tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31598109335962951282024-03-05T23:02:45.508-08:00Messianic Moments"For I am not ashamed of the Gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to every one who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Gentile." Romans 1:16Chosen People Ministries (Canada)http://www.blogger.com/profile/09911139712298291785noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3159810933596295128.post-48979520076755608132010-05-08T11:40:00.000-07:002010-05-27T06:53:13.741-07:00Report from Israel #12 - A Last Day of SurprisesBy Janice Beurling<br /><br />Shalom from Israel!<br /><br />Yesterday was our last day with Dov and it was something to write home about!<br /><br />We rose very early and met Dov at 7:30 am halfway between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. Krista joined him in his car again and they led us in our car to downtown Tel Aviv where the Israel Air Force Headquarters is located. Our goal … a personal meeting with the Major General of the IAF.<br /><br />Again going through a series of security gates and doors, we arrived on the floor where the chief officers of the IAF have their offices. Our interview was delayed because the Major General was meeting first with a chief military officer of another government. So we drank the espresso the assistants offered and chatted with Dov and the commander of the 100th Squadron who was joining us.<br /><br />After a short wait, it was our turn. We were ushered into the modest office and introduced to the Major General. We all sat in a circle and chatted about Uncle George and Israel. It was an informal meeting, but we were very honoured to have this opportunity to express our love for Israel to these men. As the meeting drew to a close, the Major General indicated that he had a gift for us. He pulled out a boxed Hebrew Bible (the Old Testament in Hebrew). It was beautifully bound in leather and impressed with the logo of the Israel Air Force. He had personally inscribed it to the Beurling family. Bibles like this are given to Israel Air Force pilots when they graduate. No one else has access to them. They all felt that, because of our professed love for the Hebrew scriptures, this was an appropriate gift for us.<br /><br />Then the Major General pulled out a larger blue box. When he opened it we found that it contained a blue pillow with a number of insignias and medals pinned to it. These are the things Uncle George would have worn on his uniform if he had made it to Israel. Whew! We were blown away by this! Dad could hardly speak. Mom and I were moved to tears and Krista burst into tears! <br /><br />Israel has done nothing but bless us on this trip. Dov’s efforts to make our visit memorable, pleasant and comfortable have gone beyond every expectation. We’ve been entertained and educated. We’ve been warmly greeted by every officer and enlisted soldier (or “warrior” as they call them here). We’ve been made to feel that we are part of the family of Israel and that we belong here.<br /><br />In something of a daze, we left the Major General’s offices and followed Dov through Tel Aviv and on toward Be’er Sheva in the Northern Negev. Our destination was the Israel Air Force Museum and one last air base. As we headed toward the desert, the countryside became somewhat less lush, but continued to show us full cultivation -- crops of hay/wheat, orchards, groves and many other evidences of fertile agricultural land.<br /><br />The highway south was, like all main roads in Israel, spectacular. The highways are clean and smooth. The road system is excellent. Yes, in towns the roads tend to be narrow and confusing, but that’s to be expected when modern streets are imposed on ancient cities. All in all, we found the roads to be better than many of our roads in Canada where we struggle with frost and winter weather. We did find that street signs were non existent or inconsistent, but most road signs are written in Hebrew, Arabic AND English. We got ourselves quite lost on a number of occasions, but always managed to find a way to our goal. <br /><br />The Air Force Museum was delightful. Because our interview with the Major General had been delayed, we didn’t have as much time here as originally planned. I’ve never seen so many planes parked in one place! Our guide showed us spitfires such as Uncle George flew in the RAF during WW 2. She also showed us the ruin of a Norseman, the kind of plane he was killed in. But they have examples of every other plane Israel has used in their air force up to, but not including, those currently in use.<br /><br />After the Museum, we drove a short distance away to another air base. This one was the most secure base we’ve visited; we left all our cameras in the trunk of the car. Our guide at this location was a 26-year-old man who flies F15s. He gave an audio-visual presentation that described the capability of the planes and their weaponry. He showed videotape of actual attacks -- I would not want to be on the receiving end of such an experience. Next, he showed us his plane, complete with bombs and missiles. He described their procedures -- in case of attack, they can be in the air within five minutes! <br /><br />We commented on the differences between Spitfires and F15s. I was interested to see the envy on his face. He said that he and all his fellow pilots would much rather be flying Spitfires. I guess the smaller, older planes are more personal and responsive in ways that the souped up F15s cannot be.<br /><br />After another lovely lunch in the officers’ dining room, we headed north again -- Dov to Tel Aviv and we to Jerusalem. We hope to see Dov one more time at the Ben Gurion Airport when we leave Israel.<br /><br />During our last few days in Jerusalem, we planned to stay pretty close to home, resting up and packing our suitcases. We made a last walk through the Old City, stopping at a sidewalk café for dessert and doing some serious people watching.<br /><br />We also took an hour to visit Chosen People Ministries’ Jerusalem Messianic Center. Myer, the Assistant to the Director of the work in Israel, showed us around and listened to our stories.<br /><br />As I write this, our bags are packed and waiting by the door. The noisy street outside our windows is quiet because it’s Shabbat. We continue to feel overwhelmed by the welcome we have received here in Israel -- not just from Dov and the Israel Air Force, but from everyone we’ve met. Whether Jew or Arab, Orthodox or secular, every individual has greeted us with a smile. They’ve tried out their English on us. They’ve gone out of their way to help us. And everyone has said, “Welcome. Welcome to Israel!”<br /><br />We’ve also been delighted by the many opportunities we’ve had to share our faith in Yeshua with a variety of people.<br /><br />Before we left Canada, some people said, “Are you SURE you want to go to Israel now? Isn’t it dangerous?” <br /><br />It’s true that Israel lives every day precariously because of her enemies. At Passover, I chatted with a Jewish acquaintance (who doesn’t yet know Yeshua) about this. In broken English and using her hands to demonstrate how Israel is surrounded, she said, “Hamas, Hezbollah, Syria, Iran, Egypt, Jordan.” Then I brought my hand down over hers and said, “And God!” She smiled and nodded, “And God.”<br /><br />We have felt completely safe during our trip. We’ve not felt at serious risk from pickpockets or other forms of robbery. Although the driving in Jerusalem, as we’ve described, is chaotic at best, our cars survived without any new scrapes or dents. And we’ve said from the beginning, if God calls us Home during this trip, what better place to leave from that the Land of Israel?<br /><br />Shalom in Messiah Yeshua!<br /><br /><br />Here are some of the photos Krista and I took during the last few days (click for bigger):<br /><br />One of the great roads in Israel -- this one heading south to the Negev.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieEiWsyuUE4-y4l2Yd5OOncJtqQwW1b60e-lV8iWiXJz5nG5LoG_G9ySATqYyKSRe6pjhOgDb15J7DqDQJV8ne427wO6F5EJw_qRO0un4BQUAWw8BtjVRzm0gy3LlHqNPyJ9CGV-YTbjb7/s1600/01+Hatzerim+01+-+KB.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieEiWsyuUE4-y4l2Yd5OOncJtqQwW1b60e-lV8iWiXJz5nG5LoG_G9ySATqYyKSRe6pjhOgDb15J7DqDQJV8ne427wO6F5EJw_qRO0un4BQUAWw8BtjVRzm0gy3LlHqNPyJ9CGV-YTbjb7/s200/01+Hatzerim+01+-+KB.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468816507429275938" /></a><br /><br />The Air Force Museum near Be'ev Sheva.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr2HQw1-DoayETcglop47QPtt4fUz6LpwgeMUP02hOyo_hK30jTMogfYuWrahsAHOCsxU9cCdVZuK6jK9-cNHRNY8EMzQCnMIr2at8UwGZOp3nETre7zdBpt5ly138BHy0ZRb-x35BxN-8/s1600/02+Hatzerim+01+-+JB.jpg"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn42Kw2R140eixfsE3kyO0KxZx63vt9gtqCP1V-i20-VuDirXLDyVxyUR7tnsIJOOnYbCePlpy0FcDBg5kRDSO2RVQj6H7-zzIzo7wb-Y2DOFbTzrky1mGkFRJLvERzDv9pMf1HwXJgxWq/s200/08+OC+-+09+-+KB.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468813846190551618" /></a><br /><br />Dessert at an outdoor cafe in the Jewish Quarter followed by some serious people watching.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHQUmUYO23bR_tQLCBNj4z9IEyWcpFxJ5pk9WqS34dDBLVbE3DDrQv8winvPxntXhomAmoLF177sNW8gYH-JoWC1xlNe6KI0VkQdQt_f9epDs5t62iB6mozHLSN-bXj9Tt30-Rw3t3TcDx/s1600/09+OC+-+04+-+KB.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHQUmUYO23bR_tQLCBNj4z9IEyWcpFxJ5pk9WqS34dDBLVbE3DDrQv8winvPxntXhomAmoLF177sNW8gYH-JoWC1xlNe6KI0VkQdQt_f9epDs5t62iB6mozHLSN-bXj9Tt30-Rw3t3TcDx/s200/09+OC+-+04+-+KB.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468813837715030002" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2gz-toOCDu-JAAk4E6ZQKFNrBYz8VeBjYf-67PTUc8id52D1BAUQCuhyphenhyphenE3R7KeUpIoECu56wPe8FMVOLB3npMCdZqP2anrDDtvFxb-wiguGwRIXWqAYpgVox2IZtKA6BV91sMIPMFC6ML/s1600/10+OC+-+03+-+KB.jpg"><img style="display:block; 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Although it was a busy, noisy street, we found the Israeli drivers constantly entertaining.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQnxqmOOAIdpvV98zRXuF95ipjBiSFw-oR1ZmilqmHrNFPEB0Jgq8n9K6xvoXZn-He0O8JuA8WwVKMPjPQuElfodQziF4XcVBF6UbMbqEf9ItKAq08MxWWQiVFyfARAFgfrVYtSEcYB9NB/s1600/28+Home+07+-+KB.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQnxqmOOAIdpvV98zRXuF95ipjBiSFw-oR1ZmilqmHrNFPEB0Jgq8n9K6xvoXZn-He0O8JuA8WwVKMPjPQuElfodQziF4XcVBF6UbMbqEf9ItKAq08MxWWQiVFyfARAFgfrVYtSEcYB9NB/s200/28+Home+07+-+KB.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468796322359566674" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_UO6a3NOL5V35_S1pkXGZtbc2Z4ELkh1A60qCTPJLlMiRWyv3l9UA8ym33MWUFrLrNWui6HHmfzUVMiXKveFKJJVRRpmo_KY_I6e0rChNuNB3EGKGOTggzzM1Q-Agai9zcjGG8It2j6Ov/s1600/29+Home+06+-+KB.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_UO6a3NOL5V35_S1pkXGZtbc2Z4ELkh1A60qCTPJLlMiRWyv3l9UA8ym33MWUFrLrNWui6HHmfzUVMiXKveFKJJVRRpmo_KY_I6e0rChNuNB3EGKGOTggzzM1Q-Agai9zcjGG8It2j6Ov/s200/29+Home+06+-+KB.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468796314449110146" /></a><br /><br />Sample dented cars. Dad counted nine out of ten cars with dents and scrapes.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq3wJzQ9-Izy4lDkxlcJmj12IvjGaIui3uw_4Gyt2lK_76_Gn9Gdx44c2j-Juv7n9KAbXZczEgQedWn5loAEFJYkAeSPQ_GXZGuKX-iamorHn7stoRpL72oh3lwHV1dphxMFt7wBfx9lzz/s1600/30+Home+03+-+KB.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq3wJzQ9-Izy4lDkxlcJmj12IvjGaIui3uw_4Gyt2lK_76_Gn9Gdx44c2j-Juv7n9KAbXZczEgQedWn5loAEFJYkAeSPQ_GXZGuKX-iamorHn7stoRpL72oh3lwHV1dphxMFt7wBfx9lzz/s200/30+Home+03+-+KB.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468796304574276626" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoRKPLubxCS9ofAIfCzuAWFv03eKqEQxzCx8P4dLgXWPZP5X5_ujJUNc4zZ1chyBxDtQoM8wiDokXNwcJ__gS-ggYWw_I40vRNIXqiulQRQB9vsxzEC9TQyz7ikQK0DYVFxGxejuDCmqbx/s1600/31+Home+02+-+KB.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoRKPLubxCS9ofAIfCzuAWFv03eKqEQxzCx8P4dLgXWPZP5X5_ujJUNc4zZ1chyBxDtQoM8wiDokXNwcJ__gS-ggYWw_I40vRNIXqiulQRQB9vsxzEC9TQyz7ikQK0DYVFxGxejuDCmqbx/s200/31+Home+02+-+KB.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468786861872209890" /></a><br /><br />Perhaps this driver is trying out for an IKEA commercial!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsV4oq1cbhyX2bpZhZRxo6m9ueHKJOsAw11X80QjJUOZqwlL7NsiK_TtjjZqVItrk9aqC3xDCZ1C8-mO2TBTjKSBSyXonI1mWomB474vMzJtCRM_Rydizbx1ueOC9nUJHkWmQJTMxEh598/s1600/32+Home+04+-+KB.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsV4oq1cbhyX2bpZhZRxo6m9ueHKJOsAw11X80QjJUOZqwlL7NsiK_TtjjZqVItrk9aqC3xDCZ1C8-mO2TBTjKSBSyXonI1mWomB474vMzJtCRM_Rydizbx1ueOC9nUJHkWmQJTMxEh598/s200/32+Home+04+-+KB.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468786853842449298" /></a><br /><br />A peaceful end to an outstanding stay in Israel. <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3fe8pH08_hx-zJ3neUlD0XaK1P6-D-Q2n_vI0OQnJ7d2rQslpG5DgHKd0zJDTLPHzbeAm5hnXKjJDGTW6aIX0bAYswm7SmbFZzxtnzduj23MmZ1IhAEM381M56gSyTF5zxcqxdTS4HuYN/s1600/33+Home+01+-+KB.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3fe8pH08_hx-zJ3neUlD0XaK1P6-D-Q2n_vI0OQnJ7d2rQslpG5DgHKd0zJDTLPHzbeAm5hnXKjJDGTW6aIX0bAYswm7SmbFZzxtnzduj23MmZ1IhAEM381M56gSyTF5zxcqxdTS4HuYN/s200/33+Home+01+-+KB.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468786847788322786" /></a>Chosen People Ministries (Canada)http://www.blogger.com/profile/09911139712298291785noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3159810933596295128.post-36688928308163030362010-05-03T23:52:00.000-07:002010-05-27T06:53:51.151-07:00Report from Israel #11 - The Memorial ServiceBy Janice Beurling<br /><br />Shalom from Israel!<br /><br />Our first task yesterday was to return our defective rental car and request a replacement. The rental company was very cooperative and, without batting an eyelash, turned over the keys to a nicer, slightly larger car. Wonderful!