Map Good Samaritan
Map Good Samaritan. On the isolated and badlands road uphill from Jericho in the Jordan River Valley, to Jerusalem.
Good-guy-Samaritan
Map Luke 19
Map Luke 19
Map Luke 19. Jesus curses 3 cities where he ministered most often: Capernaum, Chorazin, Bethsaida.
Jesus curses three cities
Map, Mary heads for the hills of Judea
Map, Mary heads for the hills of Judea
Map Luke 1. When Mary found out she was pregnant with Jesus, she got out of town, leaving Nazareth for a relative near Jerusalem in Judea.
Mary heads for the hills of Judea
Audio reading, Luke 2, birth Jesus
Audio reading, Luke 2, birth Jesus
Audio file, a reading of the Christmas story, from Luke 2> it's about the birth and childhood of Jesus Christ, born in Bethlehem.
Audio file, Luke 2, the birth and childhood of Jesus
Kingdom of Herod the Great
Lay of the land
Map of Elijah at Jesus’ Transfiguration
Map of Elijah at Jesus' Transfiguration
Map of Elijah at Jesus' Transfiguration. "Suddenly, Elijah and Moses appeared. They started talking with Jesus. ..Jesus changed into another form...His face started shining."
Bible writers say it happened on a mountain. But they don't say which one. There are several contenders.
Malachi predicted Elijah would come back to prepare the way for the LORD.
Elijah at Jesus' Transfiguration
Solomon’s Jerusalem
Solomon's Jerusalem
Solomon's Jerusalem
King Solomon's Jerusalem sat on ridge and stretched about one kilometer (3/4 miles) from the Temple Mount on the top of the ridge, down to Lower Jerusalem called the City of David. King David's Jerusalem was about half as big. Solomon added the Temple and surrounding area later. Kings after Solomon began extending Jerusalem to the west. The Jerusalem of Jesus, during the Roman occupation of Israel, was much larger...until Rome crushed a Jewish revolt and destroyed the city in AD 70. That was the last Temple the Jews ever had. Arab invaders conquered the land and 1400 years ago built a Muslim shrine on the Temple Mount. It's now Jerusalem's most famous landmark: the Dome of the Rock. For another angle on Jerusalem, see the map with Nehemiah 7. Here's a sampling of King Solomon's unusual writing, which many scholars say was written centuries later by a writer borrowing Solomon's name.WHATEVER WE DO, IT’S A WASTE OF TIME
1David’s son, the Scholar and King of Jerusalem, offers these observations 2It’s a pitiful waste of time, the Scholar says. It’s all worthless and meaningless. 3What do people get for all their hard work, For spilling their sweat under the sun? 4A generation dies and another is born, But it makes no difference to the everlasting earth. 5The sun rises. The sun sets. Then it races all night to rise again. 6The wind blows north. The wind blows south. The wind blows round and round. It follows its route, comes back home, Then it starts all over again. 7Rivers and streams flow into the sea But the sea always has room for more. So, water returns to the streams where it came from And the streams flow back to the sea. 8Everything is exhausting, Too exhausting for words. What we see isn’t satisfying. What we hear isn’t good enough. Ecclesiastes 1:1-8, Casual English BibleKing Solomon's Jerusalem
Temple Mount in Jerusalem
Temple Mount in Jerusalem
Temple Mount in Jerusalem
The Temple Mount is at the rocky top of the ridge on which Jews built their Jerusalem Temple. King David lived down the hill in the City of David, a walled city below the top of the ridge. His son and successor, Solomon, expanded the city north, to the Temple Mount, where he built the first Jewish Temple. Babylonian invaders destroyed it and the entire city about 400 years later, in 586 BC. They exiled the surviving Jews. Persians conquered the Babylonians 50 years later and freed the Jews to go home. They rebuilt the Temple in 516 BC. So, they had lived without a Jerusalem worship center for 70 years. Then, 70 years after they built the second Temple, Nehemiah, a Jewish winetaster for the Persian king, got permission to go to Jerusalem and repair the walls. He served there as governor for about 13 years.Jews return home from the Exile
Jews return home from the Exile
Jews return home from the Exile
Zerubbabel and Sheshbazzar, prince of Judah, lead 50,000 Jews home, beginning in 538 BC. With a Persian military escort, they took a longer and safer route, following water sources.
Almost a century after the first Jews returned to Israel, Ezra led a group. Ezra took the shorter route, with a long walk through a dangerous part of the Arabian Desert.
Nehemiah came last and furthest, from Persia’s capital of Susa. He repaired Jerusalem’s walls.
Jews return home from the Exile