The Israel Antiquities Authority, the Israel National Parks Authority, and the City of David Foundation announced days before the new year that the Pool of Siloam, a biblical site cherished by Christians and Jews, will be open to the public for the first time in 2,000 years in the near future.
Built some 2,700 years ago, it was initially a holy site for ancient Jewish pilgrims. The New Testament says it is where Jesus performed the miracle of healing a blind man.
John 9:1 And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his birth.
John 9:2 And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind?
John 9:3 Jesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him.
John 9:4 I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.
John 9:5 As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.
John 9:6 When he had thus spoken, he spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and he anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay,
John 9:7 And said unto him, Go, wash in the pool of Siloam. He went his way therefore, and washed, and came seeing.
The public has been unable to visit most religiously significant sites for approximately 2,000 years.
The pool was destroyed and covered after the First Jewish-Roman War 70 years after the birth of Christ. in the coming months, an excavation will completely expose the ancient pool, allowing visitors to view it as part of a tourist route.
Israel’s enduring commitment to ensuring religious freedom to all who visit and live in the Holy Land, especially Jerusalem, the “undivided capital of Israel.”
The Pool of Siloam is situated in the southern portion of the City of David and within the Jerusalem Walls National Park area. The Pool of Siloam passed through many stages of construction and reached the size of 1¼ acres.
Religious pilgrims used it as a “mikveh,” or a ritual bath, to cleanse themselves before visiting the holy Temple.
Christians have an outward ritual called baptism, a complete immersion in water by a pastor or someone saved. The word baptize in Greek means to immerse, submerge, not sprinkle. The sprinkling of water is not the right way to baptize but is a false way not in the bible.
If a sprinkling of water has baptized you, you can go to a church that baptized its congregation by immersion and try to find a more scriptural teaching church.
Matthew 3:16 And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him:
Acts 2:38 Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
1 Peter 3:21 The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ:
Romans 6:3 Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death?
Romans 6:4 Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.
Galatians 3:27 For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ.
Colossians 2:12 Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead.
Galatians 2:20 I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.
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