#mount arbel

[70zcowboy]

My photos from Israel (May 26th-June 6th)

Part 1

[gaia-aviva]

Arbel

photographed by Eyal Asaf

[weakfleshwillingsoul]

Ruins of ancient synagogue and jewish settlement on mount arbel

[roseaesynstylae]

King

Debut: Chapter 925/Episode 918

Origin: Grand Line

Age: 47

Birthday: December 1st (shared with Heat and Ipponume)

Height: 613cm (20'1")

Blood Type: S

Bounty: 1,390,000,000 berri

Favorite Foods: Flying fish sashimi and curry udon

Notes:

His birth name Alber may be a reference to Mount Arbel in Lower Galilee.

He's the sexiest man in the Wano Arc Sorry, I mean, the tattoo on his face resembles a stylized version of the moonwort flower known as Botrychium lunaria.

X Drake

Law

Killer

Kid

Camie

[byfaithmedia]

Mount Arbel in the Lower Galilee has incredible views of all the places where Christ ministered to His followers beside the Sea of Galilee, & we believe this is where Christ commissioned His disciples to preach the Gospel to the entire world.

[shammah8]

God's call upon my life involves being a "witness." I am to go about the earth and watch what He is doing and tell others. It amazes me how He makes it possible for me to do so.G In 1991 He impressed upon my spirit that I should spend the winter of '91 and '92 in Israel. When I prayed, His direction came to me quite clearly. He wanted me to witness some things which were very big. There would be an element of surprise in it. And He would widen the audience to hear the witness. Perhaps this book is just that.Scientists daily reported on the status of the Sea of Galilee with dire 121 20 I lived in northeastern Oklahoma near Tulsa. Our finances seemed to say that it would be stretching it to spend the winter in Oklahoma City.

But as soon as I made the decision, the money began to pour in to go.

I arrived at my Hebrew school in November. It was cold. And miracle of miracles, it was raining!

Israel had experienced a record drought for the five preceding years. I had been there many times with groups during the drought. I had viewed the Sea of Galilee from high above on the Cliffs of Arbel. The shrinking of the beautiful little sea which is the country's reservoir was unbelievable.

Everyone said the greatest threat to Israel's survival was not war. It was lack of water. Israel's water supply was disappearing even while its population was swelling. The Russian Jews were coming home in large numbers.

Strict measures were enacted. There were even rules about flushing toilets.

Bright Jews were brainstorming. Bringing in an iceberg was proposed among other desperate measures.

The Blood and the Glory forecasts of just how long they could exist.

Our Jewish friends asked us to pray for rain. Group after group who came with us prayed openly the way we pray and the Jews said, "Amen."

In telephone calls before I came for the winter my friends advised me to bring warm clothes. But I was not prepared. It was so cold I sometimes put on all the clothes I could and stayed in bed under all the covers I could find.

The cold was only surpassed by the rain. It rained and rained and rained. All day. Every day. It rained in sheets. Cold windy sheets.

Newspaper banner headlines in huge type read: NES! NES! NES!

Nes is Hebrew for miracle.

And it was a miracle indeed.

Record snows fell on Mount Hermon. The dews of Hermon literally give the water of life to Israel. (Psalm 133:3.) Snow water runs off to fill three small tributaries which feed the Jordan above the Sea of Galilee.

The Sea of Galilee overflowed its banks. Scientists had predicted it would take years to fill up in normal rainy seasons. The Jordan swelled and rolled, the news reported, "as it must have in Bible days."

Our Hebrew school went to Tiberias to take a look at it. We drove our bus through the flooded streets of the city. They so wanted us to see the miracle, they encouraged us to get out and walk to the banks of the sea where high waves were crashing.

A little Russian Jewish boy—a new immigrant—ran too close to the water's edge. His mother flew after him struggling with her umbrella in the wind. He stopped just in time. But she toppled in. She looked rather like Mary Poppins bobbing up and down in the churning sea hanging on to the umbrella over her head. Of course, someone rescued her from the miracle waters.

Those waters were so powerful and the waves so big they crumpled sidewalks and broke large glass windows in the hotels lining the shores.

