How important is the actual, physical land of Israel in the promises of God and his plan for the human race? As Dave Stotts reveals in this episode, God’s eternal, unconditional promises to Abraham simply cannot be separated from the land itself.

There’s nothing like firsthand exposure to the land of the Bible to help us understand why God’s people did the things they did — whether it was the idolatry of the period of the Judges, or the heroic “last stand” of Masada’s defenders after the fall of Jerusalem. In this episode, we get a taste of the harshness of a land upon which God’s people would learn to depend on him for the fulfillment of all of his covenant promises.

Dave Stotts retraces two major events in the life of King David and takes us on a whirlwind — or dust devil — tour of the Dead Sea region. He also brings to light several key evidences of the Bible’s amazing historical accuracy and reliability.

Dave looks back into the biblical history of Israel to help us better understand why this tiny country — about the size of New Jersey — arouses the deepest passions of not only its inhabitants, but of millions of people worldwide. He also visits key Old Testament ruins to see whether they confirm or contradict the biblical account.

Dave and his Drive Thru History team venture north into the Palestinian-occupied West Bank, where he visits often-overlooked biblical sites of great importance. Although they are out of the mainstream of biblical tourism, we will see that they are not out of the mainstream of God’s past — and future — attention.

Dave visits northern Israel and the lush environment of Tel Dan and the Dan Nature Reserve. He also overlooks the Valley of Jezreel, and then examines the strategic — and prophetic — city of Megiddo.