW6CVNluSQNJJ0PcQHf2zQ4GKS1kR29bRuNLPuZFQ4t9QLMp4TKx_mxtQUmE3aNe0ls0Fo9Nj5ai9R-7uye580Mq6SsoStUteIDsRc6CUlSNK/s200/IMG_6674.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302414630346024994" /></a><br /> We then went to Nahal Arugot, which was the valley that Jehoshaphat went through, on the Ascent of Ziz, to defeat the Edomites, Ammonites, and Moabites. On this route Jehoshaphat had the singers go out in front and sing ‘Hodu’ (2 Chron 20:1-4, 15-27). From where we were we could see the town Tekoa, which was the hometown of the prophet of Amos. Amos had to prophesy against the Northern kingdom that even though they were well off economically they were far away from God. He says in Amos 5:4, 6 “seek Me/the Lord and live”.<br /> Our last stop was in the Valley of Rephaim. This is the way that David probably went to go to the Israelite camp and defeat Goliath. David took this route to Jebus to conquer the city and set up his palace there. After the kingdom was set up no one ever was able to successfully attack from the south in any routes.Sethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06611714885984128589noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3155778360714301548.post-83206146246426900072009-02-05T08:58:00.001-08:002009-02-05T13:07:12.076-08:00Benjamin Fieldstudy....Joshua fought the battle of Jericho, Jericho, Jericho........This is to be for yesterday.<br /> <br />As we left Yad Hashmonah and were on our way to the Valley of Aijalon we passed by Emmaus, which is not the Emmaus that Jesus walked on with two disciples. The Emmaus that Jesus walked to was only seven miles from Jerusalem and this one is about twenty. During the time of the Jewish rebellion the fifth Roman legion was placed there. On our fist stop looking at the Valley of Aijalon we were at the fork where the Beth-Horon ridge route comes into the valley.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFfeZwCjMUk4RVd4mbEDS1MvGDwz2UIFbaUer961STTuSy9wB-A9VSG-9gQixiSQpzHWv75HwoCWhySd3oetCE4cly_S7rQjWkI6bepvJvByP9kEDVYu_j2wupzcDpW2ryFqcAlPv2BHTI/s1600-h/IMG_8357.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFfeZwCjMUk4RVd4mbEDS1MvGDwz2UIFbaUer961STTuSy9wB-A9VSG-9gQixiSQpzHWv75HwoCWhySd3oetCE4cly_S7rQjWkI6bepvJvByP9kEDVYu_j2wupzcDpW2ryFqcAlPv2BHTI/s200/IMG_8357.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299392859679079714" /></a> <br />We drove up to a hill overlooking Upper and Lower Beth-Horon and the ridge route. <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizOq401DfYLbzt8j2ps8jQ-HqTYG4HtiAMrrxerMizUh9oBMcSguxjTvlcl93TZ8VhYQIuQbODcELa7s_vTb2lIs92qM4MCHanypvQ521B0jMXlwRKtLipUjkfh8Ce61vY4HSx_wMy_n30/s1600-h/IMG_8404.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizOq401DfYLbzt8j2ps8jQ-HqTYG4HtiAMrrxerMizUh9oBMcSguxjTvlcl93TZ8VhYQIuQbODcELa7s_vTb2lIs92qM4MCHanypvQ521B0jMXlwRKtLipUjkfh8Ce61vY4HSx_wMy_n30/s200/IMG_8404.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299409781756457634" /></a>It was crazy we took the bus up this one lane road with a deep valley on one side and the hill on the other. It was pretty steep going up too. The Beth-Horon route was used a number of times throughout history. When Joshua was fighting the Amorites they fled down the route and God threw down large hailstones only killing the Amorites, and when Joshua needed more daylight to finish them off God held the moon over the Valley of Aijalon and the sun over Gibeon (found in Joshua 10). Among the many times people used/fled down this route, the Philistines fled from Samuel, Saul, and David on all three separate occasions.<br />From there we went to a former mosque on a place called Nebi Samwil where Solomon might have asked God for wisdom in the “High Place of Gibeon” found in 1 Kings 3:3-15. From there we could see Gibeon where the Canaanite people tricked Joshua into making a peace treaty with them and Israel has to protect them at times. At the mosque they have what they think is the tomb of Samuel, but it is not it because we are told that he was buried in Ramah, his home town. Ramah was also where the Baasha and Asa of Israel and Judah would battle. Ramah was an important city because of its strategic location on the Road of the Patriarchs going to Jerusalem. <br />We then went to Gibeah of Saul where Saul made his capital during his reign. This is a strategic place in protect Jerusalem from the East. King Hussein of Jordan began to build a palace for himself, which could be on top of Saul’s palace, but only was able to finish a portion before the 1967 war. The people of Gibeah before the time of Saul were responsible for sparking the civil war with Benjamin that led to only six hundred men surviving from Benjamin who fled to Rimmon (found in Judges 19:10-16).