My family and I are traveling t to Galilee at Holy Land tomorrow morning. Jesus lived there during most of his short life as known now

1. Lost Years of Jesus--
In Search of My Father
A Scholar’s Family Journey
To Galilee

5. Lost Years of Jesus--
In Search of My Father
“My father passed away recently.. My family & I are
traveling to Galilee tomorrow morning for short visit in
search of our emotional links to his spirit & to past,
present & future. Jesus lived there in most of his short
life as known now ….”
Thomas Mathai III. (A scientist by
profession, director of a small microbiology lab
& amateur historian.)

6. A Public Service
Announcement
PSA
“Wailing Wall”
Remnant of 2nd
Temple
today at Jerusalem.
Existed at 1st
century AD
when Jesus lived here.

7. **
Rustic Inn**
In Search of My Father

8. Church of
the Beatitudes

10. Qumran Community
(Time of Jesus)

11. Qumran Community “Bath” Recreation
(Time of Jesus)

12. “Mona Lisa of Galalee” from
Roman Villa at Sepphoris
“Did Jesus in late teens-20’s
work as “Tekton” (day laborer)
at Sepphoris, walking 2 hours
from Nazareth every day ?”
(Biblical scholars new hypothesis)
Lost Years of Jesus--
In Search of My Father

13. Lost Years of Jesus--
In Search of My Father
Dead Sea Scroll Fragment
(Accidentally found in 1947 @
Qumran)
“Our community legend say Thomas came to India in 52 AD,
22 years after Crucifixion. This means Thomas left
Jerusalem,
by sea at Antioch, an early Christian colony on
Mediterranean coast, or by land route from Edessa, on the
Silk Road, located in modern day Turkey “ Thomas
Mathai III

14. Vineyards & Almonds
two important crops
at farms at Galilee.
Lost Years of Jesus--
In Search of My Father

15. A Public Service
Announcement PSA
Chapter 1
Walden Three Twin
Promised Land By The Sea”
(near Cochin, India)
A blueprint for a modern 21st
century
prosperous & enriched community,
‘celebrating ethnic voices’ !”

16. Images from First Century Galilee
Scented Garden. Know this ?
Lost Years of Jesus
In Search of My
Father

17. Images from First Century Galilee
Scented Garden.
Memory is the mother of all wisdom.
Aeschylus

18. The Second Temple(model) that was built (538-515 BC) on return from exile
in Babylon when Cyrus of Persia conquored Babylon.
Temple was destroyed by the
Roman army In 70 CE at “Seize of
Jerusalem
2nd
Temple at Jerusalem
where Joseph & Mary took
Jesus (5 CE) for ceremony 30
days after birth written in
Luke (Luke 2:24)

19. 70 AD-- The Herod Temple (3rd
Temple)
Destroyed by the Roman Army
(The “Wailing Wall” remnant a spiritual symbol still today of
centuries of persecution that followed under
new Roman Emperors)

20. Sepphoris
**
Apostle Thomas
Jude Didemus,
St. Thomas
An early Christian
legend says he
came to India in
52 AD on a ship

21. Key Qumran Library Scrolls
(1)The Damascus Document First Discovered in 1896
at Ben Ezra at Cairo.
Fragments at Qumran also.
(2) Manual Of Discipline Cave 1 by M. Burrows &
(Rule of The Community) Methodist Church Tradition
(3) Temple Scroll Design of a Grand Temple
Composed 2nd
Century BC
(Before Herod’s Temple existing at time of Jesus)
(4) War Scroll Apocalyptic—War between
Forces of Good & Evil
(5) The Copper Scroll A Detailed List of Hidden
Treasures of destroyed Temple
(6) Old Testament Fragments

22. In Search of Lost Years of Jesus
(A Scholar’s Journey to 1st Century Galilee)
Sea of Galalee
Village of
Nazareth
(At Galalee)

23. Dead Sea Scroll
Fragment (Accidentally found
in 1947 @ Qumran)
“Mona Lisa of Galalee” from
Roman Villa at Sepphoris
TP C2C Club TI-02-01-04
By ICP

24. “Did Jesus in late teens-20’s
work as “Tekton” (day laborer)
at Sepphoris,
walking 2 hours from Nazareth
every day ?” (Biblical scholars
new hypothesis)

25. Ancient Mesopotamia
Land of Abraham

26. Josephus
Jewish Historian
(37 AD-100 + AD)
Recorded destruction of
Jerusalem in “Jewish War”
Appointed governor
Of Galilee

27. Sepphoris
**
By ICP
A typical fishing
boat
1st
Century Galalee
Nazareth, Capernaum
& Sepphoris
“Lost Years at Galalee“

28. A Public Service
Announcement PSA

29. A Public Service
Announcement PSA

30. Vineyards & Almonds,
two import crops at farms at Galilee.
TP C2C Club TI-02-01-06 By ICP

32. Spring

33. Lost Years of Jesus--
In Search of My Father
“My father passed away recently.. My family & I are
traveling to Galilee tomorrow morning for short visit in
search of our emotional links to his spirit & to past,
present & future. Jesus lived there in most of his short
life as known now ….”
Thomas Mathai III. (A scientist by
profession, director of a small microbiology lab
& amateur historian.)
ICP LOST YEARS 020101 INTRO

35. Lost Years of Jesus--
In Search of My Father
A Scholar’s Family Journey
To Galilee