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The Sea of Galilee, that lake that is right behind me,

is probably the most famous sea or lake in the world.

More than two-thirds of the gospel took place right here

in this amazing piece of body of water that gets most of its waters from the melting

snows of Mount Hermon as they flow into this lake in shape of the Jordan river.

It may be a lake, yet lakes can be dangerous as well.

The Sea of Galilee is located along what we call the Syrian African Rift Valley.

It's a valley that goes all the way from the Syrian plateau down to Victoria Falls in Africa.

And along that valley we have several bodies of water.

We've got the Sea of Galilee, got the Dead Sea, and even the Red Sea down south.

In the ancient times there was an additional body of water that does not exist anymore

and that is Lake Superior, which is a smaller lake that was in the Hula Valley up north.

The Sea of Galilee, in those days, received much more water than it receives today

and they were much cleaner than they are today simply because much of the dirt sunk

in the bottom of the first one on its way down to the Sea of Galilee.

The location of the Sea of Galilee is very unique.

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