Day 7 mount Arbel

 We arrived in the Galilee

there is green grass under our feet

devotions and Shema

it rained a few drips the night before and 

you are not allowed to climb Arbel

 if it rained the previous 24 hours

we are waiting for permission to climb

so we'll see a cow

and a few goats

it's a go

we may proceed

a few selfies

I knew Rien was sitting behind me

and Carter likes to photobomb 

the goats depart

and we talk about where we are at Arbel

a place where people went to hide

In the Greek period it was "be Greek or die"

people chose to die

So many Jews die because they want to be faithful

and about 50.000 die during a civil war 

it took 6 years 99-93BC

after an open air washroom break 

we go through one of the caves

caves where Zealots were hiding because of king Herod

Herod killed 50.000 people in one day

the Jews do not call him Herod the Great

just Herod

we go up the mountain a bit

looking down on the Galilee

the lake is not very big 21x13 km

but it is deep 43 meters at the deepest

quite a few people love edges

Kevin is one of them

now we get to seriously climb

pretty steep here

walking here where there was so much suffering

you understand why Jesus' message

"love your enemies"

was such a difficult message

How many times do I forgive?

70 x 7 you have to outforgive evil

almost there Marlene

so many love to help

glad we made it (Sharon)

nice photo-op (Gavin)

we join in too

display how Herod attacked the Zealots

(Glenn)

We are not the only once here

lots of kids

In Israel a lot of history is learned 

by going to the places where it happened