Caesarea Philippi

Today we saw a paradise.  The true definition of floral and fauna--It was one of Herod the Great's architectural masterpieces (it seemed like every place we went, we would come across some of Herod's creations to Caesar and himself)  Before we went to look around Caesarea Phillipi we read the scripture from Mathew 16:13-20.  this was an amazing scripture to read.  This place was also a temple to many Roman gods like Banias and Venus, as well as a place where the priests of these gods made goat sacrifices for them.

 It was like going back in time and realizing that Jesus and his disciples walked by these very streams and saw the little stone idols that would sit high in these shelves, and somehow had the power to own the people and fulfilling the world's obsession with worldly materials, as well as feeding the selfishness of many; these people would choose a god depending on their specific needs, rather than giving the Lord their hearts to be molded into one of his sons or daughters, desiring to honor and serve Him with all they have.  People were too worried about their belongings and comfortable lives. 

This was a really cool "device" that had the scripture  mentioning Caesarea Phillipi from the gospel of Mark written in four different languages, and when spun would show up on the sand!   Jonny says that "this is a job for Dan..." haha so great.

This was an amazing day!  We took a nature hike where we followed the Hermon stream to an incredible waterfall that seemed to be streaming out of sheer rock.  It gave an enlightened meaning and interpretation to Christ's metaphors of being living water, and why that is such a craved entity.  Pure beauty!

                        untamed waters :)