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My Holy Land Trip
Saturday, December 21, 2013
First Day of my Holy Land Trip, Jordan
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About me, my trip to Holy Land wasn't pr-planned, but it was excellent and happy journey as scheduled by God like a call. If I say about the Holy Land, I felt that each inch of the land is blessed by God. People may do anything there, war, slavery, terrorism… whatever, but God is still graciously looking on this land.
My Holy Land trip was starting from Kuwait on Dec 21, 2013. It was a cold, breezy night. I reached in the early morning at Bahrain International Airport, Manama. In another one hour I had my connection flight to Jordan and reached in Queen Alia Airport, Amman at 12.30 PM.
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| Flag of Jordan |
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| Queen Alia Airport, Amman, Jordan |
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| Queen Alia Airport, Amman, Jordan |
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| Queen Alia Airport, Amman, Jordan |
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| Leaving from Amman |
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| Seen from the Bus - Snow covered shoulders, Amman, Jordan |
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| Jordan, View from the Bus |
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| Jordan, View from the Bus |
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| Jordan, View from the Bus |
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| Jordan, View from the Bus |
Biblical importance of Jordan
In Hebrew Bible
In the Hebrew Bible the Jordan is referred to as the source of fertility to a large
plain and it is said to be like "the garden of God" (Genesis 13:10). There is no regular description of the Jordan in the
Bible; only scattered and indefinite references to it are given. Jacob crossed it and its tributary, the Jabbok (the modern Al-Zarqa), on his way back from Haran (Genesis 32:11, 32:23-24). It is noted as the
line of demarcation between the "two tribes and the half tribe"
settled to the east (Numbers 34:15) and the "nine tribes and the half tribe of
Manasseh" that, led by Joshua, settled to the west (Joshua 13:7, passim).
Opposite Jericho, it was called "the Jordan of Jericho" (Numbers 34:15; 35:1). The Jordan has a number of fords, and one of them is famous as the place where
many Ephraimites were slain by Jephthah (Judges 12:5-6). It seems that these are the same fords mentioned as
being near Beth-barah, where Gideon lay in wait for the Midianites (Judges 7:24).
In the plain of the Jordan, between Succoth and Zarthan, is
the clay ground where Solomon had his brass-foundries (1 Kings 7:46).
In biblical history, the Jordan appears as the
scene of several miracles,
the first taking place when the Jordan, near Jericho, was crossed by the
Israelites under Joshua (Joshua 3:15-17). Later the two tribes and the half tribe that settled east of
the Jordan built a large altar on its banks as "a witness" between
them and the other tribes (Joshua 22:10, 22:26, et seq.). The
Jordan was crossed by Elijah and Elisha on dry ground (2 Kings 2:8, 2:14). God thrived
through Elisha performing two other miracles at the Jordan: God healed Naaman by having him bathe in its waters, and he made
the axe head of one of the "children of the prophets" float, by
throwing a piece of wood into the water (2 Kings 5:14; 6:6).
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| Jordan River |
In New Testament
The New Testament states that John the Baptist baptized unto repentance[7] in the Jordan (Matthew 3:5-6; Mark1:5; Luke 3:3; John1:28). These acts of
Baptism are also reported as having taken place at Bethabara (John 1:28).
Jesus came to be baptised by him there (Matthew 3:13; Mark 1:9; Luke 3:21, 4:1). The Jordan is
also where John the Baptist bore record of Jesus as the Son of God and Lamb of God (John 1:29-36).
The prophecy of Isaiah regarding the Messiah which names the Jordan (Isaiah 9:1-2) is also reported in Matthew 4:15.
The New Testament speaks several times about
Jesus crossing the Jordan during his ministry (Matthew 19:1; Mark 10:1), and of believers crossing the Jordan to come hear him preach and to be healed of their diseases (Matthew 4:25; Mark 3:7-8).
When his enemies sought to capture him, Jesus took refuge at Jordan in the
place John had first baptized (John 10:39-40).
My Holy Land Trip
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