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Israel In Depth - Legacy Path Experience
November 26 - December 7, 2017
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How much of your heart does God have?
We started out the day at Mt. Precipice, this is in Nazareth, the home of Jesus. We read Luke 4 and the story about how Jesus was rejected there. We talked about how Jesus was always in the right place at the right time, even as it related to the portion of a Torah he was to read.
From there we headed to Megiddo, which means "place of the troops." It's here that the last epic battle will take for the restoration of all things. We saw a 5000 year old altar to baal. This was important on our journey today because Baal drew the Hebrew people away from God, from a culture of life to one of death. We then moved to Solomon's stables on the site, Solomon had a lot of horses but it said in the law he wasn't supposed to have any. This slippage tells us he wanted to do things his way...Not God's way. The big takeaway here was "How much of your heart does God have?" This ancient path isn't easy, the narrow road isn't easy, but it's God's way.
Megiddo
From the earliest times (EB) to the earliest historical records of the area (Thutmose III) to the future (Revelation 16), Megiddo assumes a prominent role. This is largely owing to its strategic location astride the Megiddo Pass (Wadi Ara) and inside the busy Jezreel Valley.
We then visited Mount Carmel and read about Elijah and Elisha. Specifically how Elijah built an alter and called down fire from heaven to consume it. Right before Elijah went to heaven on a chariot, Elisha asked him for a double portion of his power. And by the end of his life he had done exactly double the miracles Elijah had. The major takeaway from this site was that our disciples should do even greater things than we have done.
Mt. Carmel
Biblically, Mt. Carmel is referenced most often as a symbol of beauty and fertility. To be given the “splendor of Carmel” was to be blessed indeed (Isa 35:2). Solomon praised his beloved: “your head crowns you like Mount Carmel” (Song 7:5). But for Carmel to wither was a sign of devastating judgment (Nahum 1:4).
We finished the day at Caesarea by the sea. Herod had a great palace here, Paul left for ministry in Turkey from here. To this day marble from Herod's palace washes up on shore. Brian asked us which rock we want? The marble from Herod's palace or one of the stones we picked up in the Elah valley. (Where David killed Goliath)
Caesarea Maritima
The city and harbor were built under Herod the Great during c. 22–10 BC near the site of a former Phoenician naval station known as Stratonos pyrgos (Στράτωνος πύργος).[2] It later became the provincial capital of Roman Judea, Roman Syria Palaestina and Byzantine Palaestina Prima provinces. The city was populated throughout the 1st to 6th centuries CE and became an important early center of Christianity during the Byzantine period, but was mostly abandoned following the Muslim conquest of 640. It was re-fortified by the Crusaders, and finally slighted by the Mamluks in 1265.
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