Hello everyone,

The identification of Petra and/or Bozrah as possible escape sites has 
bothered me for a couple of reasons. First, if I were a Jew in Israel and 
wanted to flee somewhere I don't think I'd be heading towards an Arab/Muslim 
country and to places that were dedicated to foreign gods over a hundred 
miles away. Both Moab (Lot's old territory) and Edom (Esau's turf) were not 
friendly to the Jews then and they're not now. Jordan wouldn't even take in 
the supposed "refugees" but herded them all into little areas to play on the 
sympathies of the world, so why would they let the Jews onto their property?

I think a better scenario would have the Jews going north to the area where 
Elijah had his triumphs (Mount Carmel, around Plains of Esdraelon). If 
Elijah is with them or someone with his spirit has just been around them I 
think he'd be pointing them to where he was taken care of by ravens and 
where the widow fed him without her pot going dry [although I believe this 
is way too far north--but what do I know :)]. Also, Mount Tabor is usually 
where tradition points to where the Transfiguration occurred and also 
somewhere up there is where Jesus was tempted by Satan. This, to me, seems 
to make more sense. It's also around where Mount Megiddo is and if people 
are coming around to kill the Jews, don't you think they'd go to where they 
are? Satan knows who to chase.

Just a few thoughts,
Moza 

P.S. Lots of Jews during the last crisis fled to Eilat which is near the Red 
Sea and many more have already bought their plane tickets for that 
destination in case anything happens again.