This is a repost from our trip in 2017. Relive the trip with us or read about it for the first time!

So Galilee means “rolling hills” and they certainly have that. Today we wandered north with the Galilean hills on our left (west) and the Golan Heights on our right. We saw Israeli soldiers doing drills in the fields and made our way to Dan. In Judges 18, the Danites decide to move and carve out their new home at the foot of Mt Hermon. This is where the headwaters to the Jordan River start and was a lush and fertile land. The structures were mostly Hellenistic with some 9th Century BC worked in.This is where Jeroboam encouraged Israel to forsake God and worship one of the golden calves he made.Look how preserved the structures are. Syria is just off in the distance.You can really see where the 9th and 4th centuries collide.This is the city Gate the tribe of Dan made.Heres a closer look at the inner gate.Notice the lack of mortar.

The Danites destroy the city of Laish to take hold of the land. This gate existed in the 19th century BC.

Crazy old and interesting! This Gate would have been standing when Abram moves into the land!

We then spent some time at Caesarea Philippi and more on this later in our Luke series.

We ended the day in Capernaum again thinking of the time that Jesus reinstated Peter and were challenged by this passage. We broke into groups in this courtyard to discuss the passage. Lots of great ideas/content was shared! Tomorrow we look to Jerusalem just like Jesus did in His last days. Just a few more days!