Where is the jordan river
Jordan River, Israel, Bible Events and Miracles along the Jordan River, John & Jesus Baptismal Sites
welcome to the Holy Land in the biblical
site of the Jordan River
see the Bible come to life as we see
some events that happened along its
shores the Jordan River is mentioned in
the Bible over a hundred and eighty
times and the Jordan River is runs from
the north of the country from Mount
Hermon all the way to the Dead Sea the
Jordan River runs into the Sea of
Galilee and then out of the Sea of
Galilee down to the Dead Sea along the
Jordan River is the area that lot chose
to settle in we're just going to look at
some of the historical things that
happened along these shores fascinating
things that happened here right along
the beautiful Jordan River in Genesis
1310 it says and lot lifted up his eyes
and saw the Jordan Valley was well
watered everywhere like the garden of
the Lord like the land of Egypt in the
direction of Zoar this was before the
Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah says
the text and then the Israelites camped
along the Jordan River they camped on
the opposite side of Jericho before they
entered into the Promised Land in Joshua
3 1 it says then Joshua rose early in
the morning and they set out from
shittim and they came to the Jordan he
and all the people of Israel and lodged
there before they passed over and then
after they miraculously crossed over the
Jordan River we know the story where the
priests went down in with the ark and
then God stopped the Jordan River on one
end and then the people walked across
the Jordan River on dry ground in the
same way that walked across the debt of
the Red Sea on dry ground so it says
here in Joshua 3:13 it says and when the
soles of the feet of the priest burying
the Ark of the Lord the Lord of all the
earth shall rest on the waters of the
Jordan and the waters of the Jordan
shall be cut off from flowing and the
water is coming down from from
shall stand in one heap so it stood in
one heap on one side and stop continue
flowing and they walked across on dry
ground so miraculously and then they
went into the Promised Land conquered
Jericho and went into the Promised Land
a name in the the leper was healed here
in the Jordan River by the prophet
Elijah it says in second Kings at 5:10
it says an Elijah sent a messenger to
him saying go and wash in the Jordan
seven times and your flesh shall be
restored and you shall be clean but
naman was angry and went away saying
behold I thought that he would surely
come out to me and stand and call upon
the name of the Lord his God and wave
his hand over the place and cure the let
the leprosy are not a banna and far
further the rivers of Damascus better
than all the waters of Israel so naman
was perturbed was bothered that he had
to go and dip in the water of the Jordan
River seven times he thought the rivers
in Damascus were just as well and that
the prophet Elijah should just kind of
wave his magic wand over him without him
going into the water could I not wash
them and be clean so he turned and went
away in rage he was angry and then the
servants came near him and said my
father it is a great word the prophet
has spoken to you will you not do it has
he actually said to you Washington be
clean
so he went down and dipped himself
several seven times in the Jordan
according to the word of the man of God
and his flesh was restored like the
flesh of a little child and he was clean
a miracle was performed here in the
Jordan River by Elijah that made the
head of an axe float and it was
performed right here in second Kings a66
it says then the man of God said where
did it fall so they were out chopping
wood and an axe fell and the man
couldn't find the head of his axe we
asked Elisha and he likes it says well
where did it fall and the man says well
right over here and when he showed him
the place he cut off a stick and threw
it in
there and made the iron float and he
said take it up so he reached out and
took it up John the Baptist baptized
right along the Jordan River
Matthew three five and six says then
Jerusalem and all Judea and all the
region about the Jordan were going out
to him and they were baptized by him in
the Jordan River confessing their sins
Jesus was baptized in the Jordan River
by John the Baptist
Matthew 313 says then Jesus came from
Galilee to the Jordan to John to be
baptized by him the disciples of Jesus
baptized many in the Jordan River John
4:1 says now when Jesus learned that the
Pharisees had heard that Jesus was
making and baptizing more disciples than
John although Jesus himself did not
baptize but only his disciples so here
we see that the disciples were baptizing
the Jordan River as well and the Jordan
River is also the main source of life
for this Israelis today for the for the
country of Israel it provides up to 1/3
to 1/2 of all of the water for the
Jordan waters many fertile valleys south
of the Sea of Galilee and even north of
the Sea of Galilee the Israelites were
totally dependent and the Israelis today
are totally dependent upon this River
here for their sustenance it is their
life that the Israelites and the
Israelis today our desert people
and so when Christ said that I am the
water of life they fully understood what
he was saying that he was the source of
all life that without him
there was no life whatsoever so so here
we are
on this beautiful stretch of the Jordan
River and it is a fascinating place
whereby see a little waterfall here so
hopefully this gives you an idea of what
the Jordan River looks like not all of
it looks like this right here we've
selected a nicer part obviously but we
hope that you have seen and learned from
the scriptures some of the amazing and
significant things from Scripture that
took place here along its shores so
thank you for watching and
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