Today's Tour Part Three

AREA OF THE TRIBE OF DAN
Today was dedicated to the spectacular northern part of Israel.

Following the accounts described in the Gospel of Luke chapter 9, we drove through the Hula Valley to reach Mt Hermon, where the miracle of Transfiguration occurred.

We visited the Banias, one of the headwaters of the Jordan River and site of Caesarea Philippi, where Peter confessed Christ's divinity.

We stopped to see the border (known as the cease fire line) between Israel and Syria.

From there, we continued to the Pan Nature Reserve. After walking through the beautiful reserve and a taste from the cool water, we visited Jeroboam's AItar (I Kings 12). We also saw a city gate from the time of Abraham the Patriarch and learn about the importance of the gate in the social life of the city in the Old Testament times.

Our final stop was at Capernaum, where Jesus taught in the synagogue and spent much of His ministry (Matthew 4).Read more