The theatre at Ceasarea. You can see that some of it has been refurbished.

Standing on top of Mt. Carmel. I don't know if you remember the message I preached some time ago, but I talked about how Baal was the god of the storm and that he was worshipped on Mt. Carmel. When Elijah came and contested the prophets of Baal, they cried to their god Baal but he did nothing, then God sent lightening (fire) from heaven to burn up Elijah's sacrifice, proving that he was the true God of the Storm, he then followed it up by bringing rain into the land after there had been a seven year drought. As I stood there on Mt. Carmel, thunder was rolling overtop my head and flashes of lightening peered through the thick haze. The true God of the Storm still owns Mt. Carmel!

The Temple of Hercules in Amman, Jordan.

The Temple of Zeus, in Jerash, Jordan.

Recognize this? This is Petra, an ancient Nabatean city in the modern day Kingdom of Jordan. This building is called the "Treasury," but it may have been used as a temple by the Nabateans before the Romans came through and conquered them. Yes, that entire buliding along with dozens less extravagant than it was carved right out of the side of the mountain. If you look on the edge of the building you might be able to see lines of holes in the wall where the ancient architects may have hung scaffolding to do their work.

If you don't like that description, just continue to believe that the holy grail is in there somewhere and that Indiana Jones went there to find it! I think I'm going to stick with this story!

A boat ride across the Sea of Galilee. One night I was standing at the shore as the waves were crashing out on the sea and I read the story from when Jesus calmed the storm--I won't lie, it was powerful.

A replica of an Egyptian stela found atop Bethshean from when the Eygptians ruled there (before the Israelites came in). Sorry, I won't be translating this one for you--out of my league at the moment.