Our last day in Israel!
We checked out of our hotel and headed for Nazareth.
View overlooking Nazareth
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Mount of Transfiguration- Mt. Tabor Matthew 17
From there we headed towards Church of the Annunciation- a church that now sits atop the home Mary shared with her parents. This is where Mary was visited by the angel and told she would give birth to the Messiah. Mary lived close by to Joseph. When she married Joseph, she only moved around the corner.
Below is the ceiling inside the entrance.
This mural was a gift from the USA.
Before leaving Nazareth we went to Joseph’s church which is the site of Joseph and Mary’s home where Jesus would have been reared. Joseph died some time after Jesus was 12, because we know he went to the temple with him. Jesus had 4 younger brothers and 2 sisters. Rome collected taxes and did a census, therefore they know the locations of where they truly lived.
The foundation of the home.
A Catholic mass taking place in the church that is atop the foundation of the home.
Some men sitting in the square-tearing up bread for the pigeons.
On to the Valley of Armageddon at Magiddo. Revelation 16:16, Revelation 19
The armies of this world will be defeated in this valley.
Jenny P and I enjoying an ice cream cone on the bus ride!
It was very windy atop Mt. Caramel!
View of Armageddon Mt. Caramel
Last lunch in Israel
We stopped by Caesarea on the Mediterranean Sea before heading to our hotel to freshen up before our 12 hour flight home!
Toes in the Mediterranean Sea!
