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"Yardenit"
Baptismal Site
Thursday, December 26, 2013
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"Yardenit"
Baptismal Site
Jordan River, Galilee Region of Northern
Israel
Sixth Day of my Holy Land Trip, Mount Zion, Jerusalem
My Holy Land Trip
"Yardenit"
Baptism ceremonies held at the site:
The way to Beth Yerah located on the southern shore of the Sea of Galilee:
The place where Jesus was baptized by John the Baptist, Jordan River, southern shore of the Sea of Galilee:
The place where Jesus was baptized by John the Baptist, Jordan River, southern shore of the Sea of Galilee:
The place where Jesus was baptized by John the Baptist, Jordan River, southern shore of the Sea of Galilee:
Wall of the Life - the place where Jesus was baptized by John the Baptist, Jordan River:
The place where Jesus was baptized by John the Baptist, Jordan River:
Prayers written in different languages,the place where Jesus was baptized by John the Baptist, Jordan River:
The place where Jesus was baptized by John the Baptist, Jordan River:
The place where Jesus was baptized by John the Baptist, Jordan River:
The place where Jesus was baptized by John the Baptist, Jordan River:
The place where Jesus was baptized by John the Baptist, Jordan River:
Baptismal Site
Baptism ceremonies held at the site:
Yardenit (Hebrew: ירדנית), also known as the Yardenit
Baptismal Site, is a baptism site
located along the Jordan River in
the Galilee region of northern
Israel, which is frequented by Christian pilgrim.
The site is located south of the
river's outlet from the Sea of Galilee,
near Kibbutz Kvutzat Kinneret, which owns and manages the site.
According to Christian tradition, the baptism
of Jesus (Matthew, 3: 13-17) actually took place in Qasr el
Yahud, north of the Dead Sea and
east of Jericho. For centuries, Qasr al Yahud
was the most important baptism site for pilgrims, and monasteries and guest
houses were established near it. After the Six-Day WarQasr
el Yahud became a frontier area, located on the border between the state of
Israel and Jordan.
As a result, the Israeli Ministry of Tourism decided
to establish this site in 1981 as a replacement site. As a result,
"Yardenit" became the only regulated baptism site on the Israeli side
of the river, until the reopening of Qasr el Yahud site in 2011.
The way to Beth Yerah located on the southern shore of the Sea of Galilee:
The site currently averages 400,000
visitors each year representing all faiths
The Jordan River is the major river of
ancient Israel. Its source begins at Banias in the foothills of Mount Hermon,
it then runs south along a crack in the earth's surface called the Syro-African
fault, where two tectonic plates meet.
It is derived from the Hebrew words
(Yarden from the verb root word Yarod, meaning to descend).
The source of water for the Jordan River
is the Sea of Galilee (Kineret). It is bordered with trees and shrubs, such as,
Apple of Sodom, Tamarisk, Rhododendron, and Angus Castus. It contains
twenty-two species of fish. The Jordan River is more than thirteen miles in
length and a bridge, which connects Damascus to Galilee, crosses it. The river
floods occur from February to May. The Jordan River ends in the Dead Sea.
The way to Beth Yerah located on the southern shore of the Sea of Galilee:
Then the people of Jerusalem and all
Judea were going out to him, and all the region along the Jordan, and they were
baptize by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins. (Matthew 3:5-6).
Jesus Christ traveled south to Jordan
River to meet John the Baptist who was baptizing in the Jordan River all who
would come and repent of their sins. Jesus Christ was then baptized in the
Bethany across the Jordan River (John 1.28).
Natural water no longer flows along most of the Jordan river. The
northern part of the river, between the Sea of Galilee and the meeting of the
Jordan and Yarmukh, where the Yardenit Baptismal Site is located, is the only
place where it is still possible to be baptized in the flowing water of the
Jordan River.
Yardenit, the place where Jesus was baptized by John the Baptist, Jordan River, southern shore of the Sea of Galilee:
Yardenit, the place where Jesus was baptized by John the Baptist, Jordan River, southern shore of the Sea of Galilee:
Today Pilgrims to the Holy Land visit
the Baptismal Site (Yardenit) and are baptized in the waters of the Jordan.
The Yardenit Baptismal Site is located
at the southern exit of the Sea of Galilee, just behind the gate of the Dam
that is used on rainy winters to lower the level of the lake. The baptism site
has a large parking lot, convenient dressing rooms, stairway to walk down into
the waters, a restaurant and a shop.
The Google Map is centered on the
Yardenit Baptismal Site.
The place where Jesus was baptized by John the Baptist, Jordan River, southern shore of the Sea of Galilee:
According to Christian tradition, the
baptism of Jesus (Matthew, 3: 13-17) actually took place in Qasr el Yahud,
north of the Dead Sea and east of Jericho.
For centuries, Qasr al Yahud was the
most important baptism site for pilgrims, and monasteries and guest houses were
established near it.
After the Six-Day War Qasr el Yahud became a frontier area, located on
the border between the state of Israel and Jordan. As a result, the Israeli
Ministry of Tourism decided to establish Yardenit in 1981 as a replacement
site. As a result, "Yardenit" became the only regulated baptism site
on the Israeli side of the river, until the reopening of Qasr el Yahud site in
2010.
