A Summer at Mt. Tabor
The hills and valleys of Mt. Tabor on a summer day can be a
wonderful respite from city life in Bethany near Jerusalem. The
parents had serious matters to attend to as they contemplated
the aspirations of certain Roman agents including the Sanhedrin
and Herod Antipas. Even the Temple priests had sold out to
Caesar and his paladins. Time and politics weaved its magic over
their lives but they had relatives and connections in other
parts of the world including Rome. Joseph of Arimathaea was
wealthy beyond belief but his corporate partners included some
whose wealth was even greater than Solomon. He knew full well
the nature of the Temple priests or Sanhedrin. He was on their
Council. They often intermarried and had genetic and esoteric
programs and rituals that went by many names in different lands.
The caves near Mt. Carmel and Mt. Tabor as well as many other
spiritual places were not just the kinds of things that kids
enjoyed. They had been important in the same way that cenotes
and other caves have been all over the world for as long as man
has been an animal.