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An Application Analogy Between Two Water Bodies Facts Name: The Sea of Galilee Name: The Dead Sea Lake in the Middle East Salt Lake in the Middle East Surface elevation: -695.8" Surface elevation: -1,410.8" Area: 64.09 mi? Area: 233.6 mi? Arabic name: Bubayrat Tabariya Arabic name: Al-Babr Al-Mayyit Similar Treatment for Both the Seas And it shall be in that day, that Living Waters shall go out from Jerusalem, half of them toward the Eastern Sea and half of them toward the Hinder Sea (Zechariah 14:8). But Yet Differences Exist!! The Sea of Galilee is located in the great depression of the Jordan. The Dead Sea has the lowest elevation and is the lowest body of water on the surface of Earth. A pleasant climate, fertile soil, and relatively abundant water. Extreme salinity excludes all forms of life except bacteria. Fish carried by smaller streams when in flood die quickly. An honored name: In the future he will honor Galilee of the nations, by the Way of the Sea, beyond the Jordan (Isa 9:1). ‘Rebellious even before history began: All these were joined together in the Vale of Siddim, which is the Salt Sea. Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, thirteenth year they rebelled (Gen 14:4). and in the Jesus walked by: And Jesus, walking by the Sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called Peter and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea; for they were fishers (Matt 4:18). a Miry place: But the places thereof and the marshes thereof shall not be healed; they shall be given to salt (Ezeki 211) Jesus Sat by the Seai And he went up on the mountain and sat down there (Mat 15:29). Flows toward Desert: ‘These waters issue out toward the east country and go down into the desert (and go into the sea (Ezekiel 47:8). Jesus was proclaimed: And the multitude said, "This is Jesus, the prophet of Nazareth of Galilee."(Mat 21:11) A place where no one can live: And the Vale of Siddim was full of slime pits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled and fell there, and those who remained fled to the mountain (Gen 14:10). Jesus chose this lake to show himself after resurrection!! After these things Jesus showed Himself again to the disciples at the Sea of Tiberias, and in this way showed He A_furnace_on Earth that_no one should prefer! He looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld. And lo, the smoke of the country Jesus did his miracles here!! This beginning of miracles Jesus did in Cana of Galilee and manifested forth His glory; and His disciples believed in Him (John 2:11). Accursed plac For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh, but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, in a salt land and not inhabited (er 17: 6). A fav place for Jesus: Then he returned from the region of Tyre and went through Sidon to the Sea of Galilee, in the region of the Decapolis (Mark 7:31). A barren land!! The whole land thereof is brimstone and salt and burning, that it is not sown nor beareth therein nor = any (Deuteronomy 29:23). grass groweth visit_us_in time of our | A place of frustration and desolation! I will remove far off from you the northern But after I am risen again, I will go before | army, and will drive him into a land barren you into Galilee (Matt 26:32). and desolate, with his face toward the east sea (Joel 2:20). Will Dead Sea Revive Again? The Bible says “Yee” “These waters issue out toward the east country and go down into the desert and go into the sea, which being brought forth into the sea, the waters shall be healea”. Se SH SDE SrGH%grWS2Q OBISoSH SS ewer ODF GA SSosSno* Dehoeo, e9Xy jes BS SWAH HodDACH evth Mo (GHErBzen 47:8). References: https://www.britannica.com/place/Dead-Sea https://www.britannica.com/place/Sea- al Prepared by Dr. Santha Kumari Jetty 12/16/2018

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