Israel Tour Day 6 Part 3 ~ Lunch in Bethlehem and The Shepherds Field

Lunch at Shepherds Nai
It was here in the “suburbs” of Bethlehem that we ate a late lunch. We sang “Happy Birthday “ to Jake Hamm, and the staff brought out a small cake with a sparkler on it! Jake Hamm is currently looking for a live kidney donor so if God puts it on your heart, and you want more information, please contact www.BarnesJewi... or call 885-925-0631
The Shepherds Field
Caves where shepherds “kept watch over their flock” still abound in the area east of Bethlehem. Here, the Gospel of Luke tells us, an angel announced the birth of Jesus.
The angel’s good news was not given to the noble or pious, but to workers with a low reputation. Jewish literature ranked “shepherd” as among the most despised occupations of the time - but Jesus was to identify himself with this occupation when he called himself “the Good Shepherd” (John 10:11).
The traditional place of the angel’s visit is the town of Beit Sahur. Originally known as the Village of the Shepherds, it is now an eastern suburb of Bethlehem.
Beyond Shepherd’s Field to the east is the plain known as the Field of Boaz (or Field of Ruth).
Ruth, a Moabite woman from east of the Dead Sea, is one of the few women to have a book of the Old Testament named after her. She is celebrated especially for her statement of devotion to her mother-in-law, Naomi, who came from Bethlehem: “Where you go, I will go; where you lodge, I will lodge; your people shall be my people, and your God my God . . . .”
The “Field of Ruth” was really the field of Boaz, a wealthy landowner. She met him while gathering up the barley left behind by the harvesters. They married and she became the great-grandmother of King David.
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After we left we visited a large shop that sold all kinds of Olive Wood goods and Jewelry made in Bethlehem. The store opened just for us, and there was a staff member for each of us. We dumped some funds into the local economy, and got back on the bus with our “treasures”. All of us were too busy buying to take pictures or video anything.
Note: earlier in the day before leaving Jerusalem for Bethlehem, we had gone to the Temple Institute. We were not allowed to record or take pictures, but to see that EVERYTHING is ready for the Third Temple and everything we saw was Kosher and will be used in the Temple gives one chills. They even claimed that The Ark of the Covenant was not lost, but hidden! They had a replica on display.