The Book of Jubilees: The Torah Calendar eBook - Book - Page 19
W H O
L I V E D
I N
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 Judaea 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.
The Wilderness of Judaea (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 there was a
Dead Sea perhaps which was likely
1845, Chambers Map of
Palestine, Israel, Holy Land.
[16]
Inset of 1852, Philip Map of Palestine, Israel, Holy Land. [17]
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