<br /><br />Krista and I left Dad with the new car and we began walking across the Old City from the Jaffa Gate to the Zion Gate. One of Krista’s goals was to visit the grave of Oskar Schindler (of Schindler’s List). He lies in a Catholic cemetery a short walk from the Zion Gate. We found it without too much trouble, paying our respects to this hero of Israel. <br /><br />We soon returned to the Old City and hung around the Jewish Quarter for a while, watching the tourists and locals and enjoying the warm sunshine on this cool day. All in all - a quiet day. However …<br /><br />… today has been a whirlwind! We can hardly take in all that has happened.<br /><br />Early this morning, we drove in our lovely new rental car to a spot halfway between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv where we met Dov. Krista joined him in his car and we followed closely behind, driving north about 1½ hours to an airbase in the Jezreel Valley. <br /><br />Before entering the base itself, Dov stopped at a small hillside cemetery to show us Moshe Dayan’s grave. It is also where the Israeli astronaut, Ilan Ramon, is buried. This beautiful spot looks out over the Jezreel Valley. <br /><br />Soon we headed to the nearby airbase and went through security gates. We were met by some young female soldiers assigned to guide us and keep us from taking photos of any classified items. We’ve been shown many classified things during our visit to the airbases, so we really haven’t taken many photos at these places.<br /><br />After giving us a chance to relax for a few minutes with a cold drink and pastries, we headed into the briefing room and a young airman told us about the activities of this air base, the closest one to Israel‘s northern borders. <br /><br />He also showed us an amazing film about an event in Poland a few years ago. The Polish people were celebrating the anniversary of the creation of their air force and invited representatives of air forces from around the world, including the Israel Air Force. The IAF took this opportunity to fly in formation over Auschwitz and proclaim that from the ashes of the concentration camps a strong nation has arisen. It was a remarkable and moving film. <br /><br />Next we had the incredible opportunity to go outside and watch many F16s take off and land. The staff even took us up into the control tower. This was just amazing. Those manning the air traffic control on this base all looked about 19 years old -- and most of them were. But they were managing all the flights in and out of this base. They were sitting and standing like 19-year-olds around the world -- quite casually, entirely laid back. There was nothing military about them except their expertise and their uniforms. Actually, their supervisor was just a handful of years older than they were and he was dressed for the beach in a pink t-shirt, orange shorts, track shoes and sunglasses (he’d been called in last minute). It was the strangest thing to see! This young man asked one of the F16s to do a special take off for us. So, the pilot began down the runway, in a moment hit his speed, took off nearly vertically, banked and practically disappeared! Wow!<br /><br />After a great lunch on the base in the officers’ dining room, Dov led our small convoy from the base to the Haifa Military Cemetery where Uncle George is buried. <br /><br />I hardly know how to describe what followed.<br /><br />When Dov originally corresponded with Dad in Canada regarding our visit to Israel, he offered to arrange a memorial service at Uncle George’s grave. He gave Dad the choice of having either a Christian or a Jewish service. Dad selected a Jewish service for two reasons. First, he wanted any Jewish person who attended to be able to identify with the service. Second, he wanted to bring glory to God through the Old Testament scriptures we’d have an opportunity to read and hear. Whether Christian or Jewish didn’t matter to us, because the God we worship is the God of Israel. In addition, this service was not a time of great sadness for us because we know that George was a believer in Messiah Yeshua, is present with Him now and his body will be resurrected to eternal life one day.<br /><br />When we arrived at the cemetery we were amazed at the lush landscaping. Although we’ve visited the grave before, the first time was in the 1970’s when the landscaping was minimal and the second time was two years ago in August, the hottest and harshest time of year. Today, every grave was covered with small purple flowers and the fragrance met us as we entered. We were only in one corner of the cemetery, but the graves stretched out of view. Uncle George, of course, is buried in the oldest portion of the cemetery. Not far from his grave is the grave of Leonard Cohen, the pilot who died with him in the Norseman crash in 1948.<br /><br />Not long after our arrival, others began to appear. As we think back, we come up with the following list: 10 servicemen, five officers from Uncle George’s squadron (the 100th), a senior armed services rabbi and a couple of photographers. But we were also tremendously honoured by the presence of His Excellency Jon Allen, Canada’s ambassador to Israel and the Canadian Military Attaché, Jordie Elms.<br /><br />After a few of the servicemen set up the sound system, the service began. The rabbi started with prayers and readings (including Kaddish), the commander of the 100th Squadron spoke and Dov read the well-known poem, High Flight, by RCAF spitfire pilot John Magee who died in Britain during WW 2.<br /><br /><strong>High Flight</strong><br /><br /><em>Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of earth,<br />And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;<br />Sunward I've climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth<br />Of sun-split clouds, --and done a hundred things<br />You have not dreamed of --Wheeled and soared and swung<br />High in the sunlit silence. Hov'ring there<br />I've chased the shouting wind along, and flung<br />My eager craft through footless halls of air...<br />Up, up the long, delirious, burning blue<br />I've topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace<br />Where never lark or even eagle flew --<br />And, while with silent lifting mind I've trod<br />The high untrespassed sanctity of space,<br />Put out my hand, and touched the face of God.</em><br /><br />After the service I thanked Dov for reading this poem -- one I’ve always loved and that has always made me think of Uncle George. Dov answered, <em>“Me, too!”</em><br /><br />After Dov read the poem, the Ambassador spoke briefly and very kindly. Dad followed with comments regarding George‘s upbringing, quoting some words from a song that has become our family‘s theme song:<br /><br /><em>As you journey through life to the grave you pursue<br />There’s one thing in earnest I wish you to do<br />Oh, listen, my boy, while I say this to you:<br />Oh, cling to the Bible, my boy.</em><br /><br />Dad also highlighted a number of scriptures in Genesis that referred to God’s love for and faithfulness to Israel. He ended by reading Psalm 118.<br /><br />After Dad finished, I stepped forward and sang two favourite songs in Hebrew. In English they say:<br /><br /><em>Comfort my people<br />Comfort my people<br />Speak tender words to Jerusalem<br />This is what you shall say to them:<br />Your hard work<br />Has been done<br />Your atonement is won<br />You’re received from My hand<br />Twice for all you’ve done<br />Comfort my people</em><br />(Isaiah 40)<br /><br />and<br /><br /><em>Establish peace, goodness, blessing, grace and mercy<br /><br />Father, may You find it to be pleasing in Your eyes<br />To bless all of Your people Israel<br />Bless us with peace each moment and in ev’ry hour<br />May Your peace be with us in ev’ry hour</em><br /><br />[I believe both songs were written by Steve McConnell.]<br /><br />Krista said later that a number of the Jewish men listening looked us with amazement and tears in their eyes. It brought her to tears to think of how these words affected them. I’m just glad they could understand my Hebrew! <br /><br />After a few moments of silence and contemplation, the service ended. The rabbi came right over to me and told me how deeply touched he was by the words of my songs. I thanked him and reminded him that the Word of God is powerful. The ambassador also told us how touched he was. Dad -- all of us -- had prayed often that, during this service, we would reveal Yeshua and bring glory to God. I think He answered our prayers. All these Jewish men were clearly moved and touched, some to tears -- not by us, but by the scriptures we read and sang. Baruch HaShem! Praise His Name! <br /><br />After everyone else had left, Dov and we stayed a bit longer and walked over to the grave of Leonard Cohen, the young pilot who died with Uncle George. It is sad to reflect on the loss of so many young lives. <br /><br />One of the pleasant surprises of the day was receiving a personal invitation from the ambassador to attend a reception at his home this evening. The occasion of this event was the official unveiling of the new joint international rate commemorative stamp issued by Canada Post and Israel Post. It had become available on April 14, the day we left Canada. Dad was able to purchase several small books of these special stamps in Toronto and had presented one to Dov as a gift earlier in the week.<br /><br />We were very honoured by this kind invitation and so pleased to be a part of this small historic occasion.<br /><br />After this very long and emotional day, we were happy to turn our car toward Jerusalem and home. Tomorrow will be another long day!<br /><br /><br />Here are some of the pictures Krista and I took during the last couple of days (click for bigger):<br /><br />Visiting Oskar Schindler's grave, just outside the Old City walls.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm8G1p-FEpbRluaoB6zUDddRvpARcG3U3FLq8k6WORP-9UbsSgyEtfhPBQA1_ke7lPL2N9ThWfbQYLpym7gL7XOP6xaCU7JbbkQNfHAbV5UTNgXoOTcGX0ZgSVJybSFl5Bnxm7a0NWeTTZ/s1600/01+Schindler+03+-+JB.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm8G1p-FEpbRluaoB6zUDddRvpARcG3U3FLq8k6WORP-9UbsSgyEtfhPBQA1_ke7lPL2N9ThWfbQYLpym7gL7XOP6xaCU7JbbkQNfHAbV5UTNgXoOTcGX0ZgSVJybSFl5Bnxm7a0NWeTTZ/s200/01+Schindler+03+-+JB.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468491055741746434" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPuMf3urgaeBAPLKjV-1vyflZ7FhyXq574qsl9v9XVe2onvmyBfTsnzZU9Ok59dO87nmXZ96DPHR7qmDBc0A6T6wUF01FNwuMzmbjkplBGyxCExJ0Mi9Wrkueyikt3EA6BHlbYVaQ5XqOq/s1600/02+Schindler+04+-+JB.jpg"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMllc3ZvYRsmvEzycHzZg3JtuK5aABim6fx5KzHCVkseqkXcOcBjrZBXXGI0qyR0SCe7ChvYDqgKoaZESWp0szvJBCRcBnKs_Vv1eXaBiTkj7o4Sh7ZzImb8vkP2NeJ8SdiS8PoaiF_Wtg/s200/16+Jezreel+01+-+JB.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468448153292481586" /></a><br /><br />Overlooking the Jezreel Valley.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTsC1Ui49eX_Grc8QjM8BRchWVYe72PBt3VuCq5CnhX4uUnQX8hRD2FuOcG2zhPct_YsFnjrfoHMqB3YBbqelgn90-VP7YuvyTLc8Zm3LDXixBY1SMdIdshrfqpTr3mhkf1IlSXl6EV5Bg/s1600/17+Jezreel+01+-+KB.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTsC1Ui49eX_Grc8QjM8BRchWVYe72PBt3VuCq5CnhX4uUnQX8hRD2FuOcG2zhPct_YsFnjrfoHMqB3YBbqelgn90-VP7YuvyTLc8Zm3LDXixBY1SMdIdshrfqpTr3mhkf1IlSXl6EV5Bg/s200/17+Jezreel+01+-+KB.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468447600294548514" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_5tC45HSHl3DqOl0U8Za1sooM7-kyelPNFaBLBsCBDppspcSz-jgB0sZ5Oz0aCH2p_X1pIZpI8gzmHAsERfODZPtfrokLnnD2SeraF4A59aCKvbXU0Ferxv2alHWdGyKrH9IN4qtOPavf/s1600/18+Jezreel+02+-+JB.jpg"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 142px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK2T9nFuLhqQXUPtQy6Y8PEcCgk8MsXtwqAHpmzuOwaBDye94R79mbHTHhFHcyY-KngAW9PB8VfKmuLgz4PbL8CsbD16byfChwtk2SFhmTo3FkXE4-dEDucjYwDbJ69U165SyEiTQ7Kol3/s200/34+Haifa+07+-+KB.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468419655568390866" /></a><br /><br />Visiting Leonard Cohen's grave.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiewzSb8JngXVdxyRho7xYdydAHwhItf6QdB8y-A-Z1tLL_hyphenhyphenNEtL57i2Zm28e6LWSdvmlBPbKCRqj3TOeQsSf0A1bIs7yWB6J7hgR1922YGH9q_7QdbB2mgGn0aGw2wOuCnMxQQPQcR1w9/s1600/35+Haifa+07+-+JB.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiewzSb8JngXVdxyRho7xYdydAHwhItf6QdB8y-A-Z1tLL_hyphenhyphenNEtL57i2Zm28e6LWSdvmlBPbKCRqj3TOeQsSf0A1bIs7yWB6J7hgR1922YGH9q_7QdbB2mgGn0aGw2wOuCnMxQQPQcR1w9/s200/35+Haifa+07+-+JB.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468419653623145090" /></a><br /><br />Krista has discovered espresso coffee!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUDrzGd1fxWUExhFTDweo_ocbvq2CPvZdlueov3jUAucroJT2ZV1v7IuGt6bnw0yCRuXTyYXq9u6P4m1wEsihfuYw0w2AJX5aEjkpGB5TAvz_Pp8v-6gU6Qin0-VOI4wUHWqE2ezM3NInA/s1600/36+Haifa+08+-+JB.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUDrzGd1fxWUExhFTDweo_ocbvq2CPvZdlueov3jUAucroJT2ZV1v7IuGt6bnw0yCRuXTyYXq9u6P4m1wEsihfuYw0w2AJX5aEjkpGB5TAvz_Pp8v-6gU6Qin0-VOI4wUHWqE2ezM3NInA/s200/36+Haifa+08+-+JB.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468419645439008178" /></a><br /><br />Sunset over the Mediterranean as we head for the receiption at the Canadian Ambassador's residence. <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMVh1ZYfGLU0rap8yth9Hqrd8OFvaYsBiG-os_8OEVZDlqQQd_I2YXJc0f2lSLwNaV7w_4zeCV2RbgYJG4U4Gj8viruJInmI1c0TJB4bRjfKb-ywKxs0ZN8OKvk9B6J3ZZ34_VIRr-JBmD/s1600/37+Haifa+08+-+KB.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMVh1ZYfGLU0rap8yth9Hqrd8OFvaYsBiG-os_8OEVZDlqQQd_I2YXJc0f2lSLwNaV7w_4zeCV2RbgYJG4U4Gj8viruJInmI1c0TJB4bRjfKb-ywKxs0ZN8OKvk9B6J3ZZ34_VIRr-JBmD/s200/37+Haifa+08+-+KB.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468419640735599122" /></a>Chosen People Ministries (Canada)http://www.blogger.com/profile/09911139712298291785noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3159810933596295128.post-22335815468403401172010-05-01T07:40:00.000-07:002010-05-27T06:54:21.088-07:00Report from Israel #10 - Capernaum and Beyond!By Janice Beurling<br /><br />Shalom!<br /><br />After a wonderful night’s sleep at Beit Bracha, we shared breakfast with the staff and guests. The staff is made up of volunteers from the US and New Zealand (at least the ones we met). The guests were all European -- British, Finnish, Dutch and Danish. It was wonderful fellowship throughout our visit.