Thread: Pictures of Lebanon

Originally Posted by JohnF

thank you for posting these pictures.

Would one day love to see Byblos, Tyre, & Baalbek, having seen many photos of these places, like the incredible 2000 ton rock the ancients lifted 60 feet into the air to put it on top of rock pillars, at Baalbek. Incredible when you consider that most modern cranes could not lift that 2000 ton rock.

Was already planning to mention that incredibly accurate, 100% accurate, Bible prophecy about Tyre in the "Very Important Read" thread, but have never been there, only seen all the photos], would also love to see modern Israel, especially the Dome of the Rock, and around the Dead Sea [the ashes of Gomorrah is probably below Masada and we can pick up unburnt bits of the brimstone today, and so that is one site I particularly would like to visit.] I would also like to visit Egypt, and the Gulf of Aqaba, where Moses' Red Sea crossing probably happened, and Jebel El Lawz in Saudi Arabia which is probably the real Mount Sinai. The name Jebel El LAwz means "Mountain of the Law." The Mountain on the Sinai Peninsular is probably not the real Mount Sinai--it does not match the Bible description of how the Israelites were spread out around Sinai. Helena mother of Constantine decided it was Mount Sinai without any real evidence, and the Bible, Galatians 4:25, tells us that Mount Sinai is in Arabia, while Sinai peninsular was always a part of Egypt, even in New Testament times.

My wife and I have visited Israel twice now. We traveled along the Dead Sea, visited Massada and many other parts of the country. My wife has a Great Grand Father burried in the Hiffa British War Cemetry. It is an incredible part of the world. Last time we were there we went out on a sailing boat trip to the edge of Israelie waters, on the right is Egypt, the left Jorden and at 45 deg. Saudi. Please any Middle East photoes showing how beutyfull these contries are would be fantastic. Must try to save to go again. Would love to see Jorden next

Allan

Hi JohnF,

I have some comments on your post,

"Jabbal el Lawz" in arabic means "mountain of almonds". Yet their is another theory based on evidence saying that the crossing was made further west to the actual mount Sinai on the shores of the Mediterranean sea, in this place, near actual Arish, the desert meets the sea and the erea is prone to tides that transforms sands into wet sands, you could imagine people on foot crossing while chariot with two people on board and their narrow wheels sinking in the wet sand. As I said before it stays a theory.

As for the Gulf of Aquaba, I assure you it is also a beauty to visit, I traveled there many times and I still enjoy it, unhappily the area is being transformed into a mega city for mass tourism, we used to camp on the beach before having a couple of dives during the day, this goes without forgetting the unspoiled beauty of Wadi Rum, the dead sea area, Mount Nebo where it is believed that Moises saw the first time the promised land.

I could also post some pictures of my overland trips to these areas.

Finally the word Bible comes from the name Byblos and Europe (Europa) is the name of the princess of Tyr that was taken by Zeus according to the Greek mythology.

Most Websites, and there are many of them, spell it as "Jebel el Lawz," but I am not an expert, and definitely do not speak Arabic--just a little bit of Hebrew, then only a few words, so may misspell it. I do note every different commentary on the Hebrew Bible do transliterate the Hebrew word into English a different way [For those who do not know transliterate is very different to translate, so do not get confused between the meanings of these two words]. I just gave the spelling what I had been told.

Trying to look for definition of Jebel el Lawz I got 21000 hits, and most but not all of the first couple of pages think that Jebel el Lawz is the real Mount Sinai.

I am convinced that even if it is not the real Mount Sinai, the real one is not on the Sinai Peninsular but is in Saudi Arabia as Galatians says. Apparently in the past different Archaeologists have put forward well over a dozen mountains as being the real Mount Sinai, so even archaeologists disagree in this. I think that the evidence that it is Jebel el Lawz is very convincing,

Yes I have read material & seen DVD's on other suggested crossing sites. But evidence seemed to fit the Gulf of Aqaba one, assuming a miracle working all powerful God of the Bible. And I believe God exists and "spoke and it was done, commanded and it stood fast," Psalms 33:9.

Knew that the word Bible originally came from Byblos, like the word paper came from Papyrus, but did not know about Europa’s tie in. Understand ancient Byblos imported Papyrus paper from Egypt.

Would always love to see more of your pictures, especially any tied up with Bible or around the gulf of Aqaba. did you ever see any thing of archaeological significance on these dives. Should ask which part of the Gulf of Aqiba you dived. Might not be the part I am interested in. Google "Johnathan Gray" or "Ron Wyatt" to see which part I am talking about. I think it may have happened at Nuweiba Egypt.

see Red Sea Crossing for some details, but have not checked this site thoroughly.

I did put what I was going to say about the ancient City of Tyre on the "Very Important Read" thread.

I must add to the above post where I linked to a website discussing the Red Sea Crossing. I would totally disagree with the 18th Dynasty Pharaohs that this site mentions. All the evidence shows the exodus happened at end of the 13th Dynasty, and there are a number of Websites on this.

Archaeology shows that in the 13th Dynasty slaves built pyramids out of mud bricks with straw in them like the Bible describes. At the end of the 13th Dynasty many slaves disappeared suddenly from Egypt, leaving whole towns of slaves empty according to archaeologist Kenyon. Most of these slaves had babies buried under the floors of their house which agrees with the Bible account. At the end of the 13th dynasty the Hykoss invaded Egypt without a battle, while the Bible says every first born son of the Egyptians died in the last of the 10 plagues, and says Pharaoh’s army drowned in the Red Sea--hence there would be no one to resist the Hykoss invasion. The tomb of the last Pharaoh of the 13th Dynasty was never ever used, which accords with pharaoh and his army drowning.

The Bible describes the 10 plagues on Egypt, and the Ipuwer papyrus, written later, but believed by almost all archaeologists to describe the events in the 12th or 13th Dynasty. describes all these terrible plagues on Egypt that the Bible also describes.

And I could give much more evidence for a 13th Dynasty exodus from Egypt.

The last pharaoh of the 13th Dynasty had more than one name [all pharaohs had 5 different sort of names] and it appears one of his names was Pharaoh Thom. A shrine at El-Arish says Pharaoh Thom jumped into a whirlpool and then ascended to heaven [apparently drowned]. The Bible says that the Pharaoh who pursued Moses and the Israelites died--drowned in the Red Sea. Many dispute this was Pharaoh Thom. I leave you to draw your own conclusions, but do read websites on both sides of the argument before making up your mind.

To go back to the subject of the thread, attached are some more pictures of Lebanon.

I hope you will enjoy them.

Thank you for bringing back a bit of sanity and for posting some more pictures from your backyard lebanon .I have a friend that has always told me how he was able to travel from the warm beaches to the snow in the mountains in about 1 1/2 hours.And that Lebanon used to be known as the Riviera of the middle east.

Regards

Hello LowRanger,

this is true, usually between Mars and April depending on winters.

Regards