It is Sunday morning in Israel and this is our first stop. I am looking forward to this because it is our plan to worship and commune on this Lord’s Day on the hillside where it is believed Jesus gave His Sermon on the Mount. (If it wasn’t the exact site, it was near-by and similar.)
Hopefully it will be a sunlit day and we will be able to look across the Sea of Galilee as we hear anew the words of the beatitudes.
Located on the Syrian border in Northern Israel, it is often used in conjunction with Beersheba to define the length of Israel (from Dan to Beersheba).
Dan is rich in Biblical history. Here we will see and walk beside the headwaters of the Jordan (Jor-Dan) River.
Archeologists have uncovered a gate that dates back to around 1750 B.C. It is now referred to as Abraham’s Gate. It may be that Abraham visited this village in search of his nephew Lot. Genesis 14
This is where Jeroboam I set up one of the two golden calves (the other was in Bethel) so the Northern tribes would not try to go to Jerusalem to sacrifice when the kingdom divided. We will visit the visible site of this alter.
The city was destroyed by the Assyrian, Tiglath-pileser III in 733 BC.
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