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History of Israel –Tabernacle Model -Timna Park
Timna Park, located 25 kilometres North of Eilat, centres its focus on history, antiquities and a variety of activities (such as the coloured sands and the artificial lake) within the beautiful wilderness surrounds. Its acacia trees and other arid-land vegetation, its herds of wild ibex looking out at you from the cliff tops, and its evidence of human activity from antiquity to the present all make Timna Park a worthwhile place to visit. This horseshoe-shaped Valley covers some 15,000 acres and is surrounded by steep cliffs and Mount Timna which is 453 metres above sea level. The valley contains many minerals such as iron, manganese and more importantly, copper. Timna is the site of the world’s first copper mine and thousands of ancient mining shafts can be seen throughout the park as well as remains of smelting furnaces dating back to imperial Egypt. Historically, copper was the first metal used to create work and household tools, weapons, costly ornaments and cultic objects.
Visitors to Timna Park can watch a multimedia presentation titled ‘The Mines of Time’ which bring many mythological and ancient stories of copper gods and Pharaoh Ramses to life, including the history of copper-mining from ancient Egyptian times to the present.
A full-scale replica of the biblical Tabernacle (Insert) stands in the very wilderness where Moses and the children of Israel wandered for forty years. When reading the Biblical account of the dimensions of the Tabernacle as outlined in Exodus Chapter 26, one tends to think it to be much bigger that what it really is. However, a more realistic size of the Tabernacle is shown in the photograph above—seeing is believing. The following Bible verses show how much God wanted to be in fellowship with His chosen people. “Then the cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the glory of Adonai filled the tabernacle. Moshe was unable to enter the tent of meeting, because the cloud remained on it, and the glory of Adonai filled the tabernacle.” (Exodus 40:34-35 CJB).
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