Israel Study Tour with Our Lord's Community Church and Grace Community Church

October 16-26, 2018

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Nazareth, Mt Carmel, and the Mediterranean Sea

On to Jerusalem! But first, a few pit stops.

We traveled to Nazareth first to see the boyhood home of Jesus and get our first look at the Valley of Megiddo. Then we traveled to Megiddo, the ruined Canaanite city that overlooks the valley where the foretold battle between good and evil, Armegeddon, will take place. We read the account in Revelation, reading about how King Jesus will finally put at end to all hurt, pain, brokenness, and evil.

Nazareth

Situated inside a bowl atop the Nazareth ridge north of the Jezreel valley, Nazareth was a relatively isolated village in the time of Jesus with a population less than two hundred. Today Nazareth is home to more than 60,000 Israeli Arabs; Upper Nazareth is home to thousands more Jewish residents.

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From there we hiked up to Mt Carmel to read about Elijah and his showdown against the prophets of baal. Then one final pit stop at the old Roman city of Caesaria to dip our toes in the Mediterranean Sea.

Now onto the City of Peace!! After dinner and settling into our hotel, many of us walked about the walled city to get our first look at Jerusalem life!

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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