Slope near Tabgha- Mount of Beatitudes

Hollowed Slope

This was the place where Jesus spoke in Luke 6 and it has a hollowed slope which serves as a natural amphitheater that amplifies any speaker’s voice. That was the reason why in Luke 6:17-18, he stood at a level place below the hill and his voice was able to be heard by the large number of people who were gathered there, from all over Judea, Jerusalem and from the coastal region around Tyre and Sidon. 

View from the Mount of Beatitudes (1)

This was where Jesus delivered his speech to his disciples in Luke 6:20-26, about how they would be treated after he was gone and in Luke 6:27-45, he also taught many lessons to the people about loving your enemies, and to not judge others and how a tree is known by its fruit.

View from the Mount of Beatitudes (2)

He then delivered his final speech in Luke 6:46-49 which was about the wise and foolish builders, whereby he questioned the people and said that “Why do you call me Lord, Lord and not do what I say?” Jesus said that anyone who listens to his word and does what it says, is like a wise man building a house upon the rock, that does not shake when a flood comes and hits it.

Jesus then compared it to someone who hears his word and does not put them into practice, by saying that he is like a foolish man, building his house upon the ground, without a foundation that collapses when a torrent strikes it.

I think that in today's age, many of us go to church and many bible studies, but yet we fail to obey God when he wants us to change certain things in our life. We are like the foolish builders as we listen to his word, but yet we do not do what he wants us to do or change in our life.