<br /><br />We spent the rest of the day visiting various sites around the Sea of Galilee. Our first stop was Tabgha, an ancient church location on the shore of the Sea where, according tradition, Yeshua multiplied the loaves and fishes. Next we headed to Capernaum. These attractive ruins include a synagogue built shortly after the time of Yeshua, but on the foundation of the synagogue that existed during His ministry. You’ll remember that He taught there and stayed in Capernaum often.<br /><br />Following Capernaum and carefully exiting the narrow lane between busses and tourists, we headed further up the hills surrounding the Sea to Korazin. These two towns, with nearby Bethsaida, were spoken of by Yeshua when they rejected His teaching.<br /><br /><em>"Woe to you, Korazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles had been performed in Tyre and Sidon which occurred in you, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes. But it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the judgment than for you. And you, Capernaum, will not be exalted to heaven, will you? You will be brought down to Hades! The one who listens to you listens to Me, and the one who rejects you rejects Me; and he who rejects Me rejects the One who sent Me" </em>(Luke 10:13-16). <br /><br />All three of these villages are completely ruined and abandoned. A good lesson to all of us!<br /><br />On this trip, we’ve mostly looked after our own meals in our apartment, only eating out a handful of times. While we travel here in the Galilee, we’re eating at Beit Bracha or, as on this occasion, out! We stopped for lunch at a restaurant we found at the top of the hills around Galilee. It was nearly empty and seemed to be Arab owned. They had little English but were very polite and eager to please us. As we browsed through their menu (written in Hebrew, Arabic and English), our waiter asked if we’d like one salad. That sounded great to us, but we were alarmed when he brought about 10 or 12 dishes to the table. They were side plates that held a seemingly infinite variety of mystery foods -- plus one plate of French fries. And he brought a basket of huge, just cooked on the fire, pitas. We determined that we would try everything! By the way, Mom has become a hummus connoisseur. She can’t get enough!<br /><br />We also ordered one dinner of Peter’s Fish (Tilapia) which arrived head, tail and everything between. Dad loved it. As well, we ordered one dinner of lamb shishlik -- what we would call shish kabob. It was divine!<br /><br />We weren’t sure what this was all going to cost, but we enjoyed every morsel and were pleasantly surprised by the reasonable price.<br /><br />By afternoon, Mom was feeling very tired and would have been happy to head back to Beit Bracha. But, Krista and I talked her into visiting Agmon Lake-Hula Valley, a wildlife area. This visit turned out to be a highlight of Mom’s entire visit to Israel. <br /><br />However, as we drove up to the reserve, our second rental car began making some ominous noises. Not again! After driving a bit further, we began to think it was a brake problem. We’re not having luck with cars! But we carried on.<br /><br />The wildlife reserve at Agmon Lake has a paved trail that makes an 11-kilometer loop around the waterways. At the main gate, visitors can rent bicycles, pedal cars or electric golf carts to travel the loop and view the birds and other wildlife. We chose a golf cart and were soon quietly gliding through the valley.<br /><br />We saw many birds, including storks, kingfishers, starlings, ravens, and others. We also saw a mother water buffalo with her calf and many coypu (something like an otter). We highly recommend this experience.<br /><br />Shabbat began that evening and we had a wonderful dinner with the staff and guests at Beit Bracha. We ended the evening again on the patio, watching the sun set over the Sea of Galilee. As it grew darker, lights of the various villages along the shore and on the hilltops grew brighter. It reminded us of Yeshua’s words:<br /><br /><em>“You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden; nor does anyone light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on the lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house. Let your light shine before men in such a way that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven” </em>(Matthew 5:14-16). <br /><br />This morning we packed up and, after another breakfast/fellowship time, we reluctantly left the Galilee and began driving south again, brakes grinding all the way! Unfortunately, we’ve realized we will have to return this car -- especially since we expect to be doing a great deal of driving with Dov again this week.<br /><br />But - noisy brakes and all -- it was a great two days away.<br /><br />These are some of the photos Krista and I took during the last two days (click for bigger):<br /><br /><br />The entrance to our guest house, Beit Bracha.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCNXvd_3dU7mW2f4fAVz-KCS3lphH-OcpZZpe2oUxVZ9ZcBB1yOobnN0nmbDvRFaVyk6DqSOe-7_odvtVphvbBwHttvVbJkuNOS0MIe_H34trccuP3so-I0dIClRgw2OAAeZyanLgh1vRq/s1600/01+Cap+01+-+JB.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCNXvd_3dU7mW2f4fAVz-KCS3lphH-OcpZZpe2oUxVZ9ZcBB1yOobnN0nmbDvRFaVyk6DqSOe-7_odvtVphvbBwHttvVbJkuNOS0MIe_H34trccuP3so-I0dIClRgw2OAAeZyanLgh1vRq/s200/01+Cap+01+-+JB.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468196792696378226" /></a><br /><br />The patio behind the guest house, overlooking the Sea of Galilee.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS_oAYctcoziFtAaW-F4Eo3KUj1m-LNMbE7ux6ihcS0LHNoz71pPMxjDQnWyyYzGu7SFt_kRsZDs6XARfKxdZpbAl6_ioWWpv9l_cE7YBOHpTxc8Oxtj6H8khG6dJ_LGlPf70r3OuI4Ae8/s1600/02+-+Cap+02+-+KB.jpg"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpE4_DUzo-HeLEp-RjtKqwXl-V6R-oNfluVYcM5An1CJOtxQWlWqj7jvHhwaUPIiChBMIlDV8mrvlYq6l-7949NhVmG9ko26cpNupYo5MQCENtMDUIfkqt1YThYJ9qzUxZBGzRCST-ATeU/s200/16+Cap+08+-+KB.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468186706356958802" /></a><br /><br />A Hoopoe, Israel's national bird.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNE1W017PUv2494ZDXqnrNN8xnxM4bv_cFDj6l6z5NyKPe-AhxrgEx309Tx9Tp5FwYm5RHBLTKq07v5gKXzRMzTm2hCPebnap1D9dxgRE6GKYRNzdOkrjGUL_72HxJPYUyoqHlMVGY4PwC/s1600/17+Cap+12+-+JB.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 120px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNE1W017PUv2494ZDXqnrNN8xnxM4bv_cFDj6l6z5NyKPe-AhxrgEx309Tx9Tp5FwYm5RHBLTKq07v5gKXzRMzTm2hCPebnap1D9dxgRE6GKYRNzdOkrjGUL_72HxJPYUyoqHlMVGY4PwC/s200/17+Cap+12+-+JB.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468186688641949794" /></a><br /><br />Lunch! 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFkAxNlD8HL7ZzOfLaOcINZIiH20kIgKQi9mE0aBbtqywrQ3rqcgV6m_Gid-BxmV8KhQq3JkxY-MSx1oXOL9C7pw2CpeuVRTqYIcgwZRHFwMskAaCWGaKKKzBi67p9uJBK1Nb7rdoZ_TXW/s200/32+Sunrise+02+-+KB.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468170208844714146" /></a><br /><br />Returning home, we saw many cities such as this.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXroHYwIeQT0y4-2Wr2McxijGoN0KIG9snrGLaKgh1Y-YmkbQfmFmrIP5SI-eib2AviaUKaDT-xtBK0Pf85Js81EhTBq5x8l6tebWNapBZrm00AaiB1i8wgSJpfBUjh_ekJFCYEDcuzIrY/s1600/33+Return+01+-+KB.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 152px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXroHYwIeQT0y4-2Wr2McxijGoN0KIG9snrGLaKgh1Y-YmkbQfmFmrIP5SI-eib2AviaUKaDT-xtBK0Pf85Js81EhTBq5x8l6tebWNapBZrm00AaiB1i8wgSJpfBUjh_ekJFCYEDcuzIrY/s200/33+Return+01+-+KB.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468168447883593090" /></a><br /><br />Seeing Biblical city names on road signs takes some getting used to.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOUMOHbbypf0YOnSraaRFtP6ipFmdQofAlFXvc_qIfW-cq_RtAclIKssF_2ykFQsgZw4HE4bHvnfLhlv9TNUPWNTdIToa5yJlM6mDLmHr1EEHhoruAfy-Mk_hHl0w2DV7FgeaX9x8zy7z9/s1600/34+Return+02+-+KB.jpg"><img style="display:block; 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We had all visited this heartbreaking place on our last trip to Israel, but Dad and Krista wanted to spend more time there.<br /><br />Krista said, <em>“Once again it was still a very sad place to go, but it was good to keep remembering that those events really happened. We should never forget. I hope and pray that it never happens again.”</em><br /><br />Dad commented, <em>“It left me with a very heavy heart. I felt that I couldn’t breathe properly. I think going to the memorial helps us understand in a small way the reason the Jewish people never want to forget such horrible events.”</em><br /><br />We were glad to see Dad and Krista return home and still be talking to each other! Given their unconventional and erratic navigational skills and the challenges of driving in Jerusalem, we weren’t sure they’d make it to Yad Vashem and back in one piece. <br /><br />Today, we packed overnight bags and headed to the Galilee for two nights. We drove east through the stark Judean Wilderness, gawking at small flocks of sheep, Bedouin tents and barren, barren hills. At the bottom of the hills in the Jordan Valley (below sea level), we headed north, skirting Jericho and driving by occasional date palm groves and other crops. Most of the land, however, was uncultivated.<br /><br />Near the top of the Jordan Valley, we reached an Israeli security checkpoint. They took our passports for scrutiny before asking us to pull into an examination area. We had to empty the car entirely and put the luggage and ourselves through the kind of security process you find in airports. They even swabbed our passports, looking for explosives. As you can imagine, they found nothing suspicious and soon sent us on our way with smiles and thanks and our passports. We understood that this process is due to the precarious nature of security in Israel and didn’t mind the delay at all.<br /><br />Very soon after, we made our first sightseeing stop at Beit She’an National Park. This spectacular collection of ruins was the location of the Philistine city that displayed the bodies of King Saul and his sons on the walls. We visited the amazing Roman theatre that dates from about the second century. It originally had space for about 5,000 in three tiers of seats rising to a height of about 30 meters. We also saw an extensive public bath facility and a wonderful Roman road lined with pillars. The mosaic floors were still visible and really impressed Mom; the reds and blues were amazing. The adjacent hill is actually a tel or stack of ruined cities built one on top of another. We read that the archaeologists have found 20 different levels. It’s hard to believe!<br /><br />A few miles north of Beit She’an, we turned off to visit Belvoir National Park. This extraordinary Crusader fortress is situated on the top of a mountain. To reach it we drove a six-kilometre one-lane road consisting primarily of switchbacks and gorgeous views. Mom considered it a “white-knuckle drive.“ She and Krista said that, although Dad may have believed he was driving at only 35 miles an hour, from their perspective in the back seat he was doing 65! <br /><br />At the top of the hill, we were astounded to find such a massive structure, surrounded by a dry moat and with much of the walls still standing. On a clear day, you can see just about forever here -- thus the name Belvoir or Beautiful View (in French). It is hard to imagine the crusaders struggling up the hill in their armour and on their horses. <br /><br />Dad was impressed by two fairly wide rooms that were covered by an arched ceiling. He said, <em>“If I had built just one wall, I would have felt it was a magnificent accomplishment, but they built a whole fortress and defensive position. It leaves you with a spirit of wonderment at what was accomplished so long ago. It also provides a deep respect for the knowledge and wisdom possessed by earlier cultures -- whether Crusader or Roman or Jewish or some other group.” </em><br /><br />After driving back down the hill, we headed a short distance further to the south end of the Sea of Galilee. About six or eight kilometres up a very scary, winding road, we reached Hamat Gader, a spa built over some hot springs. We paid our fee and strolled into the facility with a good number of other people. Like many hot springs, there was a sulphurous smell to the air, but easing into the large pool was, oh, so delightful. We spent about an hour in and out of the 31C water. Then we dragged ourselves slowly back to the car. The hot water was wonderful, but completely enervating.<br /><br />At last, we turned the car toward the Messianic guest house where we had reservations for the next two nights. Beit Bracha is a beautiful, beautiful facility in Migdal, a hillside village overlooking the Sea of Galilee. We checked in, had supper with the staff and some of the guests and relaxed on the balcony overlooking the Sea, caressed by gentle breezes and contemplating the history that lay within view.<br /><br />It was a very good day!<br /><br />Here are some of the pictures Krista and I took during the last two days (click for bigger):<br /><br />Views of the Jordan Valley north of Jericho.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVsITY_KXRm1ZT8SHFnoDHDvfQW5uHVuRv_OCDlGXnP2SiSsuAquTBUOxXfkbllA7_pYWRH-3zDjYA7XjtdWwESdesbIMdt3PKbV8kmW2QASMKNR2O45otg7G7776QFDXaK1GNN69ekX9I/s1600/01+Jordan+03+-+KB.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVsITY_KXRm1ZT8SHFnoDHDvfQW5uHVuRv_OCDlGXnP2SiSsuAquTBUOxXfkbllA7_pYWRH-3zDjYA7XjtdWwESdesbIMdt3PKbV8kmW2QASMKNR2O45otg7G7776QFDXaK1GNN69ekX9I/s200/01+Jordan+03+-+KB.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468165611976947762" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiar9uLzwzSgxSz15yGYej5I-0YYz6NhZpMMpiBBZRRYQ24HUEXlcWn6qpBa3knG34stKvfozN7saxCdbmNfNdzV84O24ZaG6VGrhIuBKzknVrH1oaclYgNylnpCdNXq_CYnFxRcmLLpd-Q/s1600/02+Jordan+04+-+KB.