Making my way to classes each day was a challenge. I'd seen winds and rains in Oklahoma. But not like that. For they went on day after day after day. One day the winds picked up my umbrella and me with it and flung us face down into the mud. But I was glad. It was miracle mud.

The former rains and latter rains had come heavy—and together!

There was no slackening off period between them. October. November.

December. January. February. March. It rained. It broke all records!

☕️Billye Brim

[plong42]

Day Five: Around the Sea of Galilee

Day Five: Around the Sea of Galilee -

Today out tour focused on sites in Galilee associated with Jesus and his ministry.  We began our day with a drive through Tiberius to Mount Arbel. This is not so much a biblical site, but a hike up to the top of Mount Arbel to view the Sea of Galilee. From the top of the cliffs we can see the west and north quarters of the sea, essentially where all of the Jesus sites are located. The carob tree…

[xapitos]

Who is Jesus of Nazareth?

A Devotional Study of the Gospel of Mark

Mark 3:13-19 — Talk About a Life Change!

By xapitos.  All rights reserved. 2022.

Introduction

This study of the Gospel of Mark from the Christian Scriptures follows the premise to take a book at face value.  This is a common practice for books.  Thus, this study will look at the historical, cultural, archaeological and grammatical context of Mark’s Gospel to see if it truly is what it claims to be, namely the words of the God of the Hebrews, without any errors and final in authority to all that it speaks, claiming that Jesus of Nazareth is the Christ, the Messiah of Israel, who shall deliver his people, and the world of mankind from our rebelliousness against the holy LORD of Israel, King of the universe.  If errors are discovered, then the Gospel of Mark will be assumed to be false.  Until such a discovery, the book is accepted at face value.

I translate the Gospel of Mark from its Greek manuscripts and follow the paragraph division of The Greek New Testament, third edition by the United Bible Societies.  Thus, my Scripture reading may vary from yours here and there in small details.  The Hebrew Scripture references are from the Masoretic Text of the Hebrew Scriptures in the Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia edition of the Masoretic Text.  The Masoretic Text was copied by Hebrew scribes about 1000 A.D. and has been substantiated by various Hebrew manuscripts, the Dead Sea Scrolls, and the Septuagint, which is the Greek translation of the Hebrew Scriptures.  The Septuagint is  dated third to second centuries B.C.  The English version of the Holy Bible used in this study is the New International Version, the NIV.

It is necessary to say a word about the translation of the Greek text.  I intentionally translate the Greek as it is written, not smoothing out the English translation, as is done in English Bibles based on the original biblical languages of Hebrew, Aramaic, and Koine Greek.  At times, the translation will come across awkward, wooden, and repetitive in English. Translating from one language to another can appear this way.  Another factor is involved, namely, that it is obvious that God wrote the New Testament the way he did to emphasize what he wanted to emphasize through the Greek grammar and sentence structure.  Without translating this way, such divine emphases would be missed by the English.  The same can also be said of the Hebrew Scriptures.

It is interesting to note, to me at least, that Mark continues to use the conjunction “and,” at the beginning of almost every clause.  Some might call this poor grammar.  I call it a “child’s heart.”  Remember when your children were (or are) young and when they became excited, they just talked and talked, almost without breathing?  This is what Mark’s continual use of “and” shows me.  He is so excited about Jesus and his story, that it appears that he cannot wait to tell us everything he learned from the apostle Peter (Simon) about Jesus.

Study

Mark 3:13-19

(13). And he ascended to the mountain and called those he wanted himself, and they departed with him.  (14)  And he made twelve, in order that might be with him and in order that he might send them to preach (15) and to have authority to cast out the demons.  (16)  And he made the twelve and he gave a name to Simon, Peter, and James the son of Zebedee and John his brother, and he gave to them a name, Boanerges, which is Sons of Thunder, (18) and Andrew and Philipp, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alpheus, and Thaddeus, and Simon the Canaan (Zealot), and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.

