'So he made offerings on the altar which he had made at Bethel...which he had devised in his own heart.' 1 Kings 12:25-33After the days of David & Solomon. Rehoboam Solomon's son laid a heavy burden on God's people that divided the kingdom into the North & South. Rehoboam ruled in the South and Jeroboam ruled in the North. The prescribed place of worship by God remained in the Southern kingdom of ...  Read More

'Our livestock also shall go with us; not a hoof shall be left behind. For we must take some of them to serve the LORD our God, and even we do not know with what we must serve the LORD until we arrive there." Exodus 10:26God commanded Moses to represent Him before Pharaoh with a distinct message, "Let my people go, so they can worship Me." Pharaoh through God's powerful display of many mighty mira...  Read More

Outside of the Holy Spirit's descending upon the church on the Day of Pentecost & the Resurrection of Jesus Christ, one of the most important events in all of Christendom took place right here in Caesarea, the inclusion of the Gentiles into the Christian Church. Remember that Peter was in Joppa at the home of Simon the Tanner (Acts 10:9-16) when three times God spoke to him in a vision. He saw unc...  Read More

In Acts 12:18-24 the folks of Tyre & Sidon had a problem with Herod Agrippa and got into a scuffle with his assistant, a man named Blastus. They had come to a peace agreement and the process had turned into quite a procession. Herod arrayed in his royal apparel began to speak and the Bible tells us what the people thought of him, they began to say 'the voice of a god and not a man.' That's what th...  Read More

1 Kings 18:21, 'And Elijah came to all the people, and said, "How long will you falter between two opinions? If the LORD is God, follow Him; but if Baal, follow him."Mount Carmel overlooks the Jezreel valley which also connects to a better known valley known as Armageddon. The name 'Jezreel' means 'God sows.' In the language of planting seeds the word 'sow' can also mean to scatter seed, to implan...  Read More

Luke 6:12-13, 'Now it came to pass in those days that He went out to the mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God. And when it was day, He called his disciples to Himself...'One of the most memorable sites in Israel for me, was sitting on top of Mount Arbel. This is traditionally the site where Jesus would often go to pray by Himself and is believed to be the backdrop to Luke 6. ...  Read More