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Get ready to enter the land of the Bible! You will experience it as it was promised to Abraham, inhabited by his descendants, ruled over by the judges and kings, lamented for by the prophets, and traveled in by Jesus and His disciples.
We invite you to strap on your sandals as we travel together through 130 location overviews, and view some 900 color photographs, with scripture references linked to each site.
Our CD-ROM is a unique resource for everyone who seeks to understand and teach the Bible. It is for home-schoolers, pastors, Sunday School teachers, small group leaders, missionaries, students in Bible schools around the world,... and for your personal study.
If you have never visited Israel, this will be your first tour; if you have been there, it will refresh your memories and build on your experiences. At the click of a mouse, you will find pictures, site descriptions, interactive maps, Scripture references and study articles.
Why is this geographical resource important for your study of the Word? CONTEXT! As we say on the CIU campus, "context is king!" But what do we mean by context? Certainly we consider the surrounding verses, the entire passage and the Bible book itself. But the events recorded did not take place in a vacuum. We must enter into the historical, cultural and theological context of the Scripture we are studying.
We must also know the "where," the geographical context, to fully understand the "who," the "how," and the "why," of what we are reading. The people we meet in the Bible were real people who lived in real places under real conditions. This was not by accident. The God who meticulously formed the hills and valleys of the Land is the One who located people in the exact places He had prepared for them. This resource is designed to help you "see" these places and to "experience" what these people experienced. We hope this CD will help you "to walk in their sandals."
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