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Sea of Galilee

Sea of Galilee


‎After making himself known at Emmaus, Jesus appeared to ten of the apostles at Jerusalem, and later to eleven of the apostles when He rebuked Thomas for his lack of faith—a rebuke of love. He afterwards stood by the Sea of Galilee and gave to Peter the threefold commission after having elicited from Peter his threefold confession of love. It is here that, after a night of profitless attempt, the nets were filled with the fishes. As the Dead Sea is girdled by an almost constant hedge of driftwood, so the Sea of Galilee is girdled by a scarcely less continuous belt of ruins—the drift of her ancient towns. In the time of our Lord she must have mirrored within the outline of her guardian hills little else than city walls, castles and synagogues. Greek architecture hung its magnificence over her simple life; Herod’s castle, temple and theaters in Tiberias; the warm baths; the high-stacked houses of Gamala; the amphitheater of Gadara with the acropolis above it; the paved street with its triumphal archway; the great Greek villas on the heights of Gadara, with a Roman camp or two high enough up the slopes to catch the western breeze. Here in this centre of life and influence Jesus laid the foundations of his spiritual kingdom, based upon love—upon love to himself as the manifestation of God. “Lovest thou me?” And when Peter confessed his love Jesus commissioned him to “feed” his “lambs,” to “tend” and to “feed” his “sheep.” What a lovely frame for this divine picture is the Sea of Galilee with its placid waters, with the Gadarene hills beyond, and the blue sky overhead!

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