From Background Notes [BN] for July 28th & 29th
written by Pastor Bob Brown:
Along that road was a deep gorge known as the Wadi Kelt, a dry river bed that knew water only during the rainy season, not unlike parts of the American southwest. The Kelt is very deep, marked by abrupt turns and jagged cliffs. One background for Psalm 23’s “The Valley of the Shadow of Death”…
Along that road was a deep gorge known as the Wadi Kelt, a dry river bed that knew water only during the rainy season, not unlike parts of the American southwest. The Kelt is very deep, marked by abrupt turns and jagged cliffs. One background for Psalm 23’s “The Valley of the Shadow of Death”…
…is this Wadi. Endless places for robbers, this is also the setting for Jesus’ parable of the Good Samaritan. Near here was Herod the Great’s winter palace. Close by is the traditional site for the temptation of Jesus. Traveling from east to west, from Jericho to Bethany, meant leaving an oasis in the desert and risking travel through the Judean wilderness. The Wadi Kelt and the “valley of the shadow of death” are part of the Resurrection Road, though the biblical text is completely silent about what was said or thought or imagined by Jesus and the disciples as they walked this rugged landscape together. [BN, 1]
Join us this week in Study, Worship, Praise and Celebration at Chicago First Church of the Nazarene:
* Saturday 6:00pm
* Sunday 8:30am & 11:00am, 5:30pm
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