The place where Jesus was baptized by John the Baptist, Jordan River, southern shore of the Sea of Galilee:
The Yardenit Baptismal Site currently
averages 400,000 visitors each year representing all faiths.
Qasr el Yahud or Kasser Al Yahud or the
(Castle of the Jews) is baptism site in the Jordan River Valley in Israel. It
is the traditional spot where the New Testament narrative of the baptism of
Jesus took place (Matthew, 3: 13-17).
According to tradition, it is also the
place where the Israelites crossed over the Jordan River and Elijah the Prophet
ascended to heaven.
The place where Jesus was baptized by John the Baptist, Jordan River, southern shore of the Sea of Galilee:
The site includes marble steps that
descend into the Jordan River as well as ruins of Byzantine and Crusader
churches.
It reopened on about July 24, 2010 after
being closed for 44 years. The restoration project was approved before the
millennium celebrations but was delayed due to the Intifada and flooding in the
region in 2003.
It is administered by the Israeli Civil
Administration and the Israeli Ministry of Tourism.
Wall of the Life - the place where Jesus was baptized by John the Baptist, Jordan River:
An
Anonymous Pilgrim (4th Century) and Theodosius (6th Century) An
anonymous pilgrim, who arrived from Bordeaux in 333, and another pilgrim named
Theodosius in 530 (as well as others) described the baptism site of Jesus,
indicating that the place where Christ was baptized was five miles from the
Dead Sea. They also mentioned the small hill that lies to the East of the river
as being near the site of the baptism, as well as being the place from which
Elijah ascended to Heaven.
The place where Jesus was baptized by John the Baptist, Jordan River:
Theodosius also described the
church of John the Baptist, which was built on vaults & arcs during the
reign of the Emperor Anestasius (A.D. 491- 518) to prevent any damage that
might be caused by the flooding of the river. Recent archeological excavations
have uncovered remains of the piers over which the church was built on the
eastern bank of the river. Theodosius mentions a marble column implanted in the
middle of the river bearing the sign of the Cross (as an indication of where Christ's
baptism took place).
Prayers written in different languages,the place where Jesus was baptized by John the Baptist, Jordan River:
Antoninus of Piacenza wrote
in 570 that the site of Jesus' baptism was opposite the monastery of Saint John
adding that marble steps led to the bank of the river where Jesus was
baptized.
Prayers written in different languages,the place where Jesus was baptized by John the Baptist, Jordan River:
At the end of the third century and the beginning of the fourth, the
famous Church historian Eusebius mentioned certain Gospel sites in his
geographic dictionary, Onomasticon. He mentioned that many of the brothers in
Christ, who were desirous of rebirth, were baptized in the Jordan River or
submerged in the flow of the living river in imitation of Christ who was
baptized in this same place.
Jesus' Name believers claim
the development of baptism "in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and
of the Holy Ghost" is a post-Apostolic interpolation and corruption. Some
claim that the "Trinitarian" clause in Matthew
28:19 was added to Matthew's text in the 2nd/3rd century. They cite as evidence that no record
exists in the New
Testament of someone being baptized with the Trinitarian formula.
Other adherents of the Jesus Name
doctrine believe the authenticity of Matthew 28:19 but believe that the command
is correctly fulfilled by baptizing in the name of Jesus. Such adherents are
generally Oneness Pentecostals who
believe that the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit are not to be regarded as
distinct persons in the Godhead, and that the name "Jesus" is the
supreme revelatory name of the one God who is the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.
The place where Jesus was baptized by John the Baptist, Jordan River:
The baptism of Jesus marks
the beginning of his public ministry. This event is recorded in
the canonical gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke. John's gospel does not
directly describe Jesus' baptism.
The place where Jesus was baptized by John the Baptist, Jordan River:
Most modern scholars view the fact
that Jesus was baptized by John
the Baptist as an historical event to which a high degree of
certainty can be assigned. Along with the crucifixion
of Jesus, most scholars view it as one of the two
historically certain facts about him, and often use it as the starting points
for the study of the historical Jesus.
The Olive tree planted by The Global Links, Group from
Nigeria, in honor of the friendship and support between Nigeria and the
Yerdenit, The baptismal site on The Jordan River on September, 2013:
The baptism is one of the
five major milestones in the gospel narrative of the life of Jesus, the others
being the Transfiguration, Crucifixion, Resurrection, and Ascension. Most Christian
denominations view the baptism of Jesus as an important event and a
basis for the Christian rite of baptism (see also Acts
19:1-7). In Eastern Christianity, Jesus' baptism is commemorated on 6 January, the feast
of Epiphany.
In the Roman Catholic Church, the Anglican
Communion, the Lutheran
Churches and some other Western
denominations, it is recalled on a day within the
following week, the feast of the baptism
of the Lord. In Roman Catholicism, the baptism of
Jesus is one of the Luminous
Mysteries sometimes added to the Rosary. It is a Trinitarian
feast in the Eastern Orthodox Churches.
