Every Monday we go on a day long field trip with our Old Testament Class. Today we stayed pretty close to the city. We started our day going to our neighbors at Augusta Victoria, a church/hospital. Being only a hundred years old, it was easily the youngest thing we saw today.
We went to a place about a half hour away called Nabi Samwil-- the supposed birthplace of Samuel the prophet (not the one on the city wall-- that's a couple centuries and countries away). Modern archeology has told us that this is not the place he was actually born, but it people have been coming here for centuries. When one group of crusaders were coming to Jerusalem, they were able to see the first glimpses of the city from this hill. There is now a church that the Jews and the Muslims both share (kind of unusual) and there are also ruins from 2nd century CE. Cool place!
One of our last stops was overlooking Bethlehem. We had a few mintutes to ourselves and it really hit me: I am living where our Savior and other biblical prophets have visited and lived.
We went to a place about a half hour away called Nabi Samwil-- the supposed birthplace of Samuel the prophet (not the one on the city wall-- that's a couple centuries and countries away). Modern archeology has told us that this is not the place he was actually born, but it people have been coming here for centuries. When one group of crusaders were coming to Jerusalem, they were able to see the first glimpses of the city from this hill. There is now a church that the Jews and the Muslims both share (kind of unusual) and there are also ruins from 2nd century CE. Cool place!
One of our last stops was overlooking Bethlehem. We had a few mintutes to ourselves and it really hit me: I am living where our Savior and other biblical prophets have visited and lived.
(Pictures are a little out of order-- first is from NabiSamwil, then Bethlehem, then the Augusta Victoria church)
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