Day 17 Part B of Andy’s month-long ‘Spiritual Journey to Israel & Palestine was such a BIG day that it had to be split into two segments—visiting Timna Park in the morning just north of Eilat—and visiting Masada, King Herod’s mountaintop palace, just northwest of the southern tip of the Dead Sea. Both so grand in scale that they were hard to comprehend together in a single day!
So King Herod’s Masada is Part B of Day 17!
Oh my Masada! Don’t we all wish we had our own Masada; a mountaintop retreat close to Heaven?
What a day! From one park to another park; a drive of about 200 km due north along the not-so-far-away Jordan border. Up along the high desert of Negev with all things being high relative to the Dead Sea. The landscape turned white as we approached the lowest point on Earth, a sign of the salt that had plated out over time; time since time had begun in this part of the world.
Up Route 90 past Mount Sodom where once Sodom & Gomorrah was presumably located before God annihilated it because of its sinful lifestyle. Faces of agony appeared to be present in the rocks as I drove past with no time or desire to stop.
Time was of the essence to get to Masada and have a few hours of daylight to see it, explore it, and experience this mountain top retreat and palace of King Herod. And when I did arrive and take the gondola up to the top—WOW, what a breath-taking site! One could easily imagine an early civilization all to its own being located here. The colorful mosaics unearthed and the colorful pillars of the northern temple were quite amazing.
Oh my Masada! Don’t we all wish we had our own Masada; a mountaintop retreat close to Heaven?
Someday will we not all have our own Masada?
(Andy Reistetter; Facebook Post with 40 Pics; 1/28/19)
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