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- Jerusalem, Israel. Jerusalem is a Middle Eastern city with immense historical, cultural, and religious significance for people of different faiths. It is the capital city of Israel and one of the oldest cities in the world, with a rich and complex history dating back over three millennia.
- Bethlehem, West Bank. Bethlehem is a small city located in the West Bank, just south of Jerusalem. It is one of the world’s most important religious and cultural sites.
- Nazareth, Israel. Nazareth is a city in the northern region of Israel, known for its rich biblical history and cultural significance. It is the largest city in the Galilee region, with over 75,000 people.
- Mount Sinai, Egypt. Mount Sinai is a mountain located in the Sinai Peninsula of Egypt, over 2,200 meters above sea level. It is considered one of the most important biblical sites in the world.
- People Have Been Searching For It For Thousands of years.
- God’s Answer to Our Loss of Freedom Has Always Been Jesus Christ.
- Jesus Came to Free Us from Death, Sin and Anything That Enslaves us.
- God Gives Us Freedom to Choose Our Own path.
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The quest for freedom is a theme found throughout the Bible, from Genesis to Revelation. Just three chapters into the story of God’s creation, humanity gave up its freedom by choosing to rebel against God. From that time forward, the perfect freedom God created in the Garden of Eden was gone, and the long-term effects were both physical and spiritu...
When Jesus began his short period of ministry on the earth, He announced He was the One that God’s people had been waiting for since the fall of humanity. He did this by reading a particular passage from the book of Isaiah—a passage his listeners knew was referring to the Messiah, or the Savior of the world. The words had been written hundreds of y...
The core message of the Christian faith—the Gospel—is that Jesus Christ rescues us from the slavery of sin and offers true freedom in this life and beyond. This is what Jesus said: “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life” (John 3:16). The Good News—the best news ev...
God created human beings, not robots. We don’t have to accept the freedom He offers us through Jesus Christ. He gives each person the free will to accept or reject His salvation. But the Bible warns that hell is a real placewhere real people end up when they knowingly reject the truth. Likewise, those who choose Christ are not forced to obey Him at...
From cover to cover, God’s Word points to freedom in Christ. And God doesn’t leave us wondering how to grab hold of the freedom He offers. It starts with acknowledging our brokenness—and admitting we are slaves to sin. And it ends with choosing Jesus and following Him daily. Only He can break the bonds of slavery and lead us to true freedom, now an...
- JERICHO. The ancient city of Jericho was well known for its outstanding fortification. The wall was so thick a woman had her house built within its structure (Joshua 2:15).
- CANAAN. Like many early kingdoms, settlements or lands, Canaan was named after its founder. He was the son of Ham and grandson of Noah the ark builder. His firstborn was Sidon from where the Sidonians, who occupied the coastal areas of the Great Sea (the Mediterranean), descended.
- GOSHEN. Before the exodus, Joseph gave this land of ancient Egypt to his relatives. During Moses’ time the area was a sanctuary for the Israelites as God judged the kingdom that enslaved them.
- SINAI. The mountain from which God gave the Israelites his law is situated somewhere in this ancient wilderness. On several occasions Moses went up the heights to receive various instructions.
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- Tel Megiddo. Current Location: Israel. Megiddo is better known to some by its Greek name of Armageddon, which some Christians believe will be the site of the end-times battle prophesied in the Book of Revelation.
- Qumran. Current Location: Israel's West Bank. This ancient settlement, located on the northwest shores of the Dead Sea, gained international fame in the late 1940s, when Bedouin shepherds stumbled into nearby caves and discovered the first of the ancient Hebrew and Aramaic texts known as the Dead Sea Scrolls, which contain biblical text and other ancient writings.
- Tel Hazor. Current Location: Israel (Galilee) At some 200 acres, this site in Upper Galilee (now a national park) is the largest of Israel’s “tels,” the artificial mounds that have formed over centuries of human settlement, as older buildings crumble and new ones are built.
- Machaerus. Current Location: Jordan. This ancient desert fortress, located just over 30 km to the southwest of Madaba, Jordan, sits atop a hill overlooking the Dead Sea.
According to Genesis 2, God gave the first humans freedom: "You may freely eat of every tree of the garden; but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat" (Gen. 2:16-17,...
Jul 3, 2023 · Biblical freedom allows us to reclaim what the Enemy has robbed from us so we can live the story of who God created us to be. By contrast, worldly freedom is the ability to do what we want, when we want.
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