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 118px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiar9uLzwzSgxSz15yGYej5I-0YYz6NhZpMMpiBBZRRYQ24HUEXlcWn6qpBa3knG34stKvfozN7saxCdbmNfNdzV84O24ZaG6VGrhIuBKzknVrH1oaclYgNylnpCdNXq_CYnFxRcmLLpd-Q/s200/02+Jordan+04+-+KB.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468165604231395906" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5wsg_Tnf01P5KGnpkdJdkCJeMYh8E6Xzdefg3Drc0d6hoWgpS_U-D5x2NPxJxBzvAxCaqaMOlUFy41sahch4NTyGsnDxusy0b0SO6SPdpxft1scUrBDfI-T2lA_dX-G_h1s1u7d6T42VO/s1600/03+Jordan+02+-+KB.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 136px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5wsg_Tnf01P5KGnpkdJdkCJeMYh8E6Xzdefg3Drc0d6hoWgpS_U-D5x2NPxJxBzvAxCaqaMOlUFy41sahch4NTyGsnDxusy0b0SO6SPdpxft1scUrBDfI-T2lA_dX-G_h1s1u7d6T42VO/s200/03+Jordan+02+-+KB.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468165598117207282" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju4F95uAOfeqR3vkbjDDuLViwJbhPyVUcOT_dJluo9LFDIo-Dwh_XQKq9LrfStu6j9JFv9siLLvMed7mKa_GDO9f1s_PoCoGCiJZfelRboNS0IiG3w6JpTJkqcR-6kGQUcZNjLg47u9vdA/s1600/04+-+Jordan+01+-+KB.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju4F95uAOfeqR3vkbjDDuLViwJbhPyVUcOT_dJluo9LFDIo-Dwh_XQKq9LrfStu6j9JFv9siLLvMed7mKa_GDO9f1s_PoCoGCiJZfelRboNS0IiG3w6JpTJkqcR-6kGQUcZNjLg47u9vdA/s200/04+-+Jordan+01+-+KB.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468163727578074914" /></a><br /><br />Pomegranates - early in their growth.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYFeLGIfr5lFBZWipxI1-D0OFkjALfdQgXAcxotkrR250Wx7DmtKSZ59HV0_NXqrKCVMAEJCZ5qO7evgoBm2TN47aqQ1A-QyfH1n3TZqWjBfIBd4dJNOn4kZLQ4wkLHMNswZvJGsaWmj_h/s1600/05+Shean+01+-+KB.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYFeLGIfr5lFBZWipxI1-D0OFkjALfdQgXAcxotkrR250Wx7DmtKSZ59HV0_NXqrKCVMAEJCZ5qO7evgoBm2TN47aqQ1A-QyfH1n3TZqWjBfIBd4dJNOn4kZLQ4wkLHMNswZvJGsaWmj_h/s200/05+Shean+01+-+KB.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468163719001733618" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVj_Zmif4sa9KgYUeHZ9kp9dms-nqsLhyphenhyphenTh7DWF5jpUhR4pmbaWktWWBfq-TsrU9-zOrcHmlAN2ZWLOinjx4Efh6QB0NHgZMHKAhI4hXt5vRiwhnraOOumEt4PmzjONy0LhX6RP5l79GqN/s1600/06+Shean+01+-+JB.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVj_Zmif4sa9KgYUeHZ9kp9dms-nqsLhyphenhyphenTh7DWF5jpUhR4pmbaWktWWBfq-TsrU9-zOrcHmlAN2ZWLOinjx4Efh6QB0NHgZMHKAhI4hXt5vRiwhnraOOumEt4PmzjONy0LhX6RP5l79GqN/s200/06+Shean+01+-+JB.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468163710449032946" /></a><br /><br />Views of Beit She'an. In this first picture, the Tel of Beit She'an (with the stack of 20 levels of cities) is in the background. The ruins we toured are in the foreground.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMU_350n1XotwFzan1gPLXeUOEOulxpZ_w08qNyfhJv0_mlYTE-c_DK5BDPWxQXDYw-RTbgIoKHdS-WMtqY1bWbTePoo1o7R_QUlmeSsBPNi3eXDaFJV8GGuwIfqR_EfrPkm9QIZryRFil/s1600/07+Shean+02+-+KB.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMU_350n1XotwFzan1gPLXeUOEOulxpZ_w08qNyfhJv0_mlYTE-c_DK5BDPWxQXDYw-RTbgIoKHdS-WMtqY1bWbTePoo1o7R_QUlmeSsBPNi3eXDaFJV8GGuwIfqR_EfrPkm9QIZryRFil/s200/07+Shean+02+-+KB.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468162217557752354" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLKvNkLJ_WULN0m8LJIjgV19k_Z5oESwwIFIiqoqO2Hr8VtX0PrLfo9yCmndBMUika3cZOHBSP31rV2GDF6P6YqUXTwrauKHUkiQXvGbNBz316kQAy91Ivc6YJEn2JbkqxkAPuM0HSXFPD/s1600/08+Shean+02+-+JB.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoU_JMsnNZIj27xd1GlX3gCygCJoD1rElkyV6v7S00czfxo3wa4vYdyhCBnKTgN3efVqtppV2Oc5vd5l2lQm39dTkJmX9oz2K9IYAedMvvy2REm-8rojwPlecl-8Lo72cQTfZ-gxhxzsYT/s200/22+Belvoir+01+-+JB.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468148717988855554" /></a><br /><br />Belvoir is fresh out of crusaders, but has lots of lizards.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTaybx4sH5t13iPFVbCsgkhXdN82WLTUu48CWD8-Bn3s4jMQoBiVsxdGwpNDQqdhnWbdkWU4Ca4oMVR5cRnPf8U2RGMRQUuiGV0E1BOCoMSVDQM_B5m36u2_VHeMuu0Ph0gTSQGqojPWtK/s1600/23+Belvoir+01+-+KB.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 189px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTaybx4sH5t13iPFVbCsgkhXdN82WLTUu48CWD8-Bn3s4jMQoBiVsxdGwpNDQqdhnWbdkWU4Ca4oMVR5cRnPf8U2RGMRQUuiGV0E1BOCoMSVDQM_B5m36u2_VHeMuu0Ph0gTSQGqojPWtK/s200/23+Belvoir+01+-+KB.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468148714818722610" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzqIUz1I6J9i09CZj0cxRGHCNM8nUrQzCJRBiGtd5jEvKYvk8zfxzabhCL18uIKiQQJZBS3Un5ZxrPGQ3MTEnwmbpjHnHBlt8WnhsEM_Gn30bGsUMdC7bn4EerDJup_7wUwkcLgIoHJFUF/s1600/24+Belvoir+02+-+KB.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 176px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzqIUz1I6J9i09CZj0cxRGHCNM8nUrQzCJRBiGtd5jEvKYvk8zfxzabhCL18uIKiQQJZBS3Un5ZxrPGQ3MTEnwmbpjHnHBlt8WnhsEM_Gn30bGsUMdC7bn4EerDJup_7wUwkcLgIoHJFUF/s200/24+Belvoir+02+-+KB.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468148706471500066" /></a><br /><br />The moat at Belvoir.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhag0qIFV_x30BDOwUDRaxbRB5RbCwquZNEJilqB2NMa7GJ3dD8jvcy77Kq86__MqSrsABER1VqaHLvp3kb-IWGtNolMvyK9_heLtP3FLucIjL1o1pRjs-yH10hE38oerLvYPOU5xfmhc1K/s1600/25+Belvoir+02+-+JB.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhag0qIFV_x30BDOwUDRaxbRB5RbCwquZNEJilqB2NMa7GJ3dD8jvcy77Kq86__MqSrsABER1VqaHLvp3kb-IWGtNolMvyK9_heLtP3FLucIjL1o1pRjs-yH10hE38oerLvYPOU5xfmhc1K/s200/25+Belvoir+02+-+JB.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468146671426100770" /></a><br /><br />Other views of and from Belvoir.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf84VamJb4B61xyTPPt_VI-7lCBGlES1wg1D-KOYZqekK7Jt4I4OhewzkwQGyjsemheDP0tGe1fTkV9MBhOD4a0kcLRxFpI9XQn56o4oZGQ8B2x7Dtmrz3DyTl9Ztgg8GRJBfWBUqs7U7d/s1600/26+Belvoir+03+-+JB.jpg"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkDtSSosXmpdoQg07WoB1PE_Gm7bcXgvZMMZ5eypU7DbS-XztfEs8fzEPp_rDDPdaI73pOKYBe5FHZvj4MwYYJ9xz8rymSH5a5FxY8Tp_JKA0NVAyqZdHZcH3ecgMsiSj_DvUuF_TdOB4s/s200/34+Hot+01+-+JB.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468133498021992290" /></a><br /><br />Hamat Gader had the most beautiful trees with purple blossoms.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE_eTd_MFyP29I33q4A2Mkd9qxQRKSFq5shwyDmHJyJn9GAWrKoLZ3YjGUuue1OZQUAeLksJ-EUYshzPgvHbbbT8bpvg-8ABIkdrVCcLaKO0G-_nXNPur2i8uH5yS49pNi7v1fjt2QxRDn/s1600/37+Hot+03+-+JB.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE_eTd_MFyP29I33q4A2Mkd9qxQRKSFq5shwyDmHJyJn9GAWrKoLZ3YjGUuue1OZQUAeLksJ-EUYshzPgvHbbbT8bpvg-8ABIkdrVCcLaKO0G-_nXNPur2i8uH5yS49pNi7v1fjt2QxRDn/s200/37+Hot+03+-+JB.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468133486398522338" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5a_CuI6CpoE6ZD14g7h6fkfCTBhcrbj9t2wF5_zQcJNSONb6hyphenhypheny6fcG2PbTeCvSCWaGBwQ_qErqkAgFvv1QTSWoOxtV9AO7eL1fTBhqemQHJ4o5i1Z8AJgLBlaGEzGlxAEUs7pBvYexqr/s1600/36+Hot+02+-+JB.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5a_CuI6CpoE6ZD14g7h6fkfCTBhcrbj9t2wF5_zQcJNSONb6hyphenhypheny6fcG2PbTeCvSCWaGBwQ_qErqkAgFvv1QTSWoOxtV9AO7eL1fTBhqemQHJ4o5i1Z8AJgLBlaGEzGlxAEUs7pBvYexqr/s200/36+Hot+02+-+JB.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468133481841194274" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS9nHOjfTRKE_um49eqhhSXTqLqW-memVx-HvYg4FJcQl9lHjWpqj-wVfm1S2jCyavNukEM1UPacTbjuTsvTnvCyftBFuBlx2CCVEEkL8cucjnw3CLZj6esZe2ogySgmiJo-nz0BIND9PN/s1600/35+Hot+01+-+KB.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS9nHOjfTRKE_um49eqhhSXTqLqW-memVx-HvYg4FJcQl9lHjWpqj-wVfm1S2jCyavNukEM1UPacTbjuTsvTnvCyftBFuBlx2CCVEEkL8cucjnw3CLZj6esZe2ogySgmiJo-nz0BIND9PN/s200/35+Hot+01+-+KB.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468133475247600642" /></a><br /><br />The road out of Hamat Gader.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi74gZXqKYVMTL5o1vTKg2C9S-seqUDtdf38WMGeT_qkae6fGpULCaeKTvtyMAePu8X8EUv6yHOqKGYZn8pBYkDXnQmZ5_4IMdF4mzgLB92kt813Hd9BjqxlczMa3bif9QpMuv5Rx_g3_Hn/s1600/38+Hot+04+-+JB.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 104px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi74gZXqKYVMTL5o1vTKg2C9S-seqUDtdf38WMGeT_qkae6fGpULCaeKTvtyMAePu8X8EUv6yHOqKGYZn8pBYkDXnQmZ5_4IMdF4mzgLB92kt813Hd9BjqxlczMa3bif9QpMuv5Rx_g3_Hn/s200/38+Hot+04+-+JB.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468124585580735154" /></a><br /><br />The Sea of Galilee<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMzkTk5xmMEeVBsNbMJhCFBFmpiZxpGT1SUfwTZLOwJOJKDEFsYI8U8AFdoEzzbTqs2CheG_vDYJzLCmkovhyphenhyphenUJgBZTp9xmWu3O8dfdljuJ64jfoExiC6W9i1nv9PhXnfmroi1ear8oP6q/s1600/39+Bracha+01+-+KB.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 175px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMzkTk5xmMEeVBsNbMJhCFBFmpiZxpGT1SUfwTZLOwJOJKDEFsYI8U8AFdoEzzbTqs2CheG_vDYJzLCmkovhyphenhyphenUJgBZTp9xmWu3O8dfdljuJ64jfoExiC6W9i1nv9PhXnfmroi1ear8oP6q/s200/39+Bracha+01+-+KB.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468124574981852386" /></a><br /><br />Views from the patio of the guest house, Beit Bracha.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnOjlasDdCmc4h7zhAa3GCmCpt6hf1z5x4DcfzAmbrpBqQuDPFSGD2AcxCPuYDpMQUGoKlAkOPjXVsKIisCv0cFTkbIdCheJDNhuEjvA6-KEafjvTQ9VQ4MTmax5rdEB31s19_D_hbYrVO/s1600/40+Bracha+02+-+JB.jpg"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhueaTJA2dj5wLYvbKlQQi2tF6DDNxDm5XidKWT0ny6jtQOSYAlZnreWZ8UualDgvio9HVPymAg9YqFRX360ha_RJa6_BeS0C0nKiAyQukYOe4mX7WXnfjlLFPT3P5UWzT4c9V8_dYq6rVi/s200/42+Bracha+01+-+JB.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468124550071751490" /></a>Chosen People Ministries (Canada)http://www.blogger.com/profile/09911139712298291785noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3159810933596295128.post-40465203809561167822010-04-27T20:06:00.000-07:002010-05-27T06:55:04.230-07:00Report from Israel #8 - Dust and Stones of the Temple MountBy Janice Beurling<br /><br />Shalom!<br /><br />Yesterday was an adventure we were really looking forward to experiencing. Some time ago, as I looked for off beat activities for us here in Jerusalem, I came across the Temple Mount Antiquities Salvage Operation. It’s an unusual opportunity to volunteer on an archaeological project and one that all of us, even Mom, could enjoy.<br /><br />Let me briefly summarize the project. The Temple Mount has never been archaeologically investigated. Unfortunately, many Muslims who use the Temple Mount today, have expressed a desire to prove that Israel never even had a Temple there. They have not respected the history of the Mount and, a few years ago, began to dig illegally. Under a portion of the Temple Mount, they have built a huge underground mosque. What did they do with the earth that had to be removed to make room for the mosque -- earth that contained the residue of history? They took more than four hundred truckloads of dirt at night and dumped it in the nearby Kidron Valley. These loads of earth contained centuries and millennia of archaeological information! Israeli archaeologists caught wind of what was going on and began to salvage the piles of earth. They’ve formed the Temple Mount Antiquities Salvage Operation and through this archaeologists and volunteers “sift” through the debris looking for bits and pieces of the ages. <br /><br />Well in advance of our trip, I booked a two-hour sifting adventure for us. Yesterday was the day! We had a rather traumatic drive from our apartment to Emek Tsurim National Park outside the Old City walls where the sifting takes place. The map I had did not correspond to the real world. We couldn’t find the streets we needed and the streets we ended up taking were beyond belief. I shudder to think of that drive! But we made it!<br /><br />We pulled into the unpaved parking lot of the Salvage Operation. The set up seems very rough -- a few sheds, some huge piles of stones and rubble and a long open-sided tent lined with sifting trays. It turned out that we were the only volunteers to sift that morning, so we received some very personal attention from the staff.<br /><br />Our two-hour session started with a 30-minute presentation by Yval, one of the staff members. He gave us an excellent overview of the history of the Temple Mount. We found that his timeline really helped us put the history in order.<br /><br />Then we started to sift! We started with about six inches of rubble in the bottom of a standard garden bucket. It had been covered in water overnight. We dumped the bucket’s contents onto the sifting screen -- something like a horizontal window screen -- and began to hose off the dirt. Who knew what we might find! Some have discovered coins or bits of jewellery. Others have found mosaic tiles or arrow heads. Then again, I read of one man who found a child’s toy car!<br /><br />Yval had shown us the categories of the typical things we might find and, working in pairs, we started feeling our way through the pebbles and assorted bits of unidentified items. I was surprised at the size of the pebbles we had to look through -- many the size of peas. It was almost impossible to tell the difference between natural stone pebbles and pieces of mosaic carved by man. We were able to identify many bits of pottery -- they were the easiest even though many pieces were half the size of my smallest fingernail. After Krista and I thought we’d gone through our bucket of dirt, Yval checked our screen. How embarrassing! He found at least twice as much as we’d found and discarded half of what we’d set aside as possible artefacts.<br /><br />Our spirits weren’t dampened. We just took another bucket and started again. This time we did better. Ultimately, among all the unnamed bits we found, we did come up with some specific things. Krista found a large piece of pottery that would have been part of a jar handle. She also found a piece of blue glass that might have been the eye of a statue and a piece of burnt bone that might have been from a Temple sacrifice or from the burning of the Temple or just from some crusader‘s dinner. Dad found a square bit of rusted metal. Mom found another large piece of a pottery jar. I found a fragment of Herodian painted plaster. It was very exciting as you’ll see from the photos below.