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Baptism, Armageddon, and Killer Goats
... press, and then took us to a vineyard. And then it happened. A pack of wild goats came charging into the group, with their shepherd in hot pursuit, unsuccessfully trying to corral them. The goats, I'm sure, were to give the feel of livestock in Jesus day. However, these actors were not as well trained as their human counterparts, and they surrounded poor Mary as she tried to explain the fine art of stomping on grapes. ...
Scenes of drama on Kur
This week we have seen some drama on the excavations. It seems that fresh (but not so young) archaeology students are really jealous of their achievements. The atmosphere suffers from that a bit.
Finnish students like to speak Finnish to each other, which disturbs other nationalities. If a German speaker speaks his/her own language instead of English, no one cares, because most people understand some German. Finnish ...
Anciennes cités Décapolis
... Décapolis.
Les Décapolis, construites plusieurs centaines d’années avant J.C., avaient pour but de maintenir la culture grecque et romaine dans une région plutôt colonisée par les Juifs, les Nabatéens et les Arméniens. Elles regroupaient Gadara, Philadelphia (Amman),Gerasa (Jerash), Raphana, Dion, Pella (Tabaqa Fahil) Scythopolis, Canatha, Hippos et Damascus, les quatre dernières étant situées à l’extérieur de l’actuelle Jordanie.
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"Up to Jerusalem"
... but spared the royal family. An Amalekite took Saul’s crown to David, so who was it? It must have been a member of that royal family. Later in Israeil history, Haman, gets Xerxes to sign off on a death warrant for all the Jews in Persia. Haman was a descendent of Agog and that same royal family. Saul’s disobedience almost costs Israel its existence.
Our drive to Jerusalem was about two hours from here. We crossed into the West Bank ...
The Gospel Triangle
... hillbillies” of the area. The synagogue that is now standing, built in the 4-5 C A.D (Byzantine Era) is believed to be an exact replica of the one standing at the time of Jesus.
After Capernum, we drove to Yardenti, which is the official baptismal site on the Jordan river, Although Jesus most likely wasn’t baptized here, the site was chosen for political reasons because the site where they think He was is too close to the ...



