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Unit Six
HOW CHRIST PREP RED TO REDEEM THE WORLD
I. PREPARATION OF THE WORLD FOR THE MESSIAS
1. THE LAND WHERE CHRIST WAS BoRN
At the time that our. Lord was born, Palestine, the P tine Promised Land of the Jews, was about the size of the
State of Maryland. West of the River Jordan, which
ows through the middle of the country from north to south, were three provinces: Galilee, Samaria, and Judea. The principal towns of Galilee were Ca­ pharnaum, Tiberias, Corozain, Cana, and Nazareth.
In Samaria were Sichem, the rst capital of the rebel kings; Sebaste, the name which Herod had given to the city 'of Samaria, the last capital of the kings of the Ten Tribes, after he had rebuilt it; and Caesarea Palaestina. Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Jericho, and Ari­ mathea were the principal cities of Judea. On the other side of the Jordan, to the southeast, was the country known as Perea, whose principal city was Pella. Not many Jews lived in this part of Palestine during the time of our Lord. The northeastern part of the country was divided into several provinces.
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