<br /><br />The Temple Mount Antiquities Salvage Operation has taken as their theme verse Psalm 102:15: <em>“For Your servants have cherished her stones and favoured her dust.” </em><br /><br />Yes, we were very dusty when we left Emek Tsurim, but this was a very good day! <br /><br />During the afternoon, Krista and I headed to the Old City again and climbed up on the walls for a walk along the ramparts. We didn’t go too far -- it is a very difficult walk over uneven stones and many steps of odd heights and depths and is quite challenging when you’re also fighting heat and fatigue. But it was great fun. The views consist primarily of the walls and roofs of buildings just inside the walls. We saw cats, trash, sad bits of potted plants, lots of satellite dishes and laundry.<br /><br />Today our primary goal was to take the Western Wall Tunnel Tour. We had tickets of the 11:50 am tour, so we used the morning to visit the nearby Jerusalem Archaeological Park, located outside the southern end of the Temple Mount. These beautifully presented ruins include the original southern steps of Herod’s Temple -- steps Yeshua and His disciples probably used a number of times. This spot was very moving for me on a previous visit and it was moving again. It was easy to imagine the people who must have walked these steps two thousand years ago. <br /><br />As the morning ended, we reported to the entrance for Tunnel Tour. With a group of about 30 people, a young docent led us along the immense (immense!) stones of the Temple Mount that are now hidden underground. It was not an easy walk for Mom, but she persevered and made her way to the end! This tour is very impressive and we highly recommend it! <br /><br />Afterward, Mom and Dad took a cab home. Krista and I returned to the Jewish Quarter and bought some shawarma for lunch. These two wraps containing lamb, grilled vegetables, hummus and fresh vegetables were so gigantic neither of us could finish it. Then we headed to the Wohl Archaeological Museum where we viewed the remains of Herodian homes and the burned ruins of a priest’s home -- places that were destroyed by the Romans following the destruction of the Temple. Both were fascinating.<br /><br />At last, we started to head up through the Old City and soon found ourselves on the same lane we’d walked with Dad a few days before. We even passed by Sammy’s shop again. He called out to us to visit, but we were worn out and, thanking him for the invitation, explained we had to keep going if we were going to make it home.<br /><br />This was an exhausting for all of us, but a day rich in history. Of course, you can’t escape history in Israel!<br /><br /><br />Here are some of the pictures Krista and I took in the last two days (click for bigger):<br /><br />The Temple Mount Antiquities Salvage Project tent.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBTyT7QqBl2XZYwBBPShJqeTBcJCntZugdrQB8CuXnlZJVCFEqtrzpFuKJ1b3zXqz-6BBicKOnIRNFponoi89u85vDzivC1JDWmz_hKbFdd4DVjKeYqt-dpW5HZAFmRKGxt7JDVEWnyXdF/s1600/01+-+Dig+01+-+KB.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBTyT7QqBl2XZYwBBPShJqeTBcJCntZugdrQB8CuXnlZJVCFEqtrzpFuKJ1b3zXqz-6BBicKOnIRNFponoi89u85vDzivC1JDWmz_hKbFdd4DVjKeYqt-dpW5HZAFmRKGxt7JDVEWnyXdF/s200/01+-+Dig+01+-+KB.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467451823752109314" /></a><br /><br />A pile of rubble waiting to be sifted.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSILU3DP3uWCYS-8OEpZJLEIiHnWCEqheI7faBQHyl5ve0IKKaj817StZyB0SKlB31H8mB_btKYV5_yEvwM-KhYk___FuOJk_GnbwTXB8W9_fKGM_qFCIbHGLvEmQ6eem1XKQudpGdvO6F/s1600/02+-+Dig+15+-+JB.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSILU3DP3uWCYS-8OEpZJLEIiHnWCEqheI7faBQHyl5ve0IKKaj817StZyB0SKlB31H8mB_btKYV5_yEvwM-KhYk___FuOJk_GnbwTXB8W9_fKGM_qFCIbHGLvEmQ6eem1XKQudpGdvO6F/s200/02+-+Dig+15+-+JB.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467451815867386802" /></a><br /><br />The valley location of the Sifting Project. That's our new white rental car in the middle.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5m7QhEfSaml9SPzQxW_f_Pp7APmaHqpHdT19GAw2hQC9OzeVqFejuRMsZS1ymdBGgsULXuZKIa8zDfo7KnXBnnkePkr4MVL1ckDvx8Q4UKkOTLQf4qG7gaTrUzDgzhZWhh8wIvmb6b5n-/s1600/03+-+Dig+14+-+JB.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5m7QhEfSaml9SPzQxW_f_Pp7APmaHqpHdT19GAw2hQC9OzeVqFejuRMsZS1ymdBGgsULXuZKIa8zDfo7KnXBnnkePkr4MVL1ckDvx8Q4UKkOTLQf4qG7gaTrUzDgzhZWhh8wIvmb6b5n-/s200/03+-+Dig+14+-+JB.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467451809900623266" /></a><br /><br />Inside the tent, the space is lined with sifting stations.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFeigoESL5-MDHvnbti8fOOcyCesJiRvFXPqYuNFIecsfizG89PhG2oK24rrMRlNa56lHkhXQZcLu24idcaYynX9kiwgLApnB6TJgg5Tqe5iG8k1LcuEmkW5a-_S8T2y2Miv05Mj7YB6HN/s1600/04+-+Dig+11+-+JB.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFeigoESL5-MDHvnbti8fOOcyCesJiRvFXPqYuNFIecsfizG89PhG2oK24rrMRlNa56lHkhXQZcLu24idcaYynX9kiwgLApnB6TJgg5Tqe5iG8k1LcuEmkW5a-_S8T2y2Miv05Mj7YB6HN/s200/04+-+Dig+11+-+JB.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467451804811433922" /></a><br /><br />Yval teaches us about the history of the Temple Mount.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7RI01DdByYHbEE3DccF3wZPhotxYl5mBRHFaYz6RQRvXcXQILTKob4BT9qg5snct5WDXo3LOtiqI9kIN5XioA-Tfp0DPEui9CVSOZOqakxJUlLg_juUTk389cynVjgIDh8Q3eZ965MIzQ/s1600/05+-+Dig+02+-+KB.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7RI01DdByYHbEE3DccF3wZPhotxYl5mBRHFaYz6RQRvXcXQILTKob4BT9qg5snct5WDXo3LOtiqI9kIN5XioA-Tfp0DPEui9CVSOZOqakxJUlLg_juUTk389cynVjgIDh8Q3eZ965MIzQ/s200/05+-+Dig+02+-+KB.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467449280643208018" /></a><br /><br />Buckets of rubble soaked in water overnight.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh-GKTOUqUzWLlxwGcFZomxF_f3Z9irEhkSt_Ba9h4X8EXQiBL9_1ki5a3X6pjMbV26oTdUZxVV2ws5ie248xK0XwNEOB0sfPs780WZFkWJx0Ku2HPVvuFH188l93iFF5GQeVkAPzJwVaa/s1600/06+-+Dig+13+-+JB.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh-GKTOUqUzWLlxwGcFZomxF_f3Z9irEhkSt_Ba9h4X8EXQiBL9_1ki5a3X6pjMbV26oTdUZxVV2ws5ie248xK0XwNEOB0sfPs780WZFkWJx0Ku2HPVvuFH188l93iFF5GQeVkAPzJwVaa/s200/06+-+Dig+13+-+JB.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467449273219092162" /></a><br /><br />Starting the sifting process.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbZBfhBdwV8W8z7Gtca41n2B8L-uDu6wpN4EYNcXLzeSY05ms2jVn2kMGxKN11ulCZgAm0qTlVbf5-qbDr-wLk2ArdxHBpoZoG5xRuUirF4jPSakW6Cngab-MSD95Pd1Nj5R7yuUReKn-6/s1600/07+-+Dig+01+-+JB.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbZBfhBdwV8W8z7Gtca41n2B8L-uDu6wpN4EYNcXLzeSY05ms2jVn2kMGxKN11ulCZgAm0qTlVbf5-qbDr-wLk2ArdxHBpoZoG5xRuUirF4jPSakW6Cngab-MSD95Pd1Nj5R7yuUReKn-6/s200/07+-+Dig+01+-+JB.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467449263839664210" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkOuPwJOBaLVrd6jHYk01viZa6u6NmcedKfJNFmurD482dvARYCAB8aG6Ta07T7spTeesyzS983WPro4fc2mDMYMXuI8He8FrTxzhhoEADT2KfJ7dZRtmdEFcVHkOLeZXlBShefqJtsqfn/s1600/08+-+Dig+02+-+JB.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkOuPwJOBaLVrd6jHYk01viZa6u6NmcedKfJNFmurD482dvARYCAB8aG6Ta07T7spTeesyzS983WPro4fc2mDMYMXuI8He8FrTxzhhoEADT2KfJ7dZRtmdEFcVHkOLeZXlBShefqJtsqfn/s200/08+-+Dig+02+-+JB.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467449255291108754" /></a><br /><br />Rubble waiting to be sifted.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr16jGnqHphZyBm4_BpvjTscUaF9a-FKP2EciST0GQah90h-NTEaHAsPqvdjhTMnMuf_iFOrlhmIT6h8-nhTQQouarIDYzr6JbD3L-YWEBUZBSGN8B7eXvX7Rgr6-PeFDPyUImpL4qBXv8/s1600/08+-+Dig+03+-+JB.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr16jGnqHphZyBm4_BpvjTscUaF9a-FKP2EciST0GQah90h-NTEaHAsPqvdjhTMnMuf_iFOrlhmIT6h8-nhTQQouarIDYzr6JbD3L-YWEBUZBSGN8B7eXvX7Rgr6-PeFDPyUImpL4qBXv8/s200/08+-+Dig+03+-+JB.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467449246753707106" /></a><br /><br />Mom and Dad start sifting.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi95shp-BEweEam2k6AnGgQEbzexJkwCrwCcUE2AYuk1jvxKV77Oar7SzDgMz4IlmKcryt8qJOpzcttsw5709SsS4qodb8bNmm4Q2kgEzd7n80VtYge3xtlPB6fBRKLbD-koLsDOCJBlViq/s1600/09+-+Dig+03+-+KB.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi95shp-BEweEam2k6AnGgQEbzexJkwCrwCcUE2AYuk1jvxKV77Oar7SzDgMz4IlmKcryt8qJOpzcttsw5709SsS4qodb8bNmm4Q2kgEzd7n80VtYge3xtlPB6fBRKLbD-koLsDOCJBlViq/s200/09+-+Dig+03+-+KB.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467444799291431522" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkLqbYB_lyMRlf-HvAunQkVShYM-yhQm5TgRIyF9ql_QDprZQRHKUC4LGENrfg0i6W3TZ-FryrHzHbHM3UZxRKoyngVfM0IYIFCoVr1NTS-3KkzVg-wugurcnj42oZW4AdVTRa6jrUqKS5/s1600/10+-+Dig+04+-+KB.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkLqbYB_lyMRlf-HvAunQkVShYM-yhQm5TgRIyF9ql_QDprZQRHKUC4LGENrfg0i6W3TZ-FryrHzHbHM3UZxRKoyngVfM0IYIFCoVr1NTS-3KkzVg-wugurcnj42oZW4AdVTRa6jrUqKS5/s200/10+-+Dig+04+-+KB.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467444791057348130" /></a><br /><br />Did I find nothing worthwhile?<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9YGJr9L1oF7ESuJRqgCCyrkRNz2oPYFpkwtiQ17Uz70S3sgTFr8BSvzbe8ouLguOsNDo4KusHjfFg6iqBvexivYG52xLs46gMOG4MCSH907zekxX_TBv18HdavVCvHs8fmjaQ01PX0uSe/s1600/11+-+Dig+05+-+KB.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9YGJr9L1oF7ESuJRqgCCyrkRNz2oPYFpkwtiQ17Uz70S3sgTFr8BSvzbe8ouLguOsNDo4KusHjfFg6iqBvexivYG52xLs46gMOG4MCSH907zekxX_TBv18HdavVCvHs8fmjaQ01PX0uSe/s200/11+-+Dig+05+-+KB.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467444779863116290" /></a><br /><br />All our finds are placed in these little cups, one category to each cup.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJO4i9GIEM-5xYo7YeV0j0-eg2w_BCBx_4bURbgrA_xTXlNK2O-hOyg9ny9R1W_gSJGYZXzovY5lUqCo9-6Ao8mmyBmizcAc30Mi4KEkHB_62FFKFTk1MufOfDDkzHD4VmtMifRqe2zzq-/s1600/12+-+Dig+06+-+KB.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJO4i9GIEM-5xYo7YeV0j0-eg2w_BCBx_4bURbgrA_xTXlNK2O-hOyg9ny9R1W_gSJGYZXzovY5lUqCo9-6Ao8mmyBmizcAc30Mi4KEkHB_62FFKFTk1MufOfDDkzHD4VmtMifRqe2zzq-/s200/12+-+Dig+06+-+KB.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467444773042294946" /></a><br /><br />Is Krista excited? She found part of the handle from a pottery jar, a charred bone and a piece of blue glass.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVOG-PrSd7LhE7xJ8pKnnz6x61rZgmSL2eXx3otOxP-be06PH0iylmslCk_Eo00zIeDmO5IWehdERttaqErnNNfieOCP_byllUjJN4QiQ71N7VF-_BeYtc6ShFF7ntGi-5RXHVuQIINcqx/s1600/13+-+Dig+05+-+JB.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVOG-PrSd7LhE7xJ8pKnnz6x61rZgmSL2eXx3otOxP-be06PH0iylmslCk_Eo00zIeDmO5IWehdERttaqErnNNfieOCP_byllUjJN4QiQ71N7VF-_BeYtc6ShFF7ntGi-5RXHVuQIINcqx/s200/13+-+Dig+05+-+JB.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467444764614795666" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4RtB0WGhtlmLKj-19HCXY1Ccy8v0WjfsR1n0vzHt7-IPZCma6MdGa4Jeo7V8zGjff-rZR7EBO7tIJ8L7dC3Smmq3Qpb_3M3C6KJ7EGyDqO8WnSC4a4W9ZjNLxywTiqyUd2f-hDMHuAU4H/s1600/14+-+Dig+04+-+JB.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4RtB0WGhtlmLKj-19HCXY1Ccy8v0WjfsR1n0vzHt7-IPZCma6MdGa4Jeo7V8zGjff-rZR7EBO7tIJ8L7dC3Smmq3Qpb_3M3C6KJ7EGyDqO8WnSC4a4W9ZjNLxywTiqyUd2f-hDMHuAU4H/s200/14+-+Dig+04+-+JB.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467438442964888114" /></a><br /><br />Mom found a large piece of pottery. She loved doing this ... we could hardly pull her away.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-j_C7ypvSueCq24JxztMgs1HjsHelcT3ZtlG7rVBNdHsOO3VKNMN5BNdywb5YUAAEdkN9tiK90bXyEqLr2rn_IhSufzmsURVIw9ysZWXsU704VFRTngbzj8gyU52UiTqW_2X7V7OAForN/s1600/16+-+Dig+07+-+JB.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-j_C7ypvSueCq24JxztMgs1HjsHelcT3ZtlG7rVBNdHsOO3VKNMN5BNdywb5YUAAEdkN9tiK90bXyEqLr2rn_IhSufzmsURVIw9ysZWXsU704VFRTngbzj8gyU52UiTqW_2X7V7OAForN/s200/16+-+Dig+07+-+JB.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467438423834916242" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-ErNCtBPeWuolvjK7wGQGK4XUmvwsSCg_wWr03_8CX193dVRslGB-WDoCIri11Vzh1a5TebIYWpnMLIu5UOW9h9OjhwXecVRx-z7pQr1uj89ewnflDYg63_5Q50sKpAhjzt3WffdUCq0E/s1600/15+-+Dig+06+-+JB.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-ErNCtBPeWuolvjK7wGQGK4XUmvwsSCg_wWr03_8CX193dVRslGB-WDoCIri11Vzh1a5TebIYWpnMLIu5UOW9h9OjhwXecVRx-z7pQr1uj89ewnflDYg63_5Q50sKpAhjzt3WffdUCq0E/s200/15+-+Dig+06+-+JB.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467438431636105218" /></a><br /><br />Dad found a square piece of metal. His find was put into a special plastic bag. (Krista's find of the blue glass was given the same treatment.)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZE0Xj1Mw2ArHQ3ME0jF2c2OKsqhTJiQHJvGzp9bd9ji8lV6H9gLq3ZO4bhtwQSNsCDYlFM_e0B38QAshfI5yiNnVM3ETAW9SfGBxRsZIzDM7NfT0pIeg5INOdqwNgOw8Fw4_2GbS6nfUl/s1600/17+-+Dig+10+-+JB.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 178px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZE0Xj1Mw2ArHQ3ME0jF2c2OKsqhTJiQHJvGzp9bd9ji8lV6H9gLq3ZO4bhtwQSNsCDYlFM_e0B38QAshfI5yiNnVM3ETAW9SfGBxRsZIzDM7NfT0pIeg5INOdqwNgOw8Fw4_2GbS6nfUl/s200/17+-+Dig+10+-+JB.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467438422049007058" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRWp36eKI1jHrs_Ym1m67kwJbDHvUo0HtaVkHlGZbO2btr6cs51WLIjXUwlOk9ShDccTQRaLD2uQRGyMI2baRt9aApeZLZcsGHAP4NevvkkbB10gXhmKhV9-4uZndxJQwrne2tuGNCsRYE/s1600/18+-+Dig+09+-+JB.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRWp36eKI1jHrs_Ym1m67kwJbDHvUo0HtaVkHlGZbO2btr6cs51WLIjXUwlOk9ShDccTQRaLD2uQRGyMI2baRt9aApeZLZcsGHAP4NevvkkbB10gXhmKhV9-4uZndxJQwrne2tuGNCsRYE/s200/18+-+Dig+09+-+JB.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467438406035573426" /></a><br /><br />I found a piece of painted plaster from the Herodian period. That means it may have actually come from Herod's Temple or one of the buildings associated with the Temple!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ43fNsQnzPAzDQyTXLv4tkAz8dGaUevJBCojtKSHpPvvQQzsAiz2fQtQLiAPFzYlsHIitQjvI9P04P43g20AjYi0no7Bkkg_swv37d48uRBN79g-1u1jsG4NwEUQ_XINS0XQQyAh5kXqs/s1600/19+-+Dig+07+-+KB.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ43fNsQnzPAzDQyTXLv4tkAz8dGaUevJBCojtKSHpPvvQQzsAiz2fQtQLiAPFzYlsHIitQjvI9P04P43g20AjYi0no7Bkkg_swv37d48uRBN79g-1u1jsG4NwEUQ_XINS0XQQyAh5kXqs/s200/19+-+Dig+07+-+KB.