<br />On the way to the pass between Geba and Mickmash we passed the area where Rachel was probably buried. When we came to a spot looking over the pass there was a cistern that Bill showed us. They can be twenty to thirty feet deep and they gourd shaped. In the Bible we see that Jeremiah and Joseph were thrown into cisterns; also Proverbs gives the symbolism of dinking from your own cistern. <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyHnQL7U0a6aZyYPwgVtiegyKYxG1THPMJ38YsY5ujUFveFqonPCXewH1NfMoTnWnaqA138SccxICRIrR856t7KhYRrbvR8cltb-2ptTKNNjW2SdoEvgeB0wf96F00aCb-i6XYCHZtZEWA/s1600-h/IMG_8476.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyHnQL7U0a6aZyYPwgVtiegyKYxG1THPMJ38YsY5ujUFveFqonPCXewH1NfMoTnWnaqA138SccxICRIrR856t7KhYRrbvR8cltb-2ptTKNNjW2SdoEvgeB0wf96F00aCb-i6XYCHZtZEWA/s320/IMG_8476.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299417281367352338" /></a>The pass is a sloped area that is just after a steep canyon making it possible for people to cross. This is a strategic piece of terrain that was used for military campaigns, such as Jonathan. He crossed the pass and battled the Philistines and killed all twenty men in the deployment force, which is followed by the panic of the entire Philistine army who flee from Mickmash all the way through the Aijalon Valley (found in 1 Samuel 13:16-14:23).<br />We drove through the wilderness down to get to Jericho. As a side note, Israel, I think, has the most diverse terrain in the world. I would say that in the area surround Santa Clarita there is a pretty diversity of terrain too. Within an hour or two we can be in the mountains, desert, farm fields, or beach. In Israel, you have all that (except they really don't have mountain ranges, its the hill country...real hills, rocky hills). I haven't been to the beach yet, but from where we are we could get there within at the very most, an hour. Within a few miles apart you can be out in the warm farmlands and then be in the hill country where it is usually windy and cool, and then within a few miles you can be in the desert like Lancaster. Its weird. We go to the barren hot desert and then you look at the map and only ten miles west is Jerusalem in the green windy hills. Jericho is the oldest city found. <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGnpqfhY3-sJBmX7M5NRDRhWunmeMJRmHqx8mXvwH9CH1fAdW11vFrgOsLUJ_bdYa3L9gSL_ngrhnod_PyHR1AigMA3JB8UgJuihM9yvprCNDF5cVAFrjLBtHvS_VRkuvMf4aG2TfTcmgr/s1600-h/IMG_8516.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGnpqfhY3-sJBmX7M5NRDRhWunmeMJRmHqx8mXvwH9CH1fAdW11vFrgOsLUJ_bdYa3L9gSL_ngrhnod_PyHR1AigMA3JB8UgJuihM9yvprCNDF5cVAFrjLBtHvS_VRkuvMf4aG2TfTcmgr/s320/IMG_8516.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299421473428258434" /></a>The biblical city is only 200 x 300 yards. Jericho was conquered by Joshua in 1406 BC (found in Joshua 6). The city wall had a foundation of rock with mud bricks on the top of that. When they conquered the city the text says that “wall fell underneath itself” meaning that the brick fell down enabling them to get in. Since we were on the Palestinian side of Israel they weren't too strict about getting artifacts. <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH6AhAmKPPk7mmJ7qWNujpWXS08SNdWeR00RYaCTnJdQCgHkcxJgCNfmmrXuxbXOtg7Lv0BSyWqOR3arzF5fg5F6bn2OLnDoGYewF4Ae-iSuLYN6xF8T3jJ5ojgRnTBMzj7wjjx4Mw3OZp/s1600-h/IMG_6560.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH6AhAmKPPk7mmJ7qWNujpWXS08SNdWeR00RYaCTnJdQCgHkcxJgCNfmmrXuxbXOtg7Lv0BSyWqOR3arzF5fg5F6bn2OLnDoGYewF4Ae-iSuLYN6xF8T3jJ5ojgRnTBMzj7wjjx4Mw3OZp/s200/IMG_6560.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299390524496892050" /></a>I got a number of pieces of clay pots and shells, one guy in the group got a small rock in the shape of a ball that Bill said could have been either a projectile or a weight. There is a spring right outside the city that Elisha made drinkable. After Elisha saw Elijah go up to heaven on the other side of the Jordan he came back and made the spring drinkable with a bowl of salt (found in 2 Kings 2 and yes I did drink from it). We then went to the outskirts of the modern city where there were Roman ruins of government buildings were. We can then understand that Jesus healed Bartimaeus between the two areas of Jericho. One area is the municipal area of Jericho and the other is the residental area of Jericho. That is why it may seem like there is a contradiction in the accounts found in Matthew 20:29 and Luke 18:35.Sethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06611714885984128589noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3155778360714301548.post-82899753792884833592009-02-01T14:19:00.000-08:002009-02-01T14:20:52.063-08:00Rocket attacks, this is from CNN....there is no problem here, don't worry<span style="font-weight:bold;"> Israeli PM vows 'sharp response' if Gaza attacks continue</span><br /><br />JERUSALEM (CNN) -- Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Sunday promised a "sharp Israeli response" if rocket attacks from Gaza continue. Palestinian militants fired four rockets into southern Israel on Sunday, police said.