The mountain that overlooks the Sea of Galilee is Mount Arbel.  It is some 1800 feet high today.  It sits on the western side of Sea of Galilee and overlooks the entire region.  The view is breathtaking.  You can see Capernaum and all the towns along the western shore of the great lake, as well as the northern and eastern shores.  This mountain also sits along the main trade route from Egypt going to Mesopotamia (Iraq and the area along the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers).  For me, this is probably the mountain that Jesus ascended with the Twelve.  The symbolism is important.  Seeing all that one can see from that mountain, Jesus must have been emphasizing to the Twelve the significance of being called to be with him, in order that they could preach and cast out demons.

The Twelve are an assorted lot.  Fishermen, mostly considered to be of low education, including two boisterous brothers, the Sons of Thunder, a strong personality in Simon Peter (one of the fishermen), a tax-collector, Matthew, who was despised by the Jewish people, with whom the other eleven had to learn to accept for Jesus accepted him, a doubter (or maybe thinker), a rebeller against authority in Simon the Canaan (God sent Israel to wipe out the Canaanites, which they did not fully obey him to do), and a betrayer, Judas.  Different personalities, different professions, different causes and purposes.  A motley crew, if it were, that Jesus formed into the most powerful people to walk the planet.  Powerful in the sense that they became the everyday people, who were most like him, and who forever changed human history.

There are three things that this passage mentions about all of them.  Three purposes.  The first purpose is,to be with him.  This denotes an intimate friendship to become like Jesus.  Without intimacy with Jesus, one is not able to preach nor cast out demons.   This intimacy with Jesus is the foundation for life following Jesus.  They all had heard Jesus’ words, “Follow me.”  This following means “be my student and become like me. Peter would become less headstrong and more committed to Jesus than to himself.  The Sons of Thunder, became more of the Sons of Love.  So much so that John became the closest disciple, student to Jesus.  John is the only disciple to have died from old age.  He survived being boiled in oil and was banished to the Isle of Patmos in the Mediterranean.  There it was that he received the Revelations of Jesus Christ, the last book of the Christian Scriptures, all biblical truth coming to fruition in Revelations, both Hebrew and Christian.  Thomas gained the nickname, “The Doubter.”  I appreciate Thomas,  for while the Eleven were locked up in the Upper Room, it was Thomas who wanted complete affirmation of Jesus’ Resurrection and appearance to the Ten, when Thomas was not there.  They were scared, bewildered, unsure.  All that Jesus had led them to and taught them, the miracles they themselves performed, what happened?  Jesus was killed by the Religious Leanders and the Romans.  He is dead.  Thomas wanted to be absolutely sure of Jesus’ Resurrection, for he knew that he would then be preaching Jesus’ message, life, and casting out demons.  And to where did Thomas carry the message of the Gospel to preach and to cast out demons…India.  All the way to India from Jerusalem.  That’s a long way with a whole lot of people along the way.  

Simon the Canaan (Zealot).  Israel was supposed to wipe out the Canaanites.  Israel did not.  And here, in the grace and mercy of the Son of Man, is a Canaanite.  The Canaanites lived lives of complete immorality, idolatry, sacrificing of children on the red hot arms of the idol Baal.  They were so bad, that Yahweh wanted them all blotted out.  Israel disobeyed the Lord.  Yet, in his great mercy and grace, the Lord includes Simon as one of his Twelve.  Now, a Canaanite had the truth of God, the character of God and his authority over the demonic ways of their past.  The significance of choosing Simon cannot be overstated.  It tells us that no one is too despicable in character to the Lord.

And then there is Judas Iscariot.  Judas shows us that one can be in the very presence of God Almighty and still reject him, his character, his morality, his teachings, and his authority.  It boggles my mind, how Judas preached the Gospel and had authority to cast out demons, and yet, he turned to Lucifer, Satan, and allowed himself to be indwelt by Lucifer to betray the One who has all authority over Lucifer.   It’s all very sad.  Judas also teaches us that the Lord does not force anyone to do something against their will.  Jesus respected Judas’ choice.  He didn’t like it and he didn’t stop it.  He even told Judas to act quickly upon his choice.  May we ask the Lord for guidance in all of our choices, that they all honor him.