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467457305864507842" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbh0b4lX2CBndZc8ezEzKoQjTXr0MEv2IVEsa6Oa5YK3Wbg_SJV-1Z1MroNDh_gm0ph3ReAaMqLO-95mj_BGKsCCmMOuxk-kfkKP21JFhdLU4K8GO0vMm0f05N8_h8IxhnQw6ddjjutP8s/s1600/20+-+Dig+08+-+KB.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbh0b4lX2CBndZc8ezEzKoQjTXr0MEv2IVEsa6Oa5YK3Wbg_SJV-1Z1MroNDh_gm0ph3ReAaMqLO-95mj_BGKsCCmMOuxk-kfkKP21JFhdLU4K8GO0vMm0f05N8_h8IxhnQw6ddjjutP8s/s200/20+-+Dig+08+-+KB.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467457299231449042" /></a><br /><br />Once a bucket of rubble has been sifted, the finds are placed in these larger bins, sorted by category. <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje29_aBQfQ695BYik5soucKtZX8J0w_HUYdU6peKkPHQdl_ENn8A9AxNtbErvyZUpkFaSsvlubWO9vOSUBq3tXKFWh0cotVrjC5PvdL6a7JOwL_yJb4OSShfaVlyJeOzRfj3YqQHBlFIPI/s1600/21+-+Dig+12+-+JB.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje29_aBQfQ695BYik5soucKtZX8J0w_HUYdU6peKkPHQdl_ENn8A9AxNtbErvyZUpkFaSsvlubWO9vOSUBq3tXKFWh0cotVrjC5PvdL6a7JOwL_yJb4OSShfaVlyJeOzRfj3YqQHBlFIPI/s200/21+-+Dig+12+-+JB.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467430365657011506" /></a><br /><br />Yval prepared this plate of our best finds of the morning and helped us understand how they fitted into the timeline.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBLM2r9NK-3fF4V9fJfsVq3_XK0Y5UNstC7Whu7SvRF1onuvIPpYunWc73O7IfI3i0J9c1k3Cz7wfzPcgQt_WXWwusnmWKs073tMBzKmiYLbMKuoZw-pG7QjYJQfx-cu5VKVEy1tig31lS/s1600/22+-+Dig+08+-+JB.jpg"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF_t8fAE0vy2iMF_bOhiL1Np2OU-nRJiPT0frLibvcIMgammbtMRo5bQgqra5CKk7-ScOPTpTAvtZg6MmIEWKk-C0gmYnMZg9agtFXsj32uQLFKsjEtm7-SvzFffDQTm5m9eSrckOsC5w8/s200/38+-+Walls+09+-+JB.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467416579170627346" /></a><br /><br />The Jerusalem Archaeological Park.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJI8fgRhXELZURUYAIlMG61KRmxIdMR-r_VQTFjLVOVK82JJRpNVH5AsIwMNKv3oRFbm3l2DzhJEMgFJ3qI1MNe3fpWCMnKrguJLvzQUGZAoXAVQx9Fwzm4822uZfjZHRGDgbveDKUIJQa/s1600/39+-+Walls+10+-+JB.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJI8fgRhXELZURUYAIlMG61KRmxIdMR-r_VQTFjLVOVK82JJRpNVH5AsIwMNKv3oRFbm3l2DzhJEMgFJ3qI1MNe3fpWCMnKrguJLvzQUGZAoXAVQx9Fwzm4822uZfjZHRGDgbveDKUIJQa/s200/39+-+Walls+10+-+JB.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467416571168303202" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimUWcQ9nG_FujqfeO0gnH6sjpmiC0qDojJnf-2u5q2Z2mrOoqUcQwBWNWnDvam_SHe24QXJC9Q73ppbC43rRnpv8MWVINrPNVRTSnJwIs-LBSKYC-8SPTihGx259RGh9pwc6H8JBOhYENu/s1600/40+-+Tunnel+01+-+JB.jpg"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsRgIcOq_UaUIrut5ROweFo0_IFi0sxKN1MoJivzfdp45EmZdVFN55NyOhU_9pUDRkV8794AXxdhq4Cqid2R1Cobw90o-4gOo-uSxAQBiZRdQ3cdh3c_fnDqBUQXMw_rC9RSqqqnKkRScs/s200/46+-+Tunnel+05+-+JB.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467252149806782130" /></a><br /><br />The Kotel or Western Wall.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWsMFJKyceHdoH796Faor8gYVvcahEwW8HfXSo2dGlT4DxfTY2y7F7t-Nf8fP6oaPxfcp1WvU3oEqEWwVvM4IEzg_mMyOyzhjFJLR2izEVCTP6eEYF_0J8xedlgP_zQG1j7qj-9pR4laAb/s1600/47+-+Tunnel+07+-+JB.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWsMFJKyceHdoH796Faor8gYVvcahEwW8HfXSo2dGlT4DxfTY2y7F7t-Nf8fP6oaPxfcp1WvU3oEqEWwVvM4IEzg_mMyOyzhjFJLR2izEVCTP6eEYF_0J8xedlgP_zQG1j7qj-9pR4laAb/s200/47+-+Tunnel+07+-+JB.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467252146207651570" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOm2t-oixuCWHXlgJC1kvhhmW4DUt776J4IaAYr9g-8gkUJHb-McKeLx91HAbPjC6ExnIpJJyOpWJmuca1vmCxAZQPk60vkz6X5EMzCSg7WNcbUXhOalR9ZGhpkXqQXcW9RqiG4NTegU1S/s1600/48+-+Tunnel+03+-+KB.jpg"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9MBoB5QynUTz8Yh9-3-WqbI70JdcaYirZjxSKpC0b7CG3UHttZZTYvtqnw1XLiEmRYgDQ-mzGAgrteg0bSLcSjCa4y1dgKtT-M73VYrWUivSd2-DhbJ7mbDxuhcgdWQwQblORV0_Msejn/s200/50+-+Tunnel+04+-+KB.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467252123691064242" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5c99HfgVqclFTuWoS62H7BV3vdJtfnHu7lrEY2GuyLGkEREyDxutpXRuwbnbwkKH9PPmWedoD-BTfjynatpM4PiNVmRBNB6vEb7l7xLW8uwGK0ggTtPDl8lHYliBoNmXYtYyQhoDumIJW/s1600/51+-+Tunnel+08+-+JB.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5c99HfgVqclFTuWoS62H7BV3vdJtfnHu7lrEY2GuyLGkEREyDxutpXRuwbnbwkKH9PPmWedoD-BTfjynatpM4PiNVmRBNB6vEb7l7xLW8uwGK0ggTtPDl8lHYliBoNmXYtYyQhoDumIJW/s200/51+-+Tunnel+08+-+JB.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467249308790066594" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8ainNFrDQ59aEFigmXH2asHoTTR9y4v9pmqeAGPPzDIqWxCr2jvajXFHUpjsBX7jor9BMiSS6Jox9i0dDLfzmYFW8XMOcnBc9Zk-QbmrZQ_tMrrTgz5q7b_rsFdAEGEm9Bf03ynjVfzIM/s1600/52+-+Tunnel+05+-+KB.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8ainNFrDQ59aEFigmXH2asHoTTR9y4v9pmqeAGPPzDIqWxCr2jvajXFHUpjsBX7jor9BMiSS6Jox9i0dDLfzmYFW8XMOcnBc9Zk-QbmrZQ_tMrrTgz5q7b_rsFdAEGEm9Bf03ynjVfzIM/s200/52+-+Tunnel+05+-+KB.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467249299775266450" /></a><br /><br />An afternoon in the Old City.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7z4dVbbYYmCrWstkQd1hpjCBInNRybHCg-3orcFCfi_gt3cYUHGnTu7CZYIygH0qrbljcx788z1Lweyz-NEhDdKVfgzcz1lfZfjyWlzHsD1Z-kXOovzG5mwRkGKlVQUyBD-1X5yDFz8jB/s1600/53+-+Tunnel+06+-+KB.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7z4dVbbYYmCrWstkQd1hpjCBInNRybHCg-3orcFCfi_gt3cYUHGnTu7CZYIygH0qrbljcx788z1Lweyz-NEhDdKVfgzcz1lfZfjyWlzHsD1Z-kXOovzG5mwRkGKlVQUyBD-1X5yDFz8jB/s200/53+-+Tunnel+06+-+KB.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467249287646351010" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ20mpghsCbVUs4OWwMbMIrIWhMwRf4XRJP1ObCb1e94GL0mNVmQYR3WY56HbBI8C3wfvtkbmWU3HAg0gpGyPuBz8p78zgPrf1agPzx09Lr1m1ZAc2HsjEVEWkiHoKqE7uHT_lD9cNXuFj/s1600/54+-+Tunnel+09+-+JB.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ20mpghsCbVUs4OWwMbMIrIWhMwRf4XRJP1ObCb1e94GL0mNVmQYR3WY56HbBI8C3wfvtkbmWU3HAg0gpGyPuBz8p78zgPrf1agPzx09Lr1m1ZAc2HsjEVEWkiHoKqE7uHT_lD9cNXuFj/s200/54+-+Tunnel+09+-+JB.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467249280700326146" /></a><br /><br />In the Wohl Archaeological Museum.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtcIg-54yQqWLDgQZ0dZgV-js_eHLtSCwSoaI9fXSROL6C53HpiZ7QuZ7r90RzPZ1iRcLRtSMfY13sG6f9GpWZF1vlDpnxxkOdm1XJRK4G9EV30uXb6CTF4TUfQHuZlV_gHayZJXSCwe4g/s1600/55+-+Tunnel+10+-+JB.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtcIg-54yQqWLDgQZ0dZgV-js_eHLtSCwSoaI9fXSROL6C53HpiZ7QuZ7r90RzPZ1iRcLRtSMfY13sG6f9GpWZF1vlDpnxxkOdm1XJRK4G9EV30uXb6CTF4TUfQHuZlV_gHayZJXSCwe4g/s200/55+-+Tunnel+10+-+JB.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467249274483793906" /></a>Chosen People Ministries (Canada)http://www.blogger.com/profile/09911139712298291785noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3159810933596295128.post-5415761173451004442010-04-25T08:31:00.000-07:002010-05-27T06:55:24.978-07:00Report from Israel #7 - Stones and Stones and StonesBy Janice Beurling<br /><br />Shalom! Yesterday, was Shabbat and the car rental place wasn’t open. (We weren’t able to exchange our defective car for another until today.) A little hesitant to take the current car on the road, even with the new battery, Dad, Krista and I headed for the Old City on foot.<br /><br />Without stopping to take photographs, it would take us about 30 minutes to walk from our apartment to the Jaffa Gate. Taking it more slowly, we reached the gate in about 45 minutes. From there we wandered down the main souvenir thoroughfare -- a narrow cobblestone foot lane crowded with tourists and hawkers with their goods hanging on every conceivable surface -- to the Western Wall Plaza. We did actually get lost a bit, but kept facing downward and eventually may it to the Kotel.<br /><br />Because it was Shabbat, we were not permitted to take photos in the Plaza itself (or write notes, use a cell phone or smoke, if we were so inclined!). But we were content to stand and marvel at the stonework of the Temple Mount. We’re looking forward to the Western Wall Tunnel Tour we’ll take in a couple of days and seeing more of this.<br /><br />We also enjoyed watching the Orthodox and others pray and fellowship on this sunny Shabbat. We noticed many Orthodox families strolling together today. So many babies! It seems that the average Israeli we see -- whether Orthodox or not -- is not more than 40 years of age and most seem to be pushing baby strollers. I’ve lost count of the newborns we’ve admired. Also, our sense is that the Orthodox here are much more open to converse with strangers than they are at home.<br /><br />After a while we turned our steps upward and began to climb back toward the Jaffa Gate, this time walking through the Jewish Quarter. I used my map book to take us through some back alleys and we saw many interesting doors and glimpsed quiet courtyards. We laughed when we found a group of very short doors. Krista and I are both tall (due to all those Dutch and Swedish genes rushing around our DNA) and we’ve noticed that, although there are a good number of taller Israeli men, we always tower over the Israeli women. I keep quoting to Krista: <em>“And there were giants in the land …” </em>(Genesis 6:4).<br /><br />As we moved out of the Jewish Quarter toward the Armenian Quarter, we stopped to admire a particularly narrow walkway. Next door, a man happened to be closing up his shop. He greeted us with a smile and, of course, that was all Dad and Krista needed to start a new friendship. Sammy is a Syrian Christian who was born and raised in the Old City. He expressed a real faith and hope in the Messiah and we had a wonderful time fellowshipping with him. He welcomed us into his shop, showed us photos of his family and friends and, when we left, we truly felt we’d made a new friend.<br /><br />After leaving the Old City, we considered taking a cab home, but decided to walk down the valley through the artists’ colony of Yemin Moshe. The day was beautiful (though warm), the birds were singing and the flowers were blooming. It was strenuous, but we had a great time exploring.<br /><br />Today was our day for the Mystery Tour. Some months ago, I came across a website that suggested simple but less common day trips in and around Jerusalem. I chose one and was able to keep our destination a secret from the others. I just told them it was a small site with a big story. We started out (in our replacement rental car) by driving through the hills of Judea, heading southwest out of Jerusalem. <br /><br />We constantly marvel at the forested hills in the region. When we were here in the 1970’s, there was scarcely a mature tree to be seen. I remember going home and telling everyone that all I saw were rocks. Today, much of this part of Israel is covered with mature trees -- a great blessing!<br /><br />After winding along the hillsides and through narrow valleys, we reached a wider valley with many different crops. Soon we came to a crossroads. We turned to the right and I asked Dad to park the car at the side of the road. We got out and began to walk along a field of bell peppers toward a dry stream bed. Mom, Dad and Krista had no idea where we were standing, but I began to read from 1 Samuel 17: <em> “Then David took his shepherd's staff, selected five smooth stones from the brook, and put them in the pocket of his shepherd's pack, and with his sling in his hand approached Goliath.” </em><br /><br />We were standing next to the stream that runs through the Valley of Elah. On one side of the valley the Israelites stood and faced the Philistines who were on the hillside of the opposite side. We can’t know exactly where David found his five smooth stones, but we were standing next to the probable stream where he looked. Of course, Krista and I looked for some stones of our own, but we had to walk a ways down the stream to find them. I think there have been some other tourists here before us!<br /><br />So, we have had two fairly restful days and are now ready for more adventures!<br /><br />Here are some of the photos Krista and I have taken (click for bigger):<br /><br /><br />As we headed toward the Old City, we passed an ancient Muslim cemetery.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4uVHhqY5dfl2Y24sfZkUmm2UrYag-LJXn47mcPZyYiTPb1xe6MGIGIEKVcZNwrHXA4ctb6eLko1B-MOgzEbpumBYFL9SMPC646Py6uvnCAYRzMscj1infAA4eiZNbqzyOi6vSYxv7Xeke/s1600/01+-+City+Walk+01+-+KB.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4uVHhqY5dfl2Y24sfZkUmm2UrYag-LJXn47mcPZyYiTPb1xe6MGIGIEKVcZNwrHXA4ctb6eLko1B-MOgzEbpumBYFL9SMPC646Py6uvnCAYRzMscj1infAA4eiZNbqzyOi6vSYxv7Xeke/s200/01+-+City+Walk+01+-+KB.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466355483031062690" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh3RR5TlOREFCeklI-UrzFr8xFatjDKH2CEXJ7BlvRRxj-13Y_ThwfPv1iWDikDX8BV1tRnyUhpbrE_OsYizU7shSRpsv2_J02n4L0VXJaSlUXZQMZPIz0XFrCz_eCi6jW_fgthpQ8P2yo/s1600/02+-+City+Walk+01+-+JB.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh3RR5TlOREFCeklI-UrzFr8xFatjDKH2CEXJ7BlvRRxj-13Y_ThwfPv1iWDikDX8BV1tRnyUhpbrE_OsYizU7shSRpsv2_J02n4L0VXJaSlUXZQMZPIz0XFrCz_eCi6jW_fgthpQ8P2yo/s200/02+-+City+Walk+01+-+JB.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466355476838221458" /></a><br /><br />Views of Jerusalem just outside the Jaffa Gate.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCK1eq8QcpfHxRlNNwU-FlL1LRJtzYZK9TmbGASoTfqTnuYjLcMnsYMKDiJ8FGPtU61MdIRPnp-FGRz7rujrpb5FImTT6f2OSvsHHq8Id5IRrkhKE2GMQkuGn3wXw0Gd6QqAKvJXu3f66c/s1600/04+-+City+Walk+03+-+JB.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCK1eq8QcpfHxRlNNwU-FlL1LRJtzYZK9TmbGASoTfqTnuYjLcMnsYMKDiJ8FGPtU61MdIRPnp-FGRz7rujrpb5FImTT6f2OSvsHHq8Id5IRrkhKE2GMQkuGn3wXw0Gd6QqAKvJXu3f66c/s200/04+-+City+Walk+03+-+JB.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466351734779103490" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8FO_xlhn0ukNiE_DqCxCkj7z1d7BBSPYNu51G2LR5hLlt9pGcrhotoGWBzI1WNpF_AVx50PMNMb1QJe_ydAzVd-M0jbukdtR5niZefViRtSm0nj20jRlHtVpaXXZCC8by24Ui4RnbkKZg/s1600/05+-+City+Walk+03+-+KB.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8FO_xlhn0ukNiE_DqCxCkj7z1d7BBSPYNu51G2LR5hLlt9pGcrhotoGWBzI1WNpF_AVx50PMNMb1QJe_ydAzVd-M0jbukdtR5niZefViRtSm0nj20jRlHtVpaXXZCC8by24Ui4RnbkKZg/s200/05+-+City+Walk+03+-+KB.