Makkah is actually a part of a Valley

The Inquisitor · Joined: 17 Jun 2006 Posts: 772

Congratulations obmar,

You win this week's prize for most obscure valley location.

Now, can you find Calico, the ghost towm??

obmar · Site Admin Joined: 14 Apr 2006 Posts: 5697

It was over a Biblical verse
on King David doing his pilgrimage to makkah.

But there was this word valley
that they say it was not Makkah.

Digital Elevation Models dont lie...

and floods too.

obmar · Site Admin Joined: 14 Apr 2006 Posts: 5697

obmar · Site Admin Joined: 14 Apr 2006 Posts: 5697

obmar · Site Admin Joined: 14 Apr 2006 Posts: 5697

Because of the word valley of Bacca
they quickly deduce that Bacca was either a mulberry tree
or a place in Jordan.

They do not realise Bakka was the original name of Makka

and Bakka was mentioned as the oldest house decicated to the Lord.

obmar · Site Admin Joined: 14 Apr 2006 Posts: 5697

http://engforum.pravda.ru/showthread.php?t=214071

obmar · Site Admin Joined: 14 Apr 2006 Posts: 5697

Well, since I wont dissapoint you
here is Calico, Ininc San Bernadino County, California

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obmar · Site Admin Joined: 14 Apr 2006 Posts: 5697

And not to dissapoint you TI,

Here is Calico. San Bernadino, california

obmar · Site Admin Joined: 14 Apr 2006 Posts: 5697

From the original thread....

Psalm 84 (New International Version)

1 How lovely is your dwelling place, O LORD Almighty!
2 My soul yearns, even faints, for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.
3 Even the sparrow has found a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may have her young— a place near your altar, O LORD Almighty, my King and my God.
4 Blessed are those who dwell in your house; they are ever praising you. Selah
5 Blessed are those whose strength is in you, who have set their hearts on pilgrimage
6 As they pass through the Valley of Baca, they make it a place of springs; the autumn rains also cover it with pools.
7 They go from strength to strength, till each appears before God in Zion
8 Hear my prayer, O LORD God Almighty; listen to me, O God of Jacob. Selah
9 Look upon our shield, O God; look with favor on your anointed one.
10 Better is one day in your courts than a thousand elsewhere; I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked.
11 For the LORD God is a sun and shield; the LORD bestows favor and honor; no good thing does he withhold from those whose walk is blameless.
12 O LORD Almighty, blessed is the man who trusts in you.
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Psalm 84 is talking about the pilgrimage of King David to the Holy House of the Lord.
The Holy House of the Lord is expressed in psalm 84 in three forms:
In verse 1) as the dwelling place of the LORD
In verse 2) as the courts of the LORD
In verse 4) as the house of the LORD

Well, we have a House of the Lord.
But we all know that King Solomon built the House of the Lord in Jerusalem. Hence David was not talking about Jerusalem
King David was talking about another house.

In Psalm 84:5-6 you find that pilgrimage was done when David passed through the Valley of Baca.

5 Blessed are those whose strength is in you, who have set their hearts on pilgrimage
6 as they pass through the Valley of Baca, they make it a place of springs; the autumn rains also cover it with pools.