2 ESDRAS: The Hidden Book of Prophecy With 1st Esdras - Book - Page 21
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and library designed similar to the
Temple where scripture was now
kept outside of the Temple. Messiah
Himself visited it more than once.
Jesus(Yahusha) grew up and initially
operated in Galilee(Mt. 2:22). He
came from there, headed South to
beyond Jordan. The Jordan is not
simply the Jordan River in scripture
but the entire Jordan Plain or
Jordan Valley (Gn. 13:10). This does
not indicate crossing the river but
into the Wilderness of Yahudea at
Qumran right on the border.
Q U M R A N ?
1770, Bonne Map of Israel. Rigobert Bonne 1727 – 1794 [12].
Luke 3:2-4 KJV: ...the word of God
came unto John the son of Zacharias in the
wilderness. And he came into all the country
about Jordan, preaching the baptism of
repentance for the remission of sins; As it is
written in the book of the words of Esaias the
prophet, saying, The voice of one crying in the
wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord,
make his paths straight.
1836, Tanner Map of Palestine,
Israel, Holy Land. [14]
Matthew 3 KJV 1: In those days came John
the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of
Judaea...
5-6: Then went out to him Jerusalem, and
all Judaea, and all the region round about
Jordan, And were baptized of him in Jordan,
confessing their sins.
1845, Chambers Map of
Palestine, Israel, Holy Land.
[16]
The Wilderness of Yahudea
(Chambers Map, right) is very specifically
the area along the West coast of
the Dead Sea. It is not nor ever
has referred to the Jordan Plain or
Valley nor River other than before
Inset of 1852, Philip Map of Palestine, Israel, Holy Land. [17]
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