Author: Dennis
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Sinai, Moses and the Israelites
Moses and the Burning Bush Before becoming a prophet, it was at this location that Moses was living with Jethro, his father-in-law, and Moses ascended the Mount and first spoke to God: “Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside Read more
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Abraham Lived and Died at Hebron
Abraham and Sarah, Isaac and Rebekah, Jacob/Israel and Leah were all buried here in the Cave of Machpelah (Hebrew meaning “doubling”). Jacob/Israel’s favored wife Rachel is buried near Bethlehem. Located in the center of present day Hebron (also called Kirjath-arba) is the cave of Machpelah, called today the Tombs of the Patriarchs. Technically it should Read more
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Abraham at Beersheba
Beersheba (also spelt Beersheva, and Be’er Sheva) is Hebrew, meaning either “Well of the Oath”, or “Well of the Seven”. Both possible meanings refers to the Biblical story recounted in Genesis 21:25-33: “And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water, which Abimelech’s servants had violently taken away. And Abimelech said, I wot not Read more
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The Rainbow A Sign of the Noahic Covenant
After the great flood, God spoke to Noah and his sons as well as all living things, promising by covenant to never again destroy the world by water: “And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying, And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you; Read more
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Genesis: A Quick Overview
Genesis is Latin meaning “generation, birth, and origin.” The original Hebrew title of the Book of Genesis is the first word of the book, berasheet, meaning “In the beginning.” The Book of Genesis begins with the creation story. A common modern error is to try applying modern science to the Genesis account. God does not Read more
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Paul was Taught and Baptized at Ananias House, Damascus
Ananias House (a.k.a. Chapel of Saint Ananias, and Hanania Church), is located in Damascus, Syria. It is near the east Old City wall and about 500 feet/153 meters north of the “Street Called Straight” (Acts 9:11). It belongs to the Syriac Maronite Church and is traditionally the remains of the house of Ananias. Archeological excavations Read more
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Mount Hermon: The Probable Mount of Transfiguration
Today the mount is divided by three countries, Syria, Israel, and Lebanon. Mount Hermon is 9,232 feet/2,814 meters high in Syria (the Israeli part is 7,300 feet), in the extreme northeast of the Holy Land, being the southern point of a range of mountains called the Anti-Lebanon. It is by far the highest mountain in the Read more
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The Valleys of Jerusalem: Part 3 The Tyropoean Valley
The Tyropoean Valley was the western border valley of Old Testament Jerusalem/The City of David, and was the central valley in New Testament Jerusalem. In New Testament times it separated the original City of David and the Temple Mount with the newer and wealthier section of Jerusalem on Mount Zion. The valley is not named Read more
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The Valleys of Jerusalem: Part 2 The Hinnom Valley
The Hinnom Valley (Hinnom in Hebrew means “hell”). It was in this valley that, in the 8th century BC, Canaanites and Jews sacrificed their children to the fiery god Molech, burning them alive. The current academic thought is that Molech/Moloch/Molok/Milcom idol worship began in Phoenicia. Nevertheless, Molech worship appeared in several locations across the southern Read more
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The Valleys of Jerusalem: Part 1, the Kidron (Cedron) Valley
There are three valleys in and around ancient Jerusalem, namely the Kidron, Hinnom, and Tyropoean. I will discus each in a separate post. Kidron Valley The Kidron Valley is also spelt Cedron Valley, and also called the Valley of Jehoshaphat (Joel 3:2, 12). The other two valleys run into the Kidron and then the Kidron Read more