12-31-09 New Year’s Eve!  And, What a day!  Thank you – Jesus – for all you’ve shown me.  Holy Spirit, thank you! Our first stop was Beit She’An near the end of the Jezreel Valley. Once a city of commercial and military importance, it is  near where King Saul’s body was nailed to city walls. (I Sam. 31).   This place was fascinating.  It had been under a field for many years and a farmer with his tractor hit the top of a column.  Underneath was a treasure of historical and archeological finds. Megiddo is on the edge of the Plain of Armageddon – the site of the final battle in Rev. 16:16.  I had always pictured this to be rugged – dry and rocky.  But the valley is a brilliant lush green.  The fortified structure at Megiddo was something to behold.  An impressive water system is still in place.  Twenty-five civilizations have been uncovered in this one spot. Megiddo was where King Solomon had a large reserve of horses and chariots. Caesarea was beautiful … …