HOLY LAND TOUROctober 18-28, 2015

Hosts:Pastor Jerry HunterDr. Harry Morgan

Lecture 2UPPER GALILEE

$3,497(incl all tips & taxes)

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Tour

Where Jesus Walked

UPPER GALILEE

•Sea of Galilee (Gennesareth)

•Hazor

•Dan

•Chorazin

Galilee

Located: in the North of Israel

Traditionally Divided:•Upper Galilee•Lower Galilee•Western Galilee

Size: 1/3 of the State of Israel

Hebrew: הגליל

Meaning: literally “a circuit”

Keshet Cave or Rainbow Cave

"PikiWiki Israel 4518 Keshet Cave" by פאוסט Licensed under CC BY 2.5 via Wikimedia .אלה "AmudHorses" by Maglanist

Horses roam in Amud stream

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=66BKA9bWjHI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6dbRr7VYs4

• His parents were from Nazareth in Galilee.• 11 of the 12 disciples were from Galilee. They were, in

truth, “Team Galilee.”• Jesus told 19 of his 32 recorded parables in Galilee• 25 of his 33 recorded miracles were performed in

Galilee, including the feeding of the 5,000.• The site of his transfiguration was in Galilee.• Capernaum in Galilee is referred to as “his own city.”• The Great Commission was given on a mountain in

Galilee.

Jesus association with Galilee

Isaiah 9:1 Nevertheless the gloom will not be upon her who is distressed, as when at first He lightly esteemed The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, and afterward more heavily oppressed her, by the way of the sea, beyond the Jordan, in Galilee of the Gentiles.

Galilee of the Nations

Mark 14:70 But he denied it again. And a little later those who stood by said to Peter again, “Surely you are one of them; for you are a Galilean, and your speech shows it.”

Different Speech

The people of Galilee could speak Hebrew (and many of them Greek, too) but with a different accent. The Jewish elite in Jerusalem would have considered it a “farmer’s” way of speaking–not polished, not sophisticated . . . not respected.

Different Attitudes

Judges 5:18 Zebulun is a people who jeopardized their lives to the point of death, Naphtali also, on the heights of the battlefield.

Matthew 22:16–17 And they sent to Him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, “Teacher, we know that You are true, and teach the way of God in truth; nor do You care about anyone, for You do not regard the person of men. 17 Tell us, therefore, what do You think? Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?”

Different Attitudes

A great resource for understanding Galilee is Richard Horsley’s Archaeology, History, and Society in Galilee

After the time of Yeshua, when the Jewish war with Rome broke out in 66 CE, Josephus said of the Galileans, who were under his command, “they had always been numerous and warlike” (Jewish War 3:41-43).

Different Attitudes

The descendants of the Canaanites, Persians, Assyrians, Greeks and Romans were well-represented in the population of Galilee. The people of Galilee were far more familiar and often more comfortable living alongside pagan culture.

A great resource for understanding Galilee is Richard Horsley’s Archaeology, History, and Society in Galilee

Matthew 4:13–17 And leaving Nazareth, He came and dwelt in Capernaum, which is by the sea, in the regions of Zebulun and Naphtali, 14 that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying: 15 “The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, By the way of the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles: 16 The people who sat in darkness have seen a great light, And upon those who sat in the region and shadow of death Light has dawned.” 17 From that time Jesus began to preach and to say, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”

Mixed Racial Heritage

Mark 14:70 But he denied it again. And a little later those who stood by said to Peter again, “Surely you are one of them; for you are a Galilean, and your speech shows it.”

Hotbed for Revolution

If all of these difficulties were not enough to raise concern about people from Galilee, the area was known as a hotbed for revolution. Simon, one of the twelve that Jesus called, was called “The Zealot” for a very good reason.

Compared to Judea

Around Jerusalem in the southern highlands, was the center of the Hebrew religious and political aristocracy. These were the wealthy, educated, powerful city people, more pure in their lineage.

In Galilean north, living among its fields and swamps and mixed population, were the rural, “up country” people, less respected, less trusted, more likely to be open to outside influences.

Galilee was a place not expected to produce much of anything good, and of no place was this more true than Nazareth. And yet it was into a working class family from Galilee, from Nazareth, that God chose to send his son. It was in Galilee that the major years of Jesus’ ministry occurred. The people of Galilee rallied to Him. More important still, it was men of Galilee whom He chose “to be with Him” and that He “sent out” to minister.

John 1:46 And Nathanael said to him, “Can anything good come out of Nazareth?” Philip said to him, “Come and see.”

Andrew M. Fairbairn

“The marvel is not that fisherman of Galilee conquered the world, but that Jesus of Nazareth made them its conquerors. The wonder lies in the making of the men, not in the their doings.”

Also known as: Tel Dan, Tell el-Kadi, Tel el-Kady, Tel/Tell el-Qadi, Antiochia, Dan-jaan (?), Danjaan (?), Daphne, Kefar-Dan, Laish, Leshem

Headwaters of the Jordan

Dan described in the Bible as the northern-most city of the Kingdom of Israel, belonging to the Tribe of Dan.

Middle Bronze Gate

Iron Age Gate

2 Samuel 18:4 "So the king stood beside the gate while all the men marched out in units of hundreds and of thousands.”

2 Kings 23:8 "He broke down the shrines at the gates." Podium for a Ruler

High Place of Jeroboam

House of David inscription

One of the interior city gates. The enormous side chambers may have functioned as guard stations, storage rooms, or commercial cubbies for a bustling bazaar of tradesmen, artisans, and market goods.

Also known as: Tel Hazor, Tell al-Qadah, Tell el-Qedah, Tel Khuraibeh, Hazzur, Waqqas

The Largest Tell

Known in Joshua's day as "the head of all those kingdoms," the tell of Hazor is today the largest in Israel at 200 acres. At its height in the Canaanite period, the city encompassed the entire tell. Later when it was inhabited by Israelites, the fortified city included only the Upper City.

Solomonic GateArchaeologists have uncovered a six-chambered gate at Hazor, which is nearly identical in size and design to gates at Megiddo and Gezer.The best explanation for this is that these gates were all built by the same government. These gates are a remarkable testimony to Solomon's building activity as described in 1 Kings 9:15.

Water SystemA century after Solomon's time the Israelites built a massive shaft 40 meters deep into the tell, reaching the water table below. The 19 m vertical shaft was about 15 m square and ended at a wide, sloping stepped tunnel that led 25 more meters. This system is similar to those at Megiddo and Gibeon.

Storehouse/StableThis type of building, better known as an Israelite tripartite pillared building, has been found at numerous sites throughout the country. Many functions for this type of structure have been suggested. Some archaeologists believe that these were used for the storage of food; more likely, the primary function of this building was for housing the royal cavalry.

Four-Room HouseThis popular building style would be better known as a "pillared house" than by the number of rooms in it. Found throughout Israel from the time of the settlement of the Israelites, the number of rooms in the dwelling may vary, but always it is characterized by a row or two of pillars separating the central court from the side room.

Matthew 11:21 “Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works which were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.” (cf. Lk. 10:13)

Ruins of Chorazin (David Niblack)

Richly adorned gable of synagogue

Seat of Moses (David Niblack)

Millstone

Jerry HunterAssociate Pastor of the Greenville Alliance Church

Greenville, PA 724-588-7167