Sea of Galilee Tour Guide: Walking Where Jesus Taught

So I guess what we'll start with first, obviously, we're covering the Sea of Galilee today.

Why the Sea of Galilee matters.

So when someone is planning their first Holy Land journey, why is the Sea of Galilee such an essential part of an itinerary?

I mean, definitely the point you hit on, much of Jesus's public ministry, you know, as he's reaching adulthood and he's starting to call his disciples, you know, this is all happening in the Galilee.

You know, you can go around to the sites.

You can see Peter's mother-in-law's home where, you know, Jesus would have spent time with Peter and his disciples after he was called.

You know, he taught here.

He healed here.

He performed many miracles.

When you get to some of the more... less popular sites that are on some itineraries, but not others like Bethsaida.

You know, that's where he drove the demon into the pigs and then the pigs ran off the cliffs, you know, things like that.

This is all taking place within, you know, a small geographical area all in and around the Sea of Galilee.

So when you're there, the geography itself has changed very little over time.

Like obviously there's taller buildings, you know, there's probably more cities and those kinds of things, but it is... much less populated area.

You can be taking a boat ride on the Sea of Galilee and you still kind of see vineyards and just grasslands and those kinds of things around.

So it looks very much like it would have, you know, in Jesus's time.

And because it's less populated than say like a big city like Jerusalem, you know, it's a lot quieter.

There's many great places and we'll talk about some of them, you know, where I recommend taking some time to do a quick little worship service or, you a time of reflection or just reading from the scripture and doing a time of devotion at the sites.

So, you know, many, many people that have traveled with us, you know, they've experienced Jerusalem and Tel Aviv.

These are big cities and you see biblical sites in them, but because of the more laid back aspect of the Sea of Galilee that, you know, the landscape has not really changed.

They feel a lot more connected.

We get that feedback a lot.

Awesome.

Yeah, that's what I often hear from travelers.

It's like you said, it gives a greater opportunity for reflection than the hustle and bustle of, especially Tel Aviv and also Jerusalem too.