Galilee, Part 2

 

We've got a couple of hours before we head to the airport for our flight home so I thought I'd post pictures from one more day. I'll have to catch up on the rest when we get home (if anyone's interested?)

Anyway, on our second day in Galilee we started at Capernaum. 



 

 Archeologists have been able to unearth the ruins all the way down to stones from the time of Christ. The black stones under the white were part of the synagogue where Christ preached.

 

Capernaum sits right on the shores of the Sea. It's a beautiful setting.

Next we went to a place called Tel Dan. This is where the tribe of Dan lived. There are remains from a stronghold there and this is where Jereboam built a golden calf for his people to worship. That silver thing shows where the altar would have been. This place is really close to the northern border of Israel. We could see Lebanon from here.

 This is Caeserea Philippi. These are altars to the god Pan. Lots of pagan worhsipping went on in this part of the country.

 The best part of the day for me was that night when we got to go out onto the Sea of Galilee on a boat. Since it was Sunday, we had some testimonies and teaching from our tour leader. Then the lights were killed and we sat on the boat in the dark, and the peace, and listened to the story of Peter walking on the water. It was pretty wonderful.