To these Twelve, he entrusted the future of mankind.  To them, all of God’s plan for the redemption and making disciples of mankind was entrusted.  One rejected it all.  He was replaced in Acts 1.  The new Twelve (Mathias was added to the circle in Acts 1) did not reject but went on to preach and cast out demons.  Thomas went all the way to India.  Peter went all the way to Rome and asked that he be crucified upside down, as he was not worthy to be crucified upright, like Jesus was.    They all spread the love, message and authority of Jesus over the demonic realm to deliver mankind from damnation to eternal life through Jesus, the Son of Man, the True Sabbath Rest.  Like Judas, many have rejected.  Like the Twelve many have believed and taken up the cross to follow the Savior of the world.  The world has not known such men since.  There have been and continue to be godly people.  It is up to all of us who claim and love Jesus to further his message to the ends of the earth.

Self-reflection

Which disciple do you think you are most like?  I encourage you to study the gospels to learn more about that person, and how you can become a better disciple yourself.

How is Jesus using people of different educational levels, personalities and commitments to him to shape and mold you?

While you grow in intimacy “being with Jesus,” how does your life reflect taking his Gospel to the ends of the earth and to the center of the world in which you live, work, and play?

What two things would you like to be in your character and/or do better as a result of meditating on this passage and growing in intimacy with Jesus?

Like Jesus most likely took the Twelve to the top of Mount Arbel, overlooking the region of the Sea of Galilee, what do you think that he is showing you about you and his purpose for you to be with him and to tell others about him?

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Birds up here (Mount Arbel/Har Arbel)

[my own work]

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A tourist watches a view of the Sea of Galilee from the top of Mount Arbel, at the Arbel National Park and Nature Reserve in the Galilee region, northern Israel, on December 7, 2017.

Part of my latest assignment for The Wall Street Journal, see a wider edit on my website 👉 https://www.dvphotonet.com/the-wall-street-journal-israels-jesus-trail 

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Spectacular Mount Arbel by 7j7s7 Source: http://bit.ly/2WAG106

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Arbel Mount

source: Nili Israel Photos

[dukhoiada]

Mountains of the Holy Land in photographs from 1915.

Mountains around the world often have deep spiritual significance to the cultures that emerge in their shadows, and the peaks of the Holy Land are no exception. Lebanon, Syria, Israel, Palestine and Jordan are dominated by summits of Biblical import, from the cedar-covered slopes of Mount Lebanon, to the precipitous cliffs of Mount Arbel, to Mount Tabor, believed by many Christians to be the location of the Transfiguration of Jesus.

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#IsraelTrip Pic #11 We went to Mount Arbel, right beside the Sea of Galilee. Israelites used this mountain to defend themselves from enemies. It’s a really cool place 🙂 #mountain #cave #caves #hide #hiding #hidingplace #mount #arbel #mountarbel #wind #storm #sea #galilee #seaofgalilee #israelites #jews #jewish (at Mount Arbel) https://www.instagram.com/p/BxoDF7ADCnZ/?igshid=1jr4q12r1yyw9

[dustincgeorge]

Mount Arbel from Sea of Galilee

[whencyclopedia]

THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXCAVATIONS AT MAGDALA: 

MAGDALA, known as Migdal in Hebrew (מִגְדָּל: tower) and also as Taricheae (Ταριχέα, from the Greek Τάριχος or tarichos: preserved by salting or drying fish), was an important fishing town during the first century CE on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee and below Mount Arbel. According to biblical references, it was the hometown of Mary Magdalene and historical sources such as Flavio Josephus, Strabo, Pliny the Edler, Cicero, and Suetonius mention the importance of this town because of its excellent salted fish and important Roman markets.

Magdala Taricheae is located in the Lower Galilee, a region in the north of Israel. Galilee is divided into Upper and Lower Galilee, Upper Galilee is to the north of Israel, currently on the border with Lebanon. It is a mountainous and forested area. During the first century CE, the settlements of Meron, Gush Halay, Nabratein, Gamla, Hazor, Zefat were developed.

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