Pastor Bob Fetterhoff, sincere in spreading the word of our Lord.

The pyramids and the sphynx.

The Treasury of "Petra"

John the Baptist baptized Jesus in this pool.

Moses looked at the promise land from the top of Mt. Nebo.

The King James version of the Bible was written in 1,500 AD, based on papyrus scrolls that were made in about 1,000 AD. The scrolls found at Qumran were made in 100 BC and identical to the scrolls the King James version were based on 1100 years later.

A shepherd was missing a sheep so he threw a rock into cave # 4 to scare the sheep out. He heard a strange clink and knew it was something unnatural. He brought his father back and searched the cave, found this 3' high broken vase containing the scrolls.The scrolls were sold to an  antiquities dealer in Jerusalem named Kando. Mr. Kando researched the scrolls, found they were legitimate and asked for more. The sheherd and his father found all but 4 books of the Old Testement had been copied by the Essenes. Some may still be buried in a cave in the hills. Later on the trip, in Bethlehem, we visited the Kando Antiquities store and saw this,the first vase ever found.

In about 20 AD, Herod the Great of Jerusalem was not liked by his Jewish subjects. He built a summer retreat (fortress) on top of this mountain to protect himself from his people. It is not proven that he ever lived here. - - - In 70 AD, when the Romans raided Jerusalem, burned the city and threw out all of the Jews. About 1,000 Jews fled to this fortress with provisions to live for a long time. 15,000 Romans came after them, could not break down the walls and put them under seige for 3 years. When they finally broke through the walls, they found 970 people has committed mass suicide rather than be taken as slaves. There were 5 children and 2 women that survived.

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