Tag: Old Testament
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Elijah vs 450 Prophets of Baal on Mount Carmel
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
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Elijah’s Cave in Haifa
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
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The Dead Sea
The Dead Sea, also known as the Salt Sea in the Bible, is located at the southern end of the Jordan valley. The Dead Sea is 53 miles long (85 km), with an average breadth of 9 miles (14.5 km). The Dead Sea’s surface is at about 1,290 feet (393 meters) below sea level, and its greatest depth… Read more
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Saint Paul at Petra, Jordan
Did Paul visit Petra? Most likely, yes! After Paul’s conversion on the road to Damascus, he continued to Damascus where he was baptized and taught the gospel. Because of his testifying of his conversion and belief in the gospel, some of the Damascene’s wanted to kill him. Then followed the famous incident of Paul escaping… Read more
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Parable Of The 10 Virgins And Their Lamps
“Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom. And five of them were wise, and five were foolish.They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them: But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.… Read more
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The Cursing of the Fig Tree by the Lord, And Fig Trees in the Bible
After the Lord’s Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem and his second cleansing of the temple, the Lord and his disciples returned to Bethany for the night, on the east side of the Mount of Olives. The following morning the Lord and his disciples returned to Jerusalem traveling west over the Mount of Olives and along the… Read more
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The Great Synagogue in Jerusalem, Israel
This week I am taking a little side trip from Biblical sites to other Holyland sites; I shall return to Biblical sites next week. The Great Synagogue in Jerusalem was built to replace the Hurva (also spelt Churva) Synagogue in the Old City which was destroyed by the Palestinians and Jordanians in the 1948 War… Read more
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Israelite Temple at Arad and Who Were the Kenites
The above Israelite fortress of Arad city has existed for the entire period of the Kingdom of Judah in the Old Testament and was partially reconstructed by archeologists. It is atop an imposing hill in the southern desert of the Negev. The fortress and the temple within the fortress were the heartbeat of the city… Read more
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Mt. Tabor: Prophetess Deborah defeats the Canaanites, and A Possible Site For The Lord’s Transfiguration
The king of Hazor, the largest Canaanite city in Galilee (and larger than any Israelite city of the period), oppressed the northern Israelite tribes roughly around 1200 BC. Hazor is located north of the Sea of Galilee and along the main highway between Egypt and Mesopotamia (present day Iraq). At this time all of Israel… Read more
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The Gates of Jerusalem
First a brief history of the walls. There are eight gates into the walled city of Jerusalem including one gate that is blocked up. The current city walls were built (in 1538 AD) by Suleiman the Magnificent (1494-1556 AD) and thereafter maintained by the Ottoman Turkish Empire until 1917. The current walls do not completely… Read more