This is the sunrise view over the Sea of Galilee from our hotel window in Tiberias.
On board a boat on the Sea of Galilee.
These are the remains of a 2,000 year old boat found in mud near the Sea of Galilee, meaning it is probably similar to those of Jesus' day.
Enjoying the sea in front of The Church of Peter's Primacy
This is on the location of the Sermon on the Mount, overlooking the sea. It is hard to imagine all the people who surrounded Jesus at this spot.
This was built on the spot where Jesus reinstated Peter after the Resurrection.
The town where Jesus lived as an adult, Capernaum.
There are several layers in this ruined building in Capernaum. The darkest layer on the bottom is thought to be from 2,000 years ago.
These are thought to be the ruins from Peter's mother-in-law's house in Capernaum. Jesus would have been here often. Now there is a modern church built above this spot with a glass floor where this can be seen below. The church is pictured below, and the glass floor is behind the fence. I was always surprised at the tendency to take every possible holy sight and build a lavish church on top of it.
The Jordan River. Jesus was baptised in this river, but much closer to Jericho and the Dead Sea than this spot where we visited. There are baptismal areas here where many are baptised today. We saw several large nutria swimming along the river. We were warned to wash up well if we touched this water since it is not that safe.
Jon was the only one to climb into the Jordan. Many of our pastors gathered water from the Jordan to use for future baptisms.
Every Jewish Israeli citizen has to join their army at the age of 18. The men stay in for 2 years and the women for a year. Part of their training involves visiting many of the same sights that we visited. I finally got used to seeing so many large weapons all over the place.
Yep, that's a guy with a loaded automatic rifle amidst a bunch of backpacks. There was a group of children on a field trip near the Galilee, and he was their protection. Can you imagine?
This is the sunrise view over the Sea of Galilee from our hotel window in Tiberias.
On board a boat on the Sea of Galilee.
These are the remains of a 2,000 year old boat found in mud near the Sea of Galilee, meaning it is probably similar to those of Jesus' day.
Enjoying the sea in front of The Church of Peter's Primacy
This is on the location of the Sermon on the Mount, overlooking the sea. It is hard to imagine all the people who surrounded Jesus at this spot.
This was built on the spot where Jesus reinstated Peter after the Resurrection.
The town where Jesus lived as an adult, Capernaum.
There are several layers in this ruined building in Capernaum. The darkest layer on the bottom is thought to be from 2,000 years ago.
These are thought to be the ruins from Peter's mother-in-law's house in Capernaum. Jesus would have been here often. Now there is a modern church built above this spot with a glass floor where this can be seen below. The church is pictured below, and the glass floor is behind the fence. I was always surprised at the tendency to take every possible holy sight and build a lavish church on top of it.
The Jordan River. Jesus was baptised in this river, but much closer to Jericho and the Dead Sea than this spot where we visited. There are baptismal areas here where many are baptised today. We saw several large nutria swimming along the river. We were warned to wash up well if we touched this water since it is not that safe.
Jon was the only one to climb into the Jordan. Many of our pastors gathered water from the Jordan to use for future baptisms.
Every Jewish Israeli citizen has to join their army at the age of 18. The men stay in for 2 years and the women for a year. Part of their training involves visiting many of the same sights that we visited. I finally got used to seeing so many large weapons all over the place.
Yep, that's a guy with a loaded automatic rifle amidst a bunch of backpacks. There was a group of children on a field trip near the Galilee, and he was their protection. Can you imagine?
2 comments:
Wonderful words and pictures. I especially love the water. Is tourism their #1 way of income? I wonder how many people tour each year like you did.
There is no doubt that tourism is their main income! I cannot overestimate the number of tour buses that joined us at every stop. It was crazy, and it's not the busy season yet.
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