Israel, Jordan Study Tour with First Christian Church Visalia, Las Vegas Church of the Nazarene
October 8-20, 2018
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Day 01 - Wed Oct 10
Day# 1 found us in Jaffa where Jonah caught a ship running in the opposite direction of Ninevah, and Peter received the vision of a sheet being lowered from heaven full of animals considered unclean for consumption, opening the way for ministry to the Gentiles.
Caesarea Maritima is where Herod built a fabulous seaside palace with a fresh water pool sitting in the ocean, and the largest sea port in the world. Mt. Carmel, where God had a showdown with the 400 prophets of Baal. The mountain top overlooks the Jezreel Valley where the great battle of Armageddon will one day be fought.
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.
The Church of St. Joseph which is believed to be built over the location of Jesus’ childhood home in Nazareth. At each location we received a detailed history lesson of the area, and spiritual insights applicable for our own times. The team is experiencing a life changing event.
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).
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