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466351730607796034" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkcZBOp1ytJDnWg_Zx59qUGd4fnjGgA5JY0b5c9ALSgh84RLarvKKVrgYAlBVetkIriQKazWyQskM0qivp7dJp8uKUifIwOYjh1ITf1YSLh7sMwfi68O6aQCcHZu5sfs-WqHkhbCrUwgrg/s1600/06+-+City+Walk+16+-+KB.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkcZBOp1ytJDnWg_Zx59qUGd4fnjGgA5JY0b5c9ALSgh84RLarvKKVrgYAlBVetkIriQKazWyQskM0qivp7dJp8uKUifIwOYjh1ITf1YSLh7sMwfi68O6aQCcHZu5sfs-WqHkhbCrUwgrg/s200/06+-+City+Walk+16+-+KB.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466351714495804978" /></a><br /><br />Heading into the Old City.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYtUhCkZg1Z26hW100DaUKc41WqR_Z1IbXAGNtblIz-QUZDXbv9b0x3yopAqz6ylEzAxbdfIUG0DKY-K7-PnHfbwf3R_U0wxNdbOaP-aeb68Dy_mNfVK3nYZTC2Gl5BpQ4WDZkcGWViK5c/s1600/07+-+City+Walk+02+-+KB.jpg"><img style="display:block; 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Yesterday morning, we visited the Israel Museum here in Jerusalem. I was disappointed that the current renovations there won’t be completed until later this summer. This meant we could only view the outdoor model of ancient Jerusalem and the Shrine of the Book. But these two things ARE worth seeing. <br /><br />I first saw the model of Jerusalem in 1998 when it was still located on a small hotel property on a hill outside Jerusalem. I was amazed at the detail and accuracy of the construction. It was originally built on the grounds of the Holyland Hotel - at that time about as close as Jewish people could get to the Old City of Jerusalem. It depicts the city of Jerusalem just prior to the destruction of the Temple in 70 CE. When I was last here in 2008, I was shocked and delighted to find that the entire model had been moved and rebuilt on the grounds of the Israel Museum. <br /><br />The 1:50 scale model measures about 2000 square meters. It is remarkably accurate and helps one put into perspective the placement of various Jerusalem locations as they are mentioned in scripture. <br /><br />We also visited the Shrine of the Book where the Dead Sea Scrolls are on display. This was a wonderful follow-up to our visit to Qumran the day before. (Actually, it was good to be able to go inside; this morning we’ve had several heavy rain storms.) <br /><br />In the afternoon, we headed to the Mount Zion area again, this time to visit the Church of St. Peter in Gallicantu. Mom, Dad and I visited this church on our first visits to Israel in 1975 and 1974 respectively. The church is a traditional site of Caiaphas’ House and is said to be built over the dungeon-like cave where Yeshua (Jesus) may have been held the night He was betrayed. This spot would therefore also be the location of Peter’s denials of Yeshua.<br /><br />We toured the basement levels of the church where the dungeons (or perhaps cisterns) are located. They are certainly gloomy and would have been cold and damp that Passover night. However, the outside the church is beautifully terraced and landscaped and has a great view of the Temple Mount area of the Old City and of the Mount of Olives. But the most meaningful area includes the Roman-built steps that rise from the valley below and lead toward the Temple Mount. These may have been the very steps Yeshua walked as they led Him to Caiaphas. Krista was very moved by this location. She said, <em>“I was brought to tears by the thought that Jesus actually walked those steps ahead of me. And that it’s all real!” </em><br /><br />Today we went to Caesarea Maritima. This remarkable ruined city is located on the coast about halfway between Tel Aviv and Haifa -- only a 1½ hour drive from our apartment. It was a hot, sunny day , but the cool breeze off the Mediterranean Sea was completely refreshing. It was even a bit cool in the shade when we had our lunch on a patio overlooking the harbour.<br /><br />Caesarea is one of the best archaeological sites to visit in Israel. I had been there before with a tour group, but only to the Roman theatre. Today, we wandered about the ruins, trotted down the hippodrome and moseyed along the promenade to our hearts’ content.<br /><br />The tremendous city of Caesarea was built by Herod the Great. He named it after Augustus Caesar. It took 12 years to build, but was considered one of the great cities of the day. It was a more Roman or Hellenistic city than Jewish and saw some terrible things in later years (massacres, etc.). But it also saw some tremendously exciting things. For example, it was in Caesarea that Gentiles first came to faith in Yeshua. <br /><br /><em>“Now there was a man at Caesarea named Cornelius, a centurion of what was called the Italian cohort, a devout man and one who feared God with all his household, and gave many alms to the Jewish people and prayed to God continually” </em>(Acts 10:1).<br /><br />You remember the story … the Lord speaks to both Cornelius and Peter, bringing them together in Caesarea. Peter shares the Good News with them and Cornelius’ entire household comes to faith. <br /><br />As we enjoyed our lunch by the ancient harbour, we also remembered that it was from this very location that Paul was sent to Rome to be tried before Caesar.<br /><br />So much history! Mom was overwhelmed by the size of Caesarea and her buildings. She said, <em>“You could never visualize the size of the ruins from a picture or by someone telling you about it. It is so vast!” </em><br /><br />Afterward, we drove a short distance away (a couple of kilometres) and parked at the aqueduct. This incredible piece of engineering supplied Caesarea with water, delivering it all the way from Mount Carmel. By the time we reached this point we were tired and hot, but Krista wanted most of all to dip her feet in the Mediterranean. We purchased some ice cream on the beach and headed back to the car to eat it. After licking up the last delicious drops, Dad tried to start the car. <em>Click. Click. Click.</em><br /><br />He tried again. <em>Click. Click. Click. </em><br /><br />These cars all start by entering a four-digit code before turning on the key so, of course, we asked him if he was using the right numbers. He tried again. <em>Click. Click. Click.</em><br /><br />We all looked at each other in dismay. What would we do? Although the aqueduct is hardly in the wilderness, it isn’t in a heavily built-up area; there were no phones or people of authority about. Also, it was about 2:30 or 3:00 pm on a Friday -- everything had started to close up for Shabbat. What would we do?!?<br /><br />Dad got out of the car and started speaking with some local people. One thought our starter motor was shot. Another thought it was the battery. Dad thought it was the alternator. Finally, a lovely Russian-Israeli couple pulled their car up to ours and hauled out their booster cables. We left the cables attached for nearly 30 minutes before our engine would even turn over. At last the car started and we didn’t stop it again until we pulled into our parking spot at the apartment in Jerusalem.<br /><br />There was some fierce praying going on that afternoon! While we were boosting the car, Dad also called our friend at the Air Force, Dov. He was able to connect with the car rental company, arrange for a repairman to come to our apartment that night (he ended up changing the battery) and get the car company to agree to give us a different car on Sunday. We were so grateful for his help! And we were so very grateful for the help of the couple who gave us a boost at the aqueduct.<br /><br />Krista said they were angels. At the very least, they kept us from sleeping on the beach!<br /><br />Shalom, shalom.<br /><br />Here are some of the photos Krista and I took in the last two days (click for larger):<br /><br />Views of the model of ancient Jerusalem at the Israel Museum.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvWSzaPn5KEs8BlvlE-HVnge32I-D79GM_RdHWLRc8MwwiuerLMG-9K_ZGqfPrdtfo1twBZv5WpwXo4zp9KUNn2e_8Lli_MLuF7GjFOFZ2MBRk20YvbG0D48nQVPB0Y68weraFgCF3ifrE/s1600/01+-+Isr+Mus+02+-+JB.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvWSzaPn5KEs8BlvlE-HVnge32I-D79GM_RdHWLRc8MwwiuerLMG-9K_ZGqfPrdtfo1twBZv5WpwXo4zp9KUNn2e_8Lli_MLuF7GjFOFZ2MBRk20YvbG0D48nQVPB0Y68weraFgCF3ifrE/s200/01+-+Isr+Mus+02+-+JB.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465231213990648738" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUOB6qwsGIXZ1istna2zxzLR0V4EtA_NUZ7qix4eg4Kabi50IspZ_Ks8QnZ-PAg7UyNk3W86PNkMKQffWwGwlQaSs4vGea8NC3EF8tXi_aXWFVLtUfrZY_vg7f1V4d87a929wBcHcU7Fm9/s1600/02+-+Isr+Mus+01+-+KB.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUOB6qwsGIXZ1istna2zxzLR0V4EtA_NUZ7qix4eg4Kabi50IspZ_Ks8QnZ-PAg7UyNk3W86PNkMKQffWwGwlQaSs4vGea8NC3EF8tXi_aXWFVLtUfrZY_vg7f1V4d87a929wBcHcU7Fm9/s200/02+-+Isr+Mus+01+-+KB.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465231205216768530" /></a><br /><br />A sarcophagus at the Israel Museum.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7q_CyPPM0RJ1gnpIqNVZOV0MEGWpza1fJuHP01i8uX0EwLkdhUcrm3Jj0I7HRvS_UTffPl-ktgVzzDR8HqeOYNRk7nUzZNRl5NVTNT4oHrX2To-1qFjkJxcwDChSsB2dVLY1ONo5AhmhB/s1600/03+-+Isr+Mus+01+-+JB.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7q_CyPPM0RJ1gnpIqNVZOV0MEGWpza1fJuHP01i8uX0EwLkdhUcrm3Jj0I7HRvS_UTffPl-ktgVzzDR8HqeOYNRk7nUzZNRl5NVTNT4oHrX2To-1qFjkJxcwDChSsB2dVLY1ONo5AhmhB/s200/03+-+Isr+Mus+01+-+JB.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465231191591915794" /></a><br /><br />Mom and Krista buy the most wonderful sunflower seed bread at the bakery located under our apartment.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHj2gPrJjo2FCypum6sN6PmmyVnBOeKCe-NFQunH9NTDl8O9_xt_8C90yJI-r4gw4Z8gIOnR9Qn6mz1JgXfTgQGY593M5yebCL5OkVxPgtKm2GDP8qKC4Jzrm012Yr9jZwhXGCzwKGpNvS/s1600/05-+Jer+02+-+JB.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHj2gPrJjo2FCypum6sN6PmmyVnBOeKCe-NFQunH9NTDl8O9_xt_8C90yJI-r4gw4Z8gIOnR9Qn6mz1JgXfTgQGY593M5yebCL5OkVxPgtKm2GDP8qKC4Jzrm012Yr9jZwhXGCzwKGpNvS/s200/05-+Jer+02+-+JB.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465228804104202242" /></a><br /><br />We laugh every time we see this particular sign.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitRfu44BunQaQQrh1_1lLmqG6S4VQA-VDd7Ub4bwVDDvkWXo83HSZaXBAvo1kGqkkBagl6u4NMnPDGH8rnhxfQuf0GVJIwmqtDIDBQqwXd-zdkTfhznPhG-BzoDun1nWEfUm2Nd3MgF6X-/s1600/04+-+Jer+01+-+JB.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitRfu44BunQaQQrh1_1lLmqG6S4VQA-VDd7Ub4bwVDDvkWXo83HSZaXBAvo1kGqkkBagl6u4NMnPDGH8rnhxfQuf0GVJIwmqtDIDBQqwXd-zdkTfhznPhG-BzoDun1nWEfUm2Nd3MgF6X-/s200/04+-+Jer+01+-+JB.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465228800366756690" /></a><br /><br />This older Orthodox man drove his little cart by us in heavy traffic. He continued to weave in and out of the cars, into the oncoming traffic lane -- an amazing, but common, disregard for the rules of the road! <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzvWkkudr27F9d26_igsHIYHcvjBZTbNYs5gaqGSsVBmdwm9039hMBtYCtV00VSu2PkI91FqJkFGKwHTXXCBM76Pmn1drJyjykVlb1CsLdemJ7dSis0i3WQv485IbjhmX9w8iSrZkhyxcQ/s1600/06+-+Gallicantu+05+-+KB.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 146px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzvWkkudr27F9d26_igsHIYHcvjBZTbNYs5gaqGSsVBmdwm9039hMBtYCtV00VSu2PkI91FqJkFGKwHTXXCBM76Pmn1drJyjykVlb1CsLdemJ7dSis0i3WQv485IbjhmX9w8iSrZkhyxcQ/s200/06+-+Gallicantu+05+-+KB.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465228794001244450" /></a><br /><br />Views around St. Peter in Gallicantu -- just outside the Old City Walls.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpWGG4bIplYNBLBkJGOwuh_XsnX_RPJr9_PVzzQrPbGrrQjeRuSlICvfZFf5bKELOphd91h01fSzvA8FAcY2Mxs2i0W1PKhScUAdf7gsscLm0R82P6thpMAiQp76hzQkb0RDsV6hgDY23d/s1600/07+-+Gallicantu+01+-+KB.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpWGG4bIplYNBLBkJGOwuh_XsnX_RPJr9_PVzzQrPbGrrQjeRuSlICvfZFf5bKELOphd91h01fSzvA8FAcY2Mxs2i0W1PKhScUAdf7gsscLm0R82P6thpMAiQp76hzQkb0RDsV6hgDY23d/s200/07+-+Gallicantu+01+-+KB.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465226870337114994" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWH9wY7p1vaNdmXTc_3deuIdXWdkDvbeowB3maKxKGHfDrfL6a37kjF8Ec6_twBb66RnW_5JOtXnwbrxZ_o3h_QDw0MQjkD5eKY7kG1JouwcoIlBN35IJtP78sE4w-WK0w46wTOlTIYYxv/s1600/08+-+Gallicantu+03+-+JB.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 106px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWH9wY7p1vaNdmXTc_3deuIdXWdkDvbeowB3maKxKGHfDrfL6a37kjF8Ec6_twBb66RnW_5JOtXnwbrxZ_o3h_QDw0MQjkD5eKY7kG1JouwcoIlBN35IJtP78sE4w-WK0w46wTOlTIYYxv/s200/08+-+Gallicantu+03+-+JB.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465226863980096450" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0Fj9gSPqAX3ZAjBuNLuK3tABxOrMieIsaJuCKnnEz4LHOriqPTqaC26bbUN6qNzhTQGC7CHWZ2VxUAKSX6X7ySnK7j9qY8ojLyHGafxTu5APDN7HXYmcRHvQGE8Lo3e-Yk2cY0yJ7BrmL/s1600/09+-+Gallicantu+05+-+JB.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0Fj9gSPqAX3ZAjBuNLuK3tABxOrMieIsaJuCKnnEz4LHOriqPTqaC26bbUN6qNzhTQGC7CHWZ2VxUAKSX6X7ySnK7j9qY8ojLyHGafxTu5APDN7HXYmcRHvQGE8Lo3e-Yk2cY0yJ7BrmL/s200/09+-+Gallicantu+05+-+JB.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465226860992962626" /></a><br /><br />The Roman steps next to St. Peter in Gallicantu.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-fw3OlK4nfPNsOLgSASrZXVda7Ymyru0Pr4ozmZgMqY0OTTU7Wpl2ctxhNSgmXCiUIgnPZecBxnoDIjmPLfgT-iwy8zADX194NCX2jtIQfuqY1m9MOrSoWEGcrw2_oN4BMKuPsgk8xL0N/s1600/10+-+Gallicantu+02+-+KB.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-fw3OlK4nfPNsOLgSASrZXVda7Ymyru0Pr4ozmZgMqY0OTTU7Wpl2ctxhNSgmXCiUIgnPZecBxnoDIjmPLfgT-iwy8zADX194NCX2jtIQfuqY1m9MOrSoWEGcrw2_oN4BMKuPsgk8xL0N/s200/10+-+Gallicantu+02+-+KB.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465222807971481154" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCSjWD5GnZlzIgar_M-sKh0EMmZy_sLIa-IoSjt-51JCgeKFypDMISutMGeA2v16W_Gl9QqOzQvXr7ZHjaR1nR-Zz2NwS-a3E9-CJz1AN99Pwqap4-qyqhGwA_riCDncmWVtgbsjSloLqr/s1600/11+-+Gallicantu+03+-+KB.jpg"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtbVMzR8bqjHqE7IqkCy12emAcFVhiacjlReKdZ1SdeiNE77qjYhlvsodPARhyZgWmEhxgF-ByitKyUpnF3S0bzAwagh7h32E5Y-_31Jlk_oOb4qHsB_E7KvFw6cPC4eayiqP0AfaPMgmb/s200/13+-+Gallicantu+06+-+JB.