Bible Holy Lands in Photos, Scripture, and Commentary

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Tag: Elijah

  • Sinai, Moses and the Israelites

    Dennis

    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

  • The Jordan River

    Dennis

    The Jordan is famous for being the site of events in the Old and New Testaments. I will review the major events below. Today it demarcates a large segment of the border between the countries of Israel and Jordan. (Incidentally, the modern political chant “from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free,” refers Read more

  • Jesus Christ’s Baptism at Bethabara Beyond Jordan

    Dennis

    Bethabara (Hebrew word meaning place of fording/crossing) has been identified through geographical references and by the Byzantines who built a church and baptism place across the Jordan river from Judea in what is today the country of Jordan. The site is where a spring flowed into the Jordan River. Many pilgrims came here to be Read more

  • Elijah vs 450 Prophets of Baal on Mount Carmel

    Dennis

    About 700 BC, the Prophet Elijah ministered in the Northern Kingdom of Israel. Under King Ahab and his infamous Phoenician wife Jezebel, Israel was converted to worshiping the Phoenician god Baal. Elijah was sent to reclaim the Lord’s people. In 1 Kings 18:18-40, it reads: “And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said Read more

  • Elijah’s Cave in Haifa

    Dennis

    A Holy site to Jews, Christians, Muslims, and Druze. Elijah’s Cave (also called a Grotto) is the traditional place where Elijah prayed before challenging priests of Baal as reported in 1 Kings 18. And some claim also the place where he hid from Queen Jezebel after the 500 priests of Baal were executed. However, during Read more