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Hazor is one of the largest archeological sites in Israel at 200 acres, located about 10 miles north of the Sea of Galilee. Only a fraction of it has been excavated, and you can see in these photos we took the large mounds that are not natural “hills” but “tells” where earth is covering ruins of past civilizations just waiting to be uncovered, explored, and studied. Professor Amnon Ben-Tor showed us before he passed away recently the area where they expect a library could be found which be a major archaeological discovery that could provide a much clearer look back on history at both the Canaanite and Israeli people who lived here. As I was reading in 1 Samuel 12 this morning, I came across Hazor again where Samuel is telling the people why they have gone wrong in demanding a king for themselves, even after God had so miraculously delivered them and cared for them in the past. When you’re reading Scripture and come across a name of a real place in a real land where you can really go today, it illuminates your Bible reading in a way that cannot be matched any other way. It’s like when you read someone’s Facebook post about Destin and you’re like oh yeah, I know what that’s like— I’ve been there, or someone on the news says something happened at a Walmart at the corner of Main and 1st and you’re like ok, I know where that is…. The same familiarity comes to your Bible reading when you have walked through the hot and dusty lands of Israel like this spot in Hazor or dipped your toes into clear waterfalls in places like En Gedi where David hid himself in the cleft of the rock. All this to say, I can hardly wait to return to the Holy Land again and to take Christians with us to have this life changing experience in the land of our faith. What an exhilarating adventure that we have the opportunity not only to explore what has been unearthed and what beautifully confirms and complements what we see in Scripture, but also to live in a time where new discoveries are still being made daily. Wow. Love it!