Hear O Israel… Part 2

View facing Nazareth. City on left side hilltop

a tunnel that led to water, which kept Megiddo strong while under siege.”

reconstructed map room of Megiddo

In all a very impressive location. What really struck me was the beauty of the surrounding area. I didn’t think of war or battles, I thought of peace.

As we made our way further north we drove to Nazareth.

I kept thinking of the story of Philip and Nathanael, John 1:43-50

Philip went and found Nathanael and told him, “We’ve found the One Moses wrote of in the Law, the One preached by the prophets. It’s Jesus, Joseph’s son, the one from Nazareth!” Nathanael said, “Nazareth? You’ve got to be kidding.”

- the Message

I’ve always wondered about that verse. Can anything good come out of Nazareth? Nazareth? You’ve got to be kidding. The funny thing is, the first thing I really saw was a KFC. You’ve got to be kidding. The stomping grounds of Jesus’ youth… KFC. Not only KFC but a Toys ‘R’ Us. It was getting worse as we drove further into the city.

But the faithful guide that I had, led me not to fast food chains or Junk ’4′ Them, rather, he took me to the ruins of “Mary’s” home which has a church built around it.

“Basilica of the Annunciation”

WOW! my first old “church” building. Now, as a “restoration” kid, one who has tried to eliminate 2000 years of human intervention and legal tradition of Christendom, a church building is just a building. The people make it holy. As I took in the sites and firing away with my camera…

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