The Livingstone Chronicles: Hidden in Time

I hope you had a great Thanksgiving!

I  just finished reading book 2 in Michael Phillips' The Livingstone Chronicles, and again, his book came alive for me in a new way.

In Hidden in Time, once again we travel with British explorer and archeologist Adam Livingstone, Juliet Halsey, Scott Jordan, Rocky McCondy, and a few others as they pursue another major Biblical artifact. Again, it's not a secret because it's on the cover: the Ark of the Covenant!

This time, they travel in Europe, Ethiopia, and finally, Jerusalem, where they end up mere steps from my favorite place in the entire world *ahem* spoiler alert *ahem*.

I probably first read this book 15 years before I ever went to Israel. So I had no idea of so many of the locations and their importance; at least, not to the understanding that I have now. So as Adam and his team are racing around the city and exploring the tunnels underneath it, I could literally see these locations in my mind... which made the final chapters all the more incredible!

This fictional series is definitely worth a read, especially if you love Biblical history and archeology!

Pilate's Praetorium

Here is another teaching from Charles Martin on his trip to Israel spring of 2019. This time he's teaching from Pilate's Praetorium, taking the reader through the night of Jesus' trial and torture before going to the cross.

click here or on the photo, then select the video with "Pilate's Praetorium"

By the way, the hole in the image above is where the Romans put a pole in the ground and tied Jesus to it to be flogged. Right there. Not somewhere in a fictional story. RIGHT THERE.

Right there. 

At the foot of Calvary

The hill where many believe Jesus was crucified.

Except that contrary to modern depiction, He would have been crucified not at the top, but much lower to the ground - so people could walk by and spit directly on His feet as they mocked Him.

Known as Skull Hill, it sits steps away from the Garden Tomb. Both are outside the city walls, and along a main road - close to the Damascus gate. Historical evidence also proves that people were stoned nearby, and just steps away a grave was found with a man's body... that had a Roman nail in his arm (proving crucifixions happened there).

The land has changed a lot over the centuries, due to earthquakes. I saw a picture of it in the 1800s, where the skull was so obvious. But even today it is evident: you can see the 2 "eyes" above the buses.

Just another bus station.... the place where the world -and everything else- changed forever. #israel #apictureadayofIsrael