Today was a busy day for all of us, as we began in Caesarea, at Herod’s summer palace on the Mediterranean sea. This is the amphitheater next to Herod’s palace.

Next from the peak of Mount Carmel we view the valley of Jezreel, and the future site of the end-times battle of Armageddon.

We moved to the fortresses city of Megiddo, here we viewed the Valley of Jezreel from the south. I read Revelation 16, where it talks about the battle of Armageddon and how this valley will flow with blood 4 ½ feet deep.

I then encouraged our people to take a moment and reflect over what is going to happen in this place in the end times and what it means to our faith.

This was a sobering experience, one that I will not forget, but one to rejoice over, because we know that He will win this battle and walk out of this valley victorious.

We then traveled to Nazareth. This is where Jesus lived with his parents, attended school, and the location of the synagogue where he worshipped with his family on the Sabbath.

This location is where Jesus’ ministry first began, and the first place that Jesus preached a sermon.

This story can be found in Luke 4:16-31. I read this story to our people, and it’s incredible to think that Jesus preached from this very place. We are truly walking where Jesus walked!

The brief video follows my reading of Luke 4:16-31, I encourage you to read the passage in Luke and watch this video.

Tomorrow we have a full day. We begin by crossing the Sea of Galilee, then we will visit Capernaum where the Jordan River enters the Sea of Galilee. We will follow with The Mount of Beatitudes, Tabgha, Peter’s Chapel, and Caesarea Philippi, the Golan Heights, and if time permits, we will be baptizing in the Jordan River.

What a blessing to be here in Israel.