Ruth
Recently, someone asked about the story recorded in the Gospel books regarding Jesus preaching from a small boat to thousands of men and women on the shore of the Sea of Galilee. Was it a miracle since they didn’t have electricity or microphones at that time?
When we traveled around Israel, we came across some information that answered the above questions.
I’ve written part of our trip into my book, Detour to Agape (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CD9P29GJ), which might be of interest to you. Below is an excerpt from the book.
Shawn’s colossal figure loomed over them. “What’s so special about the shoreline we’re going to this afternoon?”
“Ah, that I know, Uncle Shawn.” Josh perked up, his eyes bright and his shoulders straight. “I’ve just learned about it before our trip. Jesus and His disciples came here, and many followed. To keep them from crowding Him, He asked his disciples to have a boat ready for him, and he preached from it to thousands of men and women on the shore.”
“How could you believe such a ridiculous story?” Shawn’s chin jerked up. “Did they have electricity? Did Jesus use a microphone? How could He give a speech to thousands of people from a tiny boat? Absurd. Laughable.”
Tears welled up in Josh’s eyes, his lips quivering. He gave Yao a pleading glance.
Yao drew in slow breaths to suppress his irritation over Shawn’s harshness. Josh was only nine years old. Yet, Yao also had doubts when he came upon that Bible passage in the Gospel of Mark. He cleared his throat to calm the tightness gripping it. “Josh, Uncle Shawn raised an interesting question. Let’s wait until we visit the site. We can ask our guide.”
Shawn pivoted his heels to face the elevator door. “Here he is.”
Adam walked out, followed by the rest of their group. “Great. Everybody is here. Let’s go.”
A short drive later, the van dropped them off, and they strolled down a gravel pathway. Odd-shaped boulders lined the bank while water lapped the shore. Decaying leaves piled up on the ground, and birds chirped on the branches.
Adam halted before a cove shaped like a natural amphitheater and gave each of them a handout. “This is an article published in 1976 in Biblical Archaeologist.”
(Please come back next week for Part 2)
