Day Seven was a busy day for us. We left the Galilee Region and traveled south all day to a resort hotel in the Dead Sea area. Along the way we saw many interesting places. Our first stop was to visit the baptismal site known as Yardenit along the River Jordan. Jesus was baptized in this river, in an area further south that historians believe now lies just within the border of present-day Jordan. Yardenit was established in 1981 to accommodate the many pilgrims to the Holy Land who wish to baptize themselves in the waters of this famed river. Afterwards, we continued southwest of the Sea of Galilee and drove through a section of the Jezreel Valley, a flat, fertile plains dividing the hilly areas of Galilee with those of Samaria (in the Israeli-occupied West bank). This unassuming agricultural valley has been the site of settlers since Biblical times, and the scene of dozens of major battles. To Christians, this fertile plains is sometimes referred to as the Valley of Armageddon because, according to the Book of Revelations, this is where the final battle between Good and Evil will take place. We visited the excavated remains of the 6th century Bet Alfa Synagogue and then toured the Roman ruins of Beit She'an before continuing south through the Jordan Valley to the Dead Sea area. We ended the day by floating in the Dead Sea and availing ourselves of the spa amenities at our beautiful hotel.