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Bible maps make the Bible clearer

The Casual English Bible® maps tell Bible stories in a captivating way that engages even people who have never read the Bible. Lavishly detailed maps only make the stories of Jesus and others more compelling and easier to picture and to understand.

These 3D-style maps of Bible lands are created from blended high resolution satellite images, matched to precise elevation data from international space agencies.

How to search for maps

—Type “Galilee” into the Casual English Bible’s map search engine, below. Instantly, you’ll see dozens of beautiful maps…many in 3D style. Each one tracks with a different Bible story. These aren’t generic maps with a hundred place names.
—Type “Samson” into the Bible map search engine. You’ll see the tiny village where he lived in the Judean foothills below Jerusalem.
—Type “Corinthians” and you’ll see a gallery full of maps associated with Paul’s letters of 1, 2 Corinthians, to the church in Corinth, Greece.

3D sense of the lay of the land

Get a feel for the lay of the land:

—Ararat Mountains, where Noah’s boat ran aground. The Bible doesn’t say it was Mount Ararat.
—Judean hills where Joshua and the Israelites found most of their battles for the Promised Land. They avoided the plains, where their enemies with armored chariots had the advantage over Israel’s foot soldiers.
—Jesus’ 20-mile climb from Jericho and the Jordan River Valley upward half a mile high, to the crest of the Mount of Olives, overlooking Jerusalem.
—One surprise for some readers is the Jesus Triangle, a plug of ground between three cities. It’s where Jesus spent most of his ministry time. A person can walk that entire triangle in a single day. Type “Jesus triangle” to see it.

Jerusalem Temple

Bible Book: Revelation Type: Maps Location: Antonia Fortress, courtyard, Israel, Jerusalem Era: Exiled prophet

Jerusalem Temple

The Jewish Temple was an important part of Jewish worship for a really long time. King Solomon built it around 3,000 years ago. He used valuable materials like gold, bronze, and other expensive material. He imported cedars of Lebanon, floated down as rafts on the ocean.

Getting close to God

The Temple was where Jewish people went to be close to God. It had different areas, like an outside place (courtyard) and two inside rooms. The Holy of Holies was the most important part of the Temple. It was where the Ark of the Covenant was kept, which had the Ten Commandments inside. The Ark was really special because it meant that God was also present in the Temple.

Sacrificing to God

People would have religious ceremonies and holidays at the Temple. They'd do things like give offerings, make sacrifices, and teach the people about Jewish laws and traditions. These helped people stay close to God.

Destroyed twice

Unfortunately, invaders destroyed the Temple twice. The Babylonians trashed it in 586 BC, but the Jews rebuilt it even better, with the help of King Herod the Great. But the Romans destroyed it too, in 70 AD...once and for all. This was a big deal for Jewish people because their religion revolved around what happened there. But the "there" wasn't there anymore. Never has been. They had to find another way to worship God. That's possibly how synagogues developed.

Even though the Temple doesn't exist anymore, it's still an important part of Jewish culture and history. People still talk about it and remember it as a symbol of their faith. The Temple was the center of Jewish worship and identity for a long time, and its legacy continues to inspire people of different religions today.

Some Jews even hope to rebuild it. But the Temple Mount is now occupied by a 1,400-year-old iconic landmark that is now the most visual symbol of Jerusalem. It's the Dome of the Rock, a Muslim shrine where Islamic people go to pray every day.

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