The Continuation of Galilee

Galilee was a WONDERFUL experience but it was very exhausting.

My class at the watchtower at Hazor. Hazor was a very important, huge city in Old Testament times. It was destroyed by the Assyrians. We took this picture because we talked about Ezekiel’s teachings about being a watchman on a tower for Israel. A watchman could see the enemy army, long before they came close to the city. It was their responsibility to warn the inhabitants of the city so that they could prepare. We then talked about our modern counterparts (the Prophet, and the Twelve, parents, etc) and our personal responsibility.

Me at Har Ben Tal. This is up on the Golan Heights, on the border with Syria. We could hear military fire from the Syrian civil war while we were there. While we were there we talked about Paul’s experience on the way to Damascus, and I used Pres. Uchtdorf’s talk that encouraged people not to be paralyzed in their spiritual journeys because they are waiting for spectacular spiritual experiences.

Jill and I in an old canon turret at Har Ben Tal

Me at the Roman aqueduct which took water from Mount Carmel to King Herod’s Caesarea Maritima. The aqueduct is 12 miles long. Caesarea Maritima is where Paul was imprisoned for 2 years before being sent to Rome. The theater is still standing where Herod Antipas died (Acts 11).

Me at Chorazin. The picture is about the Sermon on the Mount teaching about the beam and the mote (Matt. 7:3-4). You can see the stone beams acting as the roof, and in my hand is a tiny speck of stone, which is a mote.

Abby and I at Yardenit. This is where the Jordan River leaves the Sea of Galilee on its way to the Dead Sea. This is a baptismal site. There were people being baptized the day that we were there.