by Paul Chappell | May 15, 2022 | Holy Land Tour
Masada Masada is not mentioned in the Scriptures, it was Herod’s winter palace, and was the last stronghold for the Jews when Titus came in 70 A.D. and destroyed Jerusalem. This remnant held out on top of this rock for about three years. The Romans had to build a ramp...
by Paul Chappell | May 14, 2022 | Holy Land Tour
Beit She’an Beit She’an was mentioned as a city conquered in Joshua’s day. It was the place where Saul and Jonathan’s carcasses were hung in humility by the Philistines before the men of Jabesh-Gilead came by night and took them down and buried them. ...
by Paul Chappell | May 14, 2022 | Holy Land Tour
Qumran This is the place where the Dead Sea scrolls were found in sealed in air tight clay jars. Jeremiah 32:13–14—13 And I charged Baruch before them, saying, 14 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Take these evidences, this evidence of the purchase,...
by Paul Chappell | May 14, 2022 | Holy Land Tour
Capernaum Jesus moves His home to Capernaum from Nazareth Matthew 4:13–21—13 And leaving Nazareth, he came and dwelt in Capernaum, which is upon the sea coast, in the borders of Zabulon and Nephthalim: 14 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the...
by Paul Chappell | May 14, 2022 | Holy Land Tour
Mount of Beatitudes Location of the Sermon on the Mount Matthew 5:1–8:1—5:1 And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he was set, his disciples came unto him: 2 And he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying, 3 Blessed are the poor in spirit:...
by Paul Chappell | May 13, 2022 | Holy Land Tour
Tel DanThe ancient city of Dan was the northernmost city of Old Testament Israel. (You might remember from reading the Old Testament the phrase “from Dan even to Beersheba,” which is repeated seven times. It refers to the land of Israel from the north to the south.)...