<br />Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert says Israel's response will be "disproportionate" if rocket attacks continue.<br /><br />Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert says Israel's response will be "disproportionate" if rocket attacks continue.<br /><br />Israel was holding to its position that "if firing continues against residents of the south, there would be a sharp Israeli response that would be disproportionate," Olmert vowed at the beginning of the weekly Cabinet meeting. "We will not go back to the rules of the game that the terrorist organizations tried to dictate in the past. ... We will act according to new rules that will ensure that we are not dragged into an unending shooting war on the southern border."<br /><br />One of the mortars landed near a kindergarten in the western Negev, but there were no injuries in that attack or the others, police said.<br /><br />The attacks were another breach in a tentative cease-fire which Israel and Hamas militants each declared unilaterally after a three-week Israeli military operation in Gaza which has left the territory still tense.<br /><br />Israel launched the attack on Hamas in Gaza on December 27 with the stated aim of ending rocket attacks on southern Israel.<br /><br /><br />More than 1,300 Palestinians died and about 5,400 others were wounded. Thirteen Israelis, including 10 soldiers, were also killed in the fighting.<br /><br />On January 21, Israel and Gaza's Hamas leadership each declared a temporary cease-fire which took effect after Israeli forces withdrew from the Palestinian territory.<br /><br />Since the cease-fire began, militants have sporadically fired rockets into Israel. Israel has responded with air strikes.Sethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06611714885984128589noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3155778360714301548.post-17545544009745001312009-01-31T13:39:00.000-08:002009-01-31T14:18:05.275-08:00On My BirthdayI decided that I would let you all know how my birthday went. Today was like every Shabbat (Saturday). We have church at 11am, lunch at 1230pm, go into the Old City at 145pm, come back for dinner at 530pm, and then have Saturday Night Live at 8pm.<br />Today was the most interesting day in the Old City. I first went to Shabban's, the person who exchanges our money (we got 3.95 shekels per dollar today, which is the best in the past 12 months or something like that). Shabban is really cool, every time we come by he always gives us really good tea or any other cold drink. Jason Clark and I then went and looked at a trusted antiquity shop looking at their coins and other things that might be affordable (I didn't buy anything). <br />I had been wanting a camel leather bag with an imprint of Jerusalem on it, so we went to a shop and the guy said that he wanted 250 shekels for a certain bag and I started kind of low at 100 shekels and the guy said he would deal with me, so I offered 150. I said I wouldn't go any higher and after holding onto my arm to keep me from leaving the store he went down to 150 shekels ($35).<br />We then went into a store with wood figures in it. The guy, a true believer, and his family, from Bethlehem, hand carve the figures from olive wood. He gave us a good deal for a shepherd figure I was looking at and I might engrave or write a verse or something on it.<br />The real interesting experience came when I met up with one of the girls from our group who wanted to go look at stuff and we went to this one shop where these two guys were just being idiots and we just walked out. When we met up with the others a number of other people had problems with them too. They are kind of the first anybody has really had a problem with. I know I'm being vague, but I could tell people later. It wasn't like real bad, it was they were just being stupid.<br />We then got back and had dinner and then went to Saturday Night Live where we had Battle of the Sexes. This is one of the first groups where there are a majority of guys, so we finally had somewhat of an advantage. All the guys got IDF (Israeli Defense Force) t-shirts to match. We first played the game to see how well you know your room mate. The room mate goes out, then Abner asked the other room mates questions and then they had to come back and answer them like their room mate. After a couple of rounds they had two cakes and they sang happy birthday to me, and we had the cakes. One was chocolate peanut butter and the other was a strawberry one. Afterward we kept playing different things and the guys dominated, making it the first time in the past couple of semesters. So SP '09 guys won Battle of the Sexes.