Israel day1 and 2

 

Climbing Mnt Arbel, North west corner Sea of Galilee

talking about the history of the people

at Mnt. Sinai the people partner with God to be;

"a kingdom of Priests"

someone who puts God on display

 

Never in History were the Jews so Faithful as 2000 years ago

so why was there so much suffering?

the answer may be the book of Job,

many think it may have been written as the last book of the Old Testament

 

 

Lots of suffering at Arbel due to Herod the Great.

thousands of men and women were killed and raped here

Herod started fires in front of the caves, the smoke drove the people out

with a hook they fell to their death

Then Jesus came, with a message of forgiveness

 

For us it was fun to climb Mnt Arbel

steep and high, what a view

 

Galilee, a very fertile place

2 villages close to each other one 100% Jews, other 100%Arab

they work together at the Kibbutz and at the gas bar and such things

 

we were divided in Families

Ken and Janna were our family, great people!

 

Capernaum, Jesus' home town

close by He walked on water and stilled the storm

Job 9: He alone stretches out the heavens
    and treads on the waves of the sea

Psalm 107: He stilled the storm to a whisper;
    the waves of the sea were hushed

For almost everything that is in the New Testament

there is a similar story in the Old Testament

often it is where you get the context of the teaching

 

Walk on the ancient paths, to where the Zealots used to live

they were fighters, but also because that is in the book

Psalm 106: But Phinehas stood up and intervened,
    and the plague was checked.
This was credited to him as righteousness

These Zealots were Qinah (Zealous), just like God in Psalm 11

The Lord examines the righteous,
    but the wicked, those who love violence,
    he hates with a passion.

Jesus came to bring His kingdom by sacrificial love

 

You can also go by modern road to this place, but what fun is that?

we walked the ancient path up and down

 

in 1998 there were tanks near Omrit too, they caused a brush fire

and when it was extinguished they found a temple likely to Cesar Augustus

 

Herod the great had lots of benefits from Cesar Augustus,

and in good Roman stile you have to repay, so Herod build a temple to him

This was the Roman way;

 I do something for you, but expect you to do something for me

 

this temple was on the Damascus road, where the apostle Paul came by

another one with zeal (Qinah) using it the wrong way