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<\/a><\/p>\nThese are the ruins of a synagogue in Chorazim Below is a replica of the “Seat of Moses” found in the ruins of this synagogue.\u00a0 Jesus warned His disciples in Matthew 23:1-3, “Then Jesus spoke to the multitudes and to His disciples, saying: \u201cThe scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses\u2019 seat. Therefore whatever they tell you [a]to observe, that observe and do, but do not do according to their works…” Ruins of a “house” in Chorazim Inside a grain mill in Chorazim Tel Dan is a beautiful natural area in Northern Galilee.\u00a0 When entering the tel, you first walk through some lovely wooded paths that follow (and cross) the Dan Spring, one of the three primary sources of the Jordan river. After Solomon, the kingdom was divided into the northern kingdom of Israel and the southern kingdom of Judah.\u00a0 Jeroboam, king of Israel, set up two centers of idol worship so that his people would not go down to the temple in Jerusalem.\u00a0 One of those centers was at Tel Dan.\u00a0 Below is an aluminum outline of how the pagan altar would have looked.\u00a0 \u00a0Beneath are the remains of the original. A cistern adjacent to the altar One of the most fascinating discoveries at Tel Dan is a city gate that dates from the time of Abraham.\u00a0 It is covered because (unlike most ancient structures in Israel) it is made of baked brick rather than stone.\u00a0 The covering is to protect it from erosion by rain. From Tel Dan you can see the Golan Heights, the border (often contested) between Israel and Syria.\u00a0 As you drive around this part of northern Galilee you find many areas fenced off with barbed wire and signs warning you of land mines left over form these conflicts. Another city gate of Dan, this one from the Israelite period. This pagan alter stands outside the city gate, waiting for departing travelers to offer sacrifices for safe travel or arriving travelers to offer sacrifices of thanksgiving for safe travel and success within the city. This is one of the cities visited by Jesus in northern Galilee.\u00a0 A major site of pagan worship, it is the location where Jesus asked His disciples who men said that he was.\u00a0 It is also where Peter declared, “You are the Christ, the Son of the Most High.”<\/p>\n Jesus responded to Peter’s declaration by commending him and stating that the “Gates of Hell” would not be able to stand against it.\u00a0 This location had a temple to Pan adjacent to a cave in which was a fissure that appeared to be bottomless and thought by the ancients to be one of the passages to the underworld, or literally, “the gates of hell.” Josephus refers to this in Antiquities of the Jews 15,10,3.\u00a0 Here is that cave.\u00a0 Seismic activity has since caused the fissure to be sealed. The cliff wall that contains the cliff also has many grottos carved into it. In 1986, a boat dating from the first century (contemporary with Jesus) was discovered in the Sea of Galilee during a period of severe drought.\u00a0 It is likely the same type of boat referred to in the Gospels used by both Jesus and his fisherman disciples. To finish up our day, we took a boat tour on the Sea Galilee.\u00a0 It was an amazing experience to be on this same body of water that is so often referred to in the Gospels. I couldn’t resist taking several “sunset” pictures of the sun setting over Mt. Arbel and the mountains behind the modern city of Tiberias Chorazim This is one of the three cities that Jesus pronounced “woe” on because they didn’t believe in spite of the miracles done in them. These are the ruins of a “ritual bath” (mikvah) used for purification. These are the … Continue reading <\/a> <\/a><\/p>\n<\/a> <\/a><\/a><\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\nTel Dan<\/h2>\n
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