<br />The cake wasn't the only thing for my birthday, everyone, throughout the day came up and wished me a happy birthday, plus many more on facebook too. So it wasn't a lonely day. It wasn't anything real big either, and I'm fine with that because I don't care being the center of attention. So that was my first birthday away from home. Everyone over here was really good to make sure I didn't forget about it.Sethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06611714885984128589noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3155778360714301548.post-8281828117801563002009-01-29T07:20:00.000-08:002009-01-29T12:24:04.006-08:00I Stood on the Most Contriversal Spot on EarthThis is for yesterday.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL7qHa_jlCQ1aKRNNeZtnkeB4XrCgvsddqgnhtNo2sPdtlpvJtXdbuA6cpg5AG5BOiB1NRJVyI-B-jJ4wSzHpMjo8HZ77epJgO6k2Xd_rXgZl3B-kQFgKHdk_BQpRyN65OJK9kSEQJbZZx/s1600-h/IMG_8142.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL7qHa_jlCQ1aKRNNeZtnkeB4XrCgvsddqgnhtNo2sPdtlpvJtXdbuA6cpg5AG5BOiB1NRJVyI-B-jJ4wSzHpMjo8HZ77epJgO6k2Xd_rXgZl3B-kQFgKHdk_BQpRyN65OJK9kSEQJbZZx/s200/IMG_8142.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296739490004859330" /></a>On Wednesday we first went to the Temple Mount, a place of memories. God has strategically used that area from the life of Abraham until now, and will in the future. Where the temple stood, or at least in the general area of the mount, in 2066BC, Abraham acted in faith by almost sacrificing his son, believing God would raise him from the dead. When David sinned by arrogantly taking a census God judged the people by sending a plague among them. When the angel stopped slaying the people he was at the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite, and David bought that piece of land, which was the future resting place of the Temple. When the temple was built God’s presence resided in the temple. When the people went into exile the presence of the Lord left the temple. Jesus, on the mount said that they could destroy the temple (the presence of God)—Him, and it would be rebuilt in three days. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw209EvXUZ8r0XS8Uag-fV8nfMjrTPAeQJ4GUwBJw1qTLgER0Q9M7na-3tDIH2fGB3oc3eFMt0nEihrk_rewgVYITgU-dqa4CMoO8vktoykxqZ8JaSASl8osVkTRcLFAy5HURtTlaTcQIE/s1600-h/IMG_8165.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw209EvXUZ8r0XS8Uag-fV8nfMjrTPAeQJ4GUwBJw1qTLgER0Q9M7na-3tDIH2fGB3oc3eFMt0nEihrk_rewgVYITgU-dqa4CMoO8vktoykxqZ8JaSASl8osVkTRcLFAy5HURtTlaTcQIE/s400/IMG_8165.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296807217833441746" /></a><br /><br /> <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />The same God that dwelt in the temple dwells in believers. Believers are the temple of the Holy Spirit. Through my classes I have learned that it was impossible for Israel to get into this land, it was only through the work of God that allowed them to enter.<br /><br /> Even though we could not go into the Dome of the Rock Abner told us that the rock could have been the place where Abraham was going to sacrifice his son, where the threshing floor was, and the place where the Ark of the Covenant was placed. The area not including the temple, during the time of Jesus was one million square feet, and Jesus cleansed that whole area twice. Today we see that Jesus’ prophecy of the destruction of the temple is true. We don’t even know where one stone of it is today. <br /> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN-TOpfz2KONb5t4jmp-C3hL6ojZkqK6Kt4EPXA6mHKC2PFFghleIeafHFqGU8jMCJQ6KyQXKrj1QouDgXHU4STqd-FeCmkC54fe7gBLgjB_EpydVeBL78xf_IyhX_OwPSDGQwrn5JsfdO/s1600-h/IMG_8302.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN-TOpfz2KONb5t4jmp-C3hL6ojZkqK6Kt4EPXA6mHKC2PFFghleIeafHFqGU8jMCJQ6KyQXKrj1QouDgXHU4STqd-FeCmkC54fe7gBLgjB_EpydVeBL78xf_IyhX_OwPSDGQwrn5JsfdO/s200/IMG_8302.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296810251097249986" /></a>We then went to a catholic church where they think Peter denied Christ three times and where Jesus was kept. In 457 AD the Byzantines commemorated the dungeon as the place that Christ was imprisoned. We then went to the ruins of a house of a very wealthy person. The common size of a house had two to three rooms, this house had two to three levels. The people found pottery from Egypt, meaning that they were antique collectors, and stone pots; also the floors were made of mosaics. This shows that the person that owned this house was very wealthy, which could point to the fact that the person could have been a Sadducee. Sadducees got large amounts of money through corruption and through the Romans. This house was burnt down in 70 AD when the Romans destroyed Jerusalem.<br /><br /> We have learned that destruction leaves behind the best evidence of what a culture was like, because it comes suddenly. If people find out what is going to come they are likely to take their stuff and run, but if a fire comes and destroys the house we can see the artifacts that were left behind. This allows us to learn about the culture and people of that day.Sethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06611714885984128589noreply@blogger.com2