Not far from Mount Tabor, in the Jezreel Valley, is the village of Nain.
It is best known for this story from Luke 7:
The village of Nain appeared to be very small and quiet, as it was the middle of the day. It's also very hot there, as it sits on the edge of the Jezreel Valley (cue me freaking out a little when we started driving through it and I recognized Mount Tabor, the mountain where Deborah led 10,000 Israelites into battle).
There is church in this Arab village that was built there in the 1800s, and it sits right beside a mosque. As my friends and I read the story from Luke, I looked to the left and saw Nazareth on the opposite ridge of the valley (pictured above). We checked googlemaps, and it was a 3 hour and 8 minute walk using modern roads... I wonder how long it took Jesus, the disciples, and the large crowd that followed Him to go down from Nazareth, across the valley, and up to Nain?
Anyway, that was really all there was to see in Nain, but I still loved it. How amazing to stand in a town where it is proven that Jesus stood? There is nothing that makes me more excited!!!
Oh, I forgot—there was one super-random thing just down the street: an Italian mini-castle! And a building across the street actually mimics its tower, which made it even more interesting.
Speaking of raising from the dead, haha, I'm going to take the next two weeks off. In the Christian calendar, next week is Palm Sunday, and the following week, Easter. In the Jewish calendar, Israel will celebrate Passover from April 15-23, and I want to be completely present for it.
I'll be back after to tell you all about it!
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