Sebastia Nablus

The ruins of Sebastia, the result of six successive cultures dating back 10,000 years. Canaanite, Israelite, Hellenistic, Herodian, Roman and Byzantine. A mosque was built on the the site of John the Baptists tomb and it stands within the remains of a Crusader cathedral. It was restored during the Ottoman rule. They have the audacity to call it the mosque of the Prophet John, in Arabic "Nabi Yahya Mosque.". In its courtyard, there is a stairway that leads down to a cave, there are six burial sites there. They include the tombs of two Jewish prophets. Elisha and Obadiah. Now pray tell me how can this possibly be Arab land?

It is written that there are also many Roman royal tombs and a few medieval ones. Does it remind you of the Church and how they built upon existing sacred sites of the people? As we know the tomb of Joseph is also in Nablus. This is the land of the Jewish people. So what happened? 

"Around the 7 century AD, and after Islam was introduced to the city at the time of the Caliph Omar bin al Khattab and Patriarch Sephronius, Nablus was introduced to a new worship of God, and new traditions and rituals completely different from what was familiar at the time. Discord started to increase and become more and more evident. Islam took control over Nablus and increased in its influence in the 12 century and afterwards when the whole region came under the control of the Ottoman Empire which took a clear path and identity, namely, Islam, and many Samarians, Jewish, and even Christian families converted to Islam."

Why did they convert? Most were forced to do so, some agreed to it due to not being able to afford the higher taxes put upon non-Muslims. There comes the strife in the Middle East,  the Egyptian Copts have had to go through the same experiences in Egypt. Most Jewish people were forced to leave their historic home of Egypt because they refused to convert. 

And governments internationally wish to give the PLO authority to govern? When they do not give Israel the right to exist in peace, nor did they spend the money that the West gave them wisely. Abbas was replaced by the current government in Gaza due to corruption. The people were hoping for positive change just like the Americans were with Obama. However, what did they get? More corruption not the eradication of it, Israel is in the middle of the corruption on both sides of them. The latest news is that there is another flotilla on its way. The beast of the sea mentioned in the book of Revelation, the sea peoples that invaded Israel and Egypt in ancient times. 


Apart from that there were some remains found in Bulgaria in 2010, some say they are the bones of John the Baptist. Is it possible that the templars moved that which they felt was important to preserve, to protect them from Islam? Yes. The inscription on this discovery is June 24th, and that is the date that Christians claim John the Baptist was born. [4]However, this is archaeology and there does not seem to have been any scientific research done to date. St John in Bulgarian is SVET IVAN. 


Did you know that Istanbul also belongs to Greece? 

1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sebastiya

2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nabi_Yahya_Mosque

3. http://www.zajel.org/article_view.asp?newsID=3172&cat=19

4. http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/6451893-remains-of-john-the-baptist-found-archaeologists-claim