Stay The Course

Today we went started out the day at Caesarea Philippi.  We had a Bible study out of Matthew 16-17 concerning our Lords revelation about the establishment of the Church, his discussion about his death, and then the Glory of who he really is.  We then went to Tel-Dan and had a great Bible study about Jeroboam and the establishment of Idolatry in Israel, which also was the time in which Israel was divided.  We finished out the day on the Golan Heights with a good history lesson of how God is Israel’s Defense Department.  Here are a couple of snapshots of the day:

Caesarea Philippi

The Jeroboam Altar

This last photo is Fantastic!  This is called Abraham’s Gate.  Why is this archeological find soooo significant?  Well, it’s because it is sooooo old.  You think America is old?  Right, it’s a baby in diapers, only a little over 2oo years old.  You think England is old?  What, 800 years?  Just a teeny-bopper.  Even any remnant of the second temple period (Herod’s) is a mere 2000 years old.  But this gate, dates back to the time when Abraham came from the Dead Sea region to Dan on a rescue mission of his nephew Lot in Genesis 14.  That makes this gate you’re looking at, roughly 3900 plus years old!!!  Maranatha!