A simple man from the holy land

Bible study is sometimes like building a jigsaw puzzle. You collect all the different parts and put them together into a clear picture. The diverse parts scattered in many sources of knowledge. Since many of those sources are available through the internet, maps, books, articles and so on, one thing you owe to do yourself – and it is to explore  the holy land on foot.

This is it, you can learn about the Jordan River, the Sea of Galilee , Jerusalem, know every detail, study the maps, read the books, but nothing can be compared to visiting the actual historic site. Only after you stroll Jerusalem alleys, visit the temple mount, you will understand what holiness is, and what a religious passion is. Only when you will climb the Snake Path to Messada, you will realize what siege and rebellion are. Only a visit in Qumran and the ancient sect Essenes site will tell what the Judea desert feels like and how devoted a believer can be.

I myself visited Israel in different occasions. A visit to this small country is nothing similar to anywhere else. Each stone, each rock, route and a person is connected to the bible story in some way or another. And since we are dealing with sources of knowledge – I wanted to recommend one source that made for me the difference –

In my first visit to Israel, which was the visit that I become passionate about bible study, I met an incredible personality that made my visit so interesting and resourceful. He connected the past with the present and provided intriguing knowledge about every step of the trip. His name is Miki Ermann he is a tour guide that provide guides in English and German. In my following visits I met different tour guides, most of them where very good – to some I connected and some less, but Miki was the one that opened the door to this important part of the puzzle.

Bible Study

When I am browsing after useful information on the internet, I often encounter religious sites.

In the past, I was discouraged to enter those websites, since I was drawn back from people that approach knowledge from the perspective of truth. Means that when I come to study the bible I want to discover what the truth is. The religious approach presents the truth and teaches us the bible in real light.

Today, as a grown up individual I really like these kind of sites. The religious enthusiasm that approaches the things on a spiritual level makes these sites an asset. As in any thing, things need to be correlated with different information, but surely there is valuable information at least to challenge the learner to find the correct information. One of those sites is biblestudy.org – a site with many articles that focus on the new testimony bible.

Bible Walks

Are you familiar with the notion that you are learning and researching and still feeling that something is missing? Something, that can connect all bits of information and be presented in a clearer and simpler way? That’s it! Yesterday I found this thing. You always find the diamonds when you are not searching for them.

Biblewalks.com is a great site that successfully gives an accurate picture on what’s going on in the Holy Land. The site enables anyone to get information on biblical sites (from all periods) and see how they look today. The updated images and the knowledge are surely helping understand the big picture. The bible research is beyond learning from maps and books. The bible is a living body, the art in it is part of the everyday landscape, the source of knowledge is the connection between the past and the present in the holy land…