palestinian dispute that we know about today is really instituted unwittingly today by british gambling. the palestinian arabs decided to be granted their own nation, but the jewish population now expects the same thing, and the seeds for jerusalem s next great conflict have been planted . nazareth 2015, one of the greatest archaeological discoveries of the century is revealed to the world. could this be the remains of the childhood home of jesus? on archaeological grounds,
you could see this story as one of the early indications of the miraculous power that jesus is going to have. it s partly a way of showing that he s a peacemaker, that he s not going to fight back, but it s also a way of showing that he s somehow stronger than that. he s not a weakling that they can bully in that way. jesus time in nazareth had come to an end. insofar as we know, he never returned there again. they reject him, and he says, right. i m carrying my ministry forward, but it will be somewhere else that i will bring what i ve come to do to fruition. but has modern archaeology uncovered the home he left behind? first mentioned in a medieval text then lost for centuries, is this cave church what remains of
church of the annunciation. today, the church of the annunciation still stands in the center of nazareth attracting tens of thousands of visitors a year. this is the traditional spot where the angel gabriel was believed to have announced to mary she was about to give birth to the messiah. as the mother of jesus, mary has always occupied a special place in the hearts of many christians. mary is really the closest to god. she is known as the queen of heaven and is foremost among all of the saints. mary s an incredibly important figure for the early church because she s a symbol for women. there s this idea of a loving individual who is seen as the special protector of the weak, of someone who protects women, who protects children, who protects elderly.
of his cousin, john the baptizer. the meeting between jesus and john the baptist is clearly a pivotal moment in jesus mission. after this moment, you see him really going for his mission with this real force and energy and conviction. a changed jesus returns to nazareth, perhaps to this very home. jesus goes to the synagogue and starts to preach. he comes back to nazareth to deliver this manifesto. it s really the sermon in relationship to who and what this jesus is all about. jesus had a famous saying, a prophet is not without honor except in his hometown and amongst his own relatives. he returned to nazareth, and he