A great opportunity to see what it might have felt like to live in Nazareth at the time Jesus walked around here. A place called Nazareth Village uses a large piece of hillside property to recreate the look and feel of 1st century Nazareth. Actually not just recreated as there are actual artifacts on site like a stone quarry, and wine press cut in the rocks. The only full scale synagogue complete with roof in the W. Bank(picture), a working olive press(picture), home, shepherds look out, stable, etc are there to tour. Our guide Rani was so knowledgeable-a local seminary student, his ability to weave Biblical knowledge into the tour was outstanding.
We also visited NETS (Nazareth Evangelical Theological Seminary)for a brief tour. The director a Scot name Bryson, shared the vision and ministry of the seminary as it trains and equips the Arab church. Christy and Brent- expats we know are a part of the staff and faculty there.
We visited Precipice Mountain(hilltop picture)-that commemorates the place the Jews he had just been preaching to got angry with his sermon and tried to throw Jesus off the mountain (Luke 4). The Church of the Annunciation was another stop on the tour that day(Church photo). The church commemorating the place that Mary was visited by the angel who told her she was with child. When this church was built over some ruins-which are a part of the stop, countries around the world were invited to send art work-mostly mosaics of the virgin Mary(picture). It is not a very old church building and sort of modern in its design. It is beautiful. One of my favorites.
Back to Haifa to wander about on our own and enjoy the evening.
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