Live Nativity scene in Ponte Vedra Beach - Thanks Enjoy the photos of my family at this live event... My Husband (Donnie and Rachel having fun with the animals!
Hundreds of actors and animals will work together to create a live, 8.000-square-foot Nativity scene this weekend in Ponte Vedra Beach. It's the 15th year for Ponte Vedra Presbyterian Church's "A Bethlehem Visit," which re-creates a 2,000-year-old Middle Eastern marketplace that visitors can walk through, complete with tax collectors and Roman guards. Organizers recommend that visitors wear comfortable walking shoes. Golf carts are available for those who are unable to walk.
What does Bethlehem Mean?
The Name Bethlehem:
The name of this place may originally have derived from Lachma, the Mesopotamian god of vegetation and fertility known from the creation story Enuma Elish. Bethlehem was known to all cultures as a place of fertility and growth. Even the Romans established a cult of Adonis in a grove near the Grotto of the Nativity. In the Old Testament, this was reflected in the name of the region Ephrata, which also means fertile.
Bethlehem is a Hebrew word and is the name used in the Bible. Today's residents use the Arabic name Beit Lachem. Beth and Beit mean house. Lachem refers to meat. Lehem refers to bread. Hence the meaning House of Bread or House of Meat.
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