: THE HOMELAND OF JESUS

1 THE GALILEE 2 The Group from Denver 3 Our total group from California, Colorado, Virginia, and Wisconsin 4 5 The city of Tiberias from our Hotel 6 Mount Hermon from the 7 Love Birds near our Hotel 8 Mount 9 Our group walks to the top of Mount Arbel 10 Looking down at a village below 11 Caves in which the Zealots hid 12 The village below 13 Bottom of Mount Arbel: The Valley of the Dove road to Nazareth 14 Jesus took this road to Nazareth 15 A view of the village and the wild flowers 16 A Mosque in the village 17 Mount Arbel from below 18 Caves on Mount Arbel 19 The Roman Road to Nazerth 20 Closeup of the Roman Road 21 22 The main road into Sepphoris 23 A game inscribed in the road 24 Mosaic tile in a wealthy home 25 Art work from a wealthy home 26 More tile and art work on the floor 27 More tile and art work on the floor 28 This building houses the Mona Lisa of Sepphoris 29 Spotlight on the Mona Lisa 30 Closeup of the Mona Lisa 31 The Theater 32 John Tedrick sitting in the Theater 33 Mount of Precipice Nazareth 34 They wanted to throw Jesus over this Precipice 35 Our group looks over the precipice 36 Nazareth Village 37 The road into the village of Jesus’ time 38 A man dressed in clothing of Jesus’ time 39 A man riding a donkey as in Jesus’ time 40 An Olive Tree 41 Animals penned up 42 A wine press 43 A Well

1 44 Grape vine out of season 45 Woman dressed in clothing of Jesus’ time 46 Path to the Carpenter Shop 47 An Olive Press 48 Demonstrating a hand operated drill 49 Demonstrating weaving wool 50 Columns holding up a second floor 51 A Gentle Protest Muslims and Christians “Don’t Kick the Koran” 52 The Protest took place in Nazareth 53 The Protest was friendly 54 Tel 55 One of three sources of water for the Jordan 56 Walking toward Tel Dan 57 Entrance to the Tel 58 Dan was the furthermost Tribe to the North 59 Another view of the entrance to Dan 60 Our guide Mic, sitting inside the Tel 61 Our group taking a rest 62 The road leading to the Temple 63 Ruins of their homes 64 Walking to the Temple 65 The Altar where animals were sacrificed 66 The Temple ruins 67 Syrian Border 68 Bunkers from the Six Day War 69 Foxholes from the Six Day War 70 The Syrian Border 71 Syrian Encampments 72 Canaanite Fortress 4,500 B.C.E. 73 The Canaanite Fortress 74 Caesarea Philippi 75 cLyle Stewart leads a devotion 76 Caesarea Philippi 77 The god Pan was worshipped here 78 Our group in one of the niches 79 More of the niches dedicated to Pan 80 A picture showing how it looked in Jesus’ time 81 Another source of water for the Jordan 82 Mount Hermon 83 Mount Hermon is 9,000 feet high 84 The top of Mount Hermon 85 Kursi 86 This is where Jesus performed the “Miracle of the swine” 87 These ruins are on the other side of the Sea of Galilee (the Gentile side) 88 The ruins are of a fifth century Byzintine Monastery and Church 89 Columns and arches

2 90 More ruins 91 Bars over a hole 92 Olive Oil Press 93 Baptisms in the Jordan 94 Jim and Frosty 95 Jim and Frosty 96 Jim with Frosty, Barb, Mary, Ivy, and Sandra 97 The reaffirmation of Baptisms took place in the Jordan River 98 The Baptisims have taken place 99 Communion on Galilee 100 We crossed the Sea of Galilee in a boat similar to this one similar to this one 101 Here we are in our boat 102 Ivy 103 John and Kathy 104 Jim and Barb 105 Beverly leads the devotion 106 Jim and Barb administers Communion 107 Church of the Beatitudes 108 Exterior of the Church of the Beatitudes 109 Interior of the Church of the Beatitudes 110 Monastery near the Church of the Beatitudes 111 112 Synagogue at Chorazin 113 Barb sitting on the Seat of Moses 114 Roof of the Synagogue 115 Inside of a house 116 Outside of a house 117 Olive Oil Press 118 Marmot, I think 119 The Church of the Loaves and Fishes 120 The Church 121 A painting in the Church 122 The Loaves and Fishes in Tile 123 Bethsaida 124 Our guide talks about Bethsaida 125 An ancient Canaanite worship center 126 Peter, Andrew, and Philip came from Behsaida 127 The house of fishermen 128 129 Gate to Capernaum 130 Catholic church over Peter’s house 131 Inside of the Catholic Church 132 Octagonal Church over Peter;s house 133 Older foundation of a Synagogue 134 The Synagogue 135 Fellowship Hall next to the Synagogue

3 136 Ivy and Sandra in the Synagogue 137 Gideon’s Spring 138 A War Memorial 139 The Spring Memorial 140 The Spring 141 Lyle reads the story of Gideon 142 Megiddo 143 Steps into Megiddo 144 The entrance into Megiddo 145 Path leading into Megiddo 146 Round Canaanite Altar for Sacrifices 147 The Grainery 148 Kathy and John lead the devotion 149 Roman Road 150 Barb driving a chariot 151 A Manger 152 Picture of Solomon’s Stables at Megiddo 153 Entrance to a hidden water source 154 Going down into the shaft 155 Continuing down into the shaft 156 The water source 157 Leaving the shaft which was hidden 158 Caesarea by the Sea 159 The Theater 160 Pilate’s special box 161 A stone with Pilate’s name on it 162 Sarcophagus 163 ’s Palace 164 Part of the Port 165 The Hippodrome 166 Roman Aqueduct to Caesarea 167 Lunches 168 Falafel sandwiches for everyone 169 Mic eating a falafel 170 Helen and Lyle eating falafels 171 Lunch for everyone 172 Frosty eating the whole fish 173 Notice the head is still connected 174 Ivy isn’t so sure 175 Sandra digs in with a little reluctance 176 On to Jerusalem

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