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On Thursday we went to the place where the last battle on earth will take place according to Revelation.  With all the rain and the overlook to the valley, the view was beautiful!  On the top of this mountain, various battles have been fought as well as various fortresses with the ruins remaining and excavations that continue to this day.

We know that there will be no peace on earth until Christ is in every heart but the thought of the final battle taking place here reminds me that the time is short, for Christ will return and we must be ready!

We think that we are so smart now but seeing the engineering genius of some of these ancient ruins is truly amazing.  They had an ancient grain silo, horse stables, and aqueduct systems dug out of rock.  One of the tunnels is dug down over 300 ft to a natural spring water outside of the ancient fortress in case they were under siege they could go down the tunnel and have access to the water without being noticed.  Visitors can now walk through the tunnel to the natural well and we did.

Oh yeah, remember that time that Andrew stepped into the natural water well?!

He was less than thrilled but the rest of us had a good laugh after he was pulled out safely (and very easily!).  I guess now you know why I was really a nervous wreck on the day we went to see the waterfalls:)  After a quick change of clothes we headed to our next destination up the road, and I'll blog about it tomorrow.