Friday morning was the first I could sleep in - the bus didn't leave till 8:30. The Irvine group was using their last day to tour around Galilee. Since I came a day later, I was offered one of the open seats on the bus. I'm pretty glad I took it.
The first stop was Mount Tabor. This is the stop that commemorates Jesus' transfiguration, complete with a church in 3 parts - one for Jesus, one for Moses and one for Elijah. The church was very nice, but the most adventurous part, was the ride up the mountain. (This is another topographical mistake that I have made over the years - this mountain is huge.) We had to transfer ourselves from the one big bus to 3 taxi/vans. The road leading up held many sharp turns. Even though it was narrow enough to be a one way street cars sped towards us, and we sped toward them, in some insane game of chicken that apparently is common.
The next stop was Tel Megiddo National Park. This site was taken over and re-inhabited 25 times before 400 B.C. It had a central location for traders coming from Egypt and the Mediterranean. This is the site translated means Armageddon. If Revelation was to be taken literally, the battle that will end the world wouldtake place here. Knowing this, some of us decided to have our own battle - in jest of course and documented by photographs.
Our next place was Nazareth - the hometown of our Lord. There is a large church there that comemorates the anounciation of Jesus's birth to Mary. It is a beautiful place. It has two floors, the bottom celebrates Christ as true man and the top celebrates Christ as true God. All around the church and courtyard are pictures of Mary and Jesus as a baby. The pictures come from all diffferent countries and show how they are depicted in thier culture. It was very cool to see. The other spot we stoped at in Nazareth was a sort of reinactment village. It was all set up as Nazareth would have been in Jesus's time. I got to see how they spun their own wool, died it, and wove cloth. (so of course I want to by a sheep) The question that has been in my mind since 2nd grade has been answered: How did the paralicitc man's friends take apart the roof to lower him in to be healed by Jesus? (It must have difficult - see pictures on facebook) The whole thing was pretty cool.
The first stop was Mount Tabor. This is the stop that commemorates Jesus' transfiguration, complete with a church in 3 parts - one for Jesus, one for Moses and one for Elijah. The church was very nice, but the most adventurous part, was the ride up the mountain. (This is another topographical mistake that I have made over the years - this mountain is huge.) We had to transfer ourselves from the one big bus to 3 taxi/vans. The road leading up held many sharp turns. Even though it was narrow enough to be a one way street cars sped towards us, and we sped toward them, in some insane game of chicken that apparently is common.
The next stop was Tel Megiddo National Park. This site was taken over and re-inhabited 25 times before 400 B.C. It had a central location for traders coming from Egypt and the Mediterranean. This is the site translated means Armageddon. If Revelation was to be taken literally, the battle that will end the world wouldtake place here. Knowing this, some of us decided to have our own battle - in jest of course and documented by photographs.
Our next place was Nazareth - the hometown of our Lord. There is a large church there that comemorates the anounciation of Jesus's birth to Mary. It is a beautiful place. It has two floors, the bottom celebrates Christ as true man and the top celebrates Christ as true God. All around the church and courtyard are pictures of Mary and Jesus as a baby. The pictures come from all diffferent countries and show how they are depicted in thier culture. It was very cool to see. The other spot we stoped at in Nazareth was a sort of reinactment village. It was all set up as Nazareth would have been in Jesus's time. I got to see how they spun their own wool, died it, and wove cloth. (so of course I want to by a sheep) The question that has been in my mind since 2nd grade has been answered: How did the paralicitc man's friends take apart the roof to lower him in to be healed by Jesus? (It must have difficult - see pictures on facebook) The whole thing was pretty cool.
DUDE. cool stuff to read! I love living this adventure through you...
and thanks for the Honduras tag ! I loved it! you're an awesome lady, anna fink.