BEHOLD THE MAN:

A P I LGRIMAGE
T O T HE

H OLY L AND W EEK T WO

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A visitor passes through a place; the place passes through the pilgrim.

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Herod the Great Fortified and built palaces circa 37 B.C. Jewish Zealots fled to Masada following the destruction of the Temple in 70 A.D. Roman legion laid siege to Masada in 73 A.D.

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The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
PSALM 18:2

In what ways have we built fortresses (places of escape or self-protection) in our lives? In what ways is God calling us to take refuge in him?

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Essenes Monastic / Ascetic Community John the Baptist? Site of discover of Dead Sea Scrolls (1947)

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1,388 feet below sea level (Jerusalem = 2,490 feet) 33.7 percent salinity (almost 10 X that of the ocean) Receding approximately 3 feet per year

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The wilderness is just over the next hill The wilderness is place where we learn new things about ourselves and about God The wilderness experience can open our ears to hear the pain of the world

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And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness.
LUKE 4:1

In the desert there are no walls Everything is stripped away It is a place of searing honesty How is God calling you to a deeper place of honesty with yourself, others, and God?

BEHOLD THE MAN:

A P ILGRIMAGE TO THE H OLY L AND M AY 2013