Nazareth, the Jezreel Valley

Day 10 =Monday June 2. Today we learn more about the Transfiguration or story of Christ. As we go to the top of the mountain we find that our prayer are greatly enhanced as we whisk to the top of Mt Tabor. there are Catholic monastic convent and church sites at the top . The Transfiguration occurs about 6 mounts before the Passover where Jesus will give up his life. The event occurs with Jesus, Peter, James, and John. It allows for the apostles to receive the keys of the kingdom. They would recieve them from angelic ministrants, Elijah and Moses, the keys to bind on earth and it would be bound in heaven or to loose on earth and it would be loosed in heaven The church is very beautiful with two smaller chapels adjacent to the larger chapel dedicated to each of Moses and Elijah.
This is kind of the backyard of the boy Jesus as he passed this way as he went to Jerusalem. The symbol of the Transfiguration is the reality of the power of God to present, create, solidify ordinances and covenants that pertain to exaltation in God's Kingdom. As our prayers become answered to allow us to safely descend Mt. Tabor in a road-race style. We now go to Gan Ha Shelosha for fun, mostly to swim in the natural spring ponds that are there. The name means garden of Three. There is lots of trees and grass in the park around the ponds. It is fun to swim with the fish, as occasionally one will come and start sucking at the hairs on your legs. Our return to En Gev will take us thought the country side of Galilee that is on the west side of the Sea of Galilee We stoped at the newly acquired and dedicated Tiberias Chapel. There are only 2 branches of the Church in Israel Today we also visit the Nazareth Village which is make to represent the life and times of Christ.