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465211768591798370" /></a><br /><br />Some of the beautiful flowers we saw at and near the Church of St. Peter in Gallicantu. <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizFOXl0N28nbpjkxOlXoxImEc6I7w-OoTy-tCIs-3hKI2mgWG-TN6dVPgNhMQ0s46gNosy-Q9LhlnZsMGgakNlKp0wilo5pzasNr6u4cFH0UgeOQQF75x7L7H-xBOo9296IlcNWslh5m8A/s1600/13+-+Gallicantu+01+-+JB.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizFOXl0N28nbpjkxOlXoxImEc6I7w-OoTy-tCIs-3hKI2mgWG-TN6dVPgNhMQ0s46gNosy-Q9LhlnZsMGgakNlKp0wilo5pzasNr6u4cFH0UgeOQQF75x7L7H-xBOo9296IlcNWslh5m8A/s200/13+-+Gallicantu+01+-+JB.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465211755424545554" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVjAOc3mmg3UzokJhtAZgdO75RvxReY-df5tDPtQvlO5I4lTjO8e7VtPi-sPh0ZMR_tY6bqEJCffzZ7F-mnDYqn7Fsy3J7hxkgsQyUI5MnD_2m59ak6tuXrWB2l9ucrw3nG6RoSLd6z8Mm/s1600/14+-+Gallicantu+02+-+JB.jpg"><img style="display:block; 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It turned out they were from a church near our home in Toronto. A small, small world! <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3YPXsP1uC4jLwekv68Qjff4OamC97WyC9JBFtBTBXwMyTXIvfR5xF3B4Cz4MOOov8kz2sT3G6ACJV6WuWs5vSy1PcHnmPWL6Z8Cu6gxAs0r-TeSEPlZkGCXYzRp0x1V84Ovlfgy5DDW8s/s1600/33+-+Caes+15+-+JB.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3YPXsP1uC4jLwekv68Qjff4OamC97WyC9JBFtBTBXwMyTXIvfR5xF3B4Cz4MOOov8kz2sT3G6ACJV6WuWs5vSy1PcHnmPWL6Z8Cu6gxAs0r-TeSEPlZkGCXYzRp0x1V84Ovlfgy5DDW8s/s200/33+-+Caes+15+-+JB.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465174361102618834" /></a><br /><br />Krista dips her toes into the Mediterranean. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc7QWgzxmWKVDo2zF4qL4Vzqq67ZTlihRXr7Pcz4hysHO9mzZqhZA_Wfo9ct0MQ-R7AXFNu5EaVQqyJ2hvnMsvGGWTEeiaJMs0b-ukfrzO1EKf_frNGbaYPRO6DTzIE5c_vjG2VaYWzRXw/s1600/34+-+Caes+16+-+JB.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc7QWgzxmWKVDo2zF4qL4Vzqq67ZTlihRXr7Pcz4hysHO9mzZqhZA_Wfo9ct0MQ-R7AXFNu5EaVQqyJ2hvnMsvGGWTEeiaJMs0b-ukfrzO1EKf_frNGbaYPRO6DTzIE5c_vjG2VaYWzRXw/s200/34+-+Caes+16+-+JB.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465174352478073730" /></a><br /><br />Some of the beautiful flowers we saw at Caesarea.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji3KGksL1h9h0LBkUFjJvP3L1DWZUtCiL-e4PegWVd4ggw-Oa4K4TaiNi1qN2e2esOWWZEyrQ3gyMpFp2JvYVy_fD4dNJ5P8XNZlB0nvB8Q3lOPZFrOmtMvIs6NwOcYDYqkwl6Hq6pM8aQ/s1600/35+-+Caes+06+-+JB.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji3KGksL1h9h0LBkUFjJvP3L1DWZUtCiL-e4PegWVd4ggw-Oa4K4TaiNi1qN2e2esOWWZEyrQ3gyMpFp2JvYVy_fD4dNJ5P8XNZlB0nvB8Q3lOPZFrOmtMvIs6NwOcYDYqkwl6Hq6pM8aQ/s200/35+-+Caes+06+-+JB.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465148786399049762" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsWqJN9970_eHb9Q09kKtReCBjZSkxRI4B2iNtPXsv9ze5UzNYarNimpVtMYSwp9xGB4sOgBup-N_YkVBMpGHg9knTbR1MwHaFNzD9u0XqRR1wF5giuH0VopWvrW5PJJKVHSb2bfj9RhyM/s1600/36+-+Caes+01+-+KB.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsWqJN9970_eHb9Q09kKtReCBjZSkxRI4B2iNtPXsv9ze5UzNYarNimpVtMYSwp9xGB4sOgBup-N_YkVBMpGHg9knTbR1MwHaFNzD9u0XqRR1wF5giuH0VopWvrW5PJJKVHSb2bfj9RhyM/s200/36+-+Caes+01+-+KB.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465148776890147666" /></a>Chosen People Ministries (Canada)http://www.blogger.com/profile/09911139712298291785noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3159810933596295128.post-82327039779181462302010-04-22T07:45:00.000-07:002010-05-27T06:56:18.254-07:00Report from Israel #5 - Herod's Fortress & Nahum's ChariotsBy Janice Beurling<br /><br />Shalom! <br /><br />We felt it was time we took things a little easier! On Independence Day, we just stayed at home and rested. The biggest activity was to run out onto the balcony every time we heard jets and helicopters fly overhead. Through the morning this happened quite often. We saw five huge helicopters fly in formation right above us -- they make a lot of noise. There were also groups of jets and bombers or jets alone. We think this was a special activity for Independence Day. It was great fun to watch.<br /><br />Early Wednesday morning, we packed a lunch and headed down toward the Dead Sea. Our ears popped often as we left Jerusalem behind and drove through the dry, dusty hills of the Judean Wilderness. Finally, we reached the Jordan Valley and headed south along the western edge of the Dead Sea. Passing date palm groves, we rolled up and down the hills that run toward the Sea. Hardly a blade of grass is visible. At one small intersection, we saw a mother Ibex with two young kids crossing the road. They don’t seem very nervous around people and vehicles.<br /><br />Finally, Masada came into view. This stupendous mountain of rock, dust and ruins is quite overwhelming as you drive up the road. We had come early in the day hoping we’d avoid the worst of the heat and crowds. We took the first available cable car to the top and began to wander about. I was the only one to have visited the top of Masada before, so I had fun showing the others around. My previous visits, however, had been confined to the northern end and main level of Masada. Today, I walked down to the lower levels of Herod’s palace with Dad and Krista -- 180 steps down and 180 steps up -- all fastened precariously to the face of the cliff! But it was excellent to see where banquets would have been held and to gain a new perspective of the amazing construction of the palace. <br /><br />Mom did have trouble getting around on her gimpy knee so, after viewing the essentials of Herod’s palace, she and Dad waited in a shaded area while Krista and I wandered down to the southern end of the mountain. One interesting spot we saw was the ruined Byzantine church located near the middle of the plateau. Bits of the mosaics are still visible on the floor. Just as we stepped away from the church, we were startled by the sudden sound of a horn -- a saxophone! A member of a small Asian tour group had brought his sax up the mountain and began to play “How Great Thou Art.” The sounds of praise just floated out over the ruins and rocks.<br /><br />Soon it was time for us to head down the mountain again. At the bottom we purchased huge glasses of cold, freshly squeezed orange juice. How good it tasted!<br /><br />After our picnic lunch, we headed back up the road to Ein Gedi. Dad, Krista and I hiked up the wadi to the lower waterfall. It’s no Niagara, but how welcome it must have been to those who needed water in the wilderness. This is the area where David and his men hid out from Saul for some time.<br /><br />Our last stop was Qumran. Again, Mom and Dad waited in the shade and strong breezes while Krista and I strolled around the small ruined village. After watching the film in the visitor centre, it was easier to identify the various buildings they’ve excavated here. Qumran, of course, is believed to be the village of the Essenes and the Essenes probably wrote and hid the scrolls known today as the Dead Sea Scrolls. A couple of the caves that held the scrolls safely for 2000 years were clearly visible from the village.<br /><br />Finally, we turned toward Jerusalem and home. Instead of driving toward the northwest entrance of the city (from which we had descended that morning), we tried a road that entered more from the northeast -- saving us a bit of time, we hoped. Soon, though, we lost our way and ended up using Dad’s favourite method of navigating -- drive until you see something you recognize. It worked!<br /><br />Everyone warned us about driving in Israel. The general consensus was that we shouldn’t do it. Well, we are doing it. We’re not having too much trouble, but have realized there are different rules for the road here. Based on our experiences with cab drivers and on the roads ourselves, these are the rules we believe are in effect in Israel:<br /><br />1. You can’t drive the wrong way into a one-way street but, if you back up the wrong way into a one-way street, it’s ok.<br />2. You must drive very fast along narrow roads with only inches to spare between the parked cars on one side and the stone wall on the other.<br />3. The traffic lights here in Jerusalem are different. There is a yellow light that precedes the green light. We’ve concluded that this is to allow the driver behind you advance notice for when he should start honking his horn at you -- a split second before the light actually turns green.<br />4. If the car in front of you hesitates because they’re looking at the map, honk.<br />5. If the car in front of you is signalling a left turn into a driveway, but hesitates because of an oncoming bus, honk.<br />6. If the car in front of you hesitates because they’re looking in vain for a street sign, honk.<br />7. Keeping to your own lane is optional.<br />8. If you’re sitting in traffic and are bored, honk.<br />9. If you are driving a motorbike, you must weave your way among the cars, down the white line or along the shoulder. The other day, we mentioned to Shimon that this was very illegal in Canada. He laughed and said it was here, too.<br />10. If the car in front of you is the police, but you think they’re not moving fast enough, honk!<br /><br />This verse is slightly out of context, but will illustrate the city streets for you:<br /><br /><em>“The chariots race madly in the streets, They rush wildly in the squares, Their appearance is like torches, They dash to and fro like lightning flashes” </em>(Nahum 2:4).<br /><br />As the family navigator, I find the signage in Israel the biggest challenge. Although there are good major signs showing you the route to take to places like Tel Aviv or the Dead Sea, the local street signs are so small, they’re illegible. Or they’re missing altogether. My frequent cries are,<em> “Can anyone read that sign?!” </em>or <em>“Can anyone SEE a street sign?!” </em><br /><br />Nevertheless, we are motoring along quite well!<br /><br />Shalom, shalom.<br /><br /><br />Here are some of recent pictures Krista and I have taken (click for bigger):<br /><br /><br />Our street on Independence Day. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQqDYcndgyFZI37tkWoSaSbUsT3GyR6-ghCcwfL1TL08dwu8bV0EZVKL68uYTvd-f68N9cMQL7JKQsr9JccbcJe35zJwbL_yC4J1NIWxHL8_wr6c2ShDjR_OMxQi-POKNFBqaBm15F8kHj/s1600/01+-+Ind+Day+02+-+KB.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQqDYcndgyFZI37tkWoSaSbUsT3GyR6-ghCcwfL1TL08dwu8bV0EZVKL68uYTvd-f68N9cMQL7JKQsr9JccbcJe35zJwbL_yC4J1NIWxHL8_wr6c2ShDjR_OMxQi-POKNFBqaBm15F8kHj/s200/01+-+Ind+Day+02+-+KB.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463730540490261570" /></a><br /><br />Independence Day air show over our apartment.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_7oI8c7Dhh9VJ9ZgGT49bBeyyL7B-rndRk4Er41jTdcoS99YZTrkXGa9w7o8XfMUrne3tus1avIaGoMlwdKoQAEQ_iJWMbYqy6SBrzkdndFYYabfaorXDfnThrAGJeRMBDKP7RE5F9HqN/s1600/02+-+Ind+Day+01+-+KB.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 178px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_7oI8c7Dhh9VJ9ZgGT49bBeyyL7B-rndRk4Er41jTdcoS99YZTrkXGa9w7o8XfMUrne3tus1avIaGoMlwdKoQAEQ_iJWMbYqy6SBrzkdndFYYabfaorXDfnThrAGJeRMBDKP7RE5F9HqN/s200/02+-+Ind+Day+01+-+KB.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463730532336392866" /></a><br /><br />Groves of date palms on the shores of the Dead Sea.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK2AO4mpzc3JESoAgfswaOGwS0zJXeNYsgJnscMJY0_eDkE-O2wrGwaECvmKitDHm8RsZuFHzZ9kuD7s6Ho7CKD2oRndPg0Rlbv_iPaXjsrI0KU05BgV5joBHKKjaJLrDZvETc8bPkyHN7/s1600/03+-+Dead+Sea+01+-+JB.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK2AO4mpzc3JESoAgfswaOGwS0zJXeNYsgJnscMJY0_eDkE-O2wrGwaECvmKitDHm8RsZuFHzZ9kuD7s6Ho7CKD2oRndPg0Rlbv_iPaXjsrI0KU05BgV5joBHKKjaJLrDZvETc8bPkyHN7/s200/03+-+Dead+Sea+01+-+JB.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463730524364224354" /></a><br /><br />The Judean Wilderness.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir9dMiwY4QA-oetvwqq2cVaU0rXloZoTlrudIc4JIRfAsn8OVLTlRomesYlkpfUiRBYOPfL8GIwkb3Yg2SxdtKGMd2kD5Mr8zFrEwA86RTWWjRhdWn80TtEOxC9jvElLTGGmHPDfgZyctx/s1600/04+-+Dead+Sea+01+-+KB.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir9dMiwY4QA-oetvwqq2cVaU0rXloZoTlrudIc4JIRfAsn8OVLTlRomesYlkpfUiRBYOPfL8GIwkb3Yg2SxdtKGMd2kD5Mr8zFrEwA86RTWWjRhdWn80TtEOxC9jvElLTGGmHPDfgZyctx/s200/04+-+Dead+Sea+01+-+KB.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463728933699142882" /></a><br /><br />A mother ibex and twin kids crossing the road in front of our car.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5tG_LrhtbS5O6UyQgv2nN5WbI2zae-9RRVszgaGk62umLqQ-0CCzvWHxGehupc_V2Hil4OkDbGFjQTbTclqW6_N6r9796rlrPPSUwguzrTa193T1CM6VqAQWEVC5XnFrlGA91krz5qEPC/s1600/05+-+Dead+Sea+02+-+JB.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 142px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5tG_LrhtbS5O6UyQgv2nN5WbI2zae-9RRVszgaGk62umLqQ-0CCzvWHxGehupc_V2Hil4OkDbGFjQTbTclqW6_N6r9796rlrPPSUwguzrTa193T1CM6VqAQWEVC5XnFrlGA91krz5qEPC/s200/05+-+Dead+Sea+02+-+JB.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463728928169059170" /></a><br /><br />Approaching Masada. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZBqHy4dqqXGgnR32OZhSSCe6_W-WQN25mMJ2A9JrpJ-BdsukGt1dgohFQK6F0hd4K5kHv_7Rewu0VDonm3weB7hbOY8xyKCSRuGjlQiQrDzohGd0Y24iqDtTaUzyyhXHnM-xYPQK75G-F/s1600/06+-+Dead+Sea+03+-+JB.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZBqHy4dqqXGgnR32OZhSSCe6_W-WQN25mMJ2A9JrpJ-BdsukGt1dgohFQK6F0hd4K5kHv_7Rewu0VDonm3weB7hbOY8xyKCSRuGjlQiQrDzohGd0Y24iqDtTaUzyyhXHnM-xYPQK75G-F/s200/06+-+Dead+Sea+03+-+JB.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463728923980998258" /></a><br /><br />Near the top of Masada, Mom heads for the summit. She made it!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9xh8ne_VhQ-CrbA6D3-H6aD466jPdYfKuLRCIOA6dB6WoJD-w7iOeUZ2H6cQYnc0xidWy7wvIJOhVf-8pVU7OKj9XNLKNiq1HrTI3zVKkrnnyLV_Mu-STWAh-n3YmshRjR-S4M_mJhp1D/s1600/07+-+Dead+Sea+03+-+KB.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9xh8ne_VhQ-CrbA6D3-H6aD466jPdYfKuLRCIOA6dB6WoJD-w7iOeUZ2H6cQYnc0xidWy7wvIJOhVf-8pVU7OKj9XNLKNiq1HrTI3zVKkrnnyLV_Mu-STWAh-n3YmshRjR-S4M_mJhp1D/s200/07+-+Dead+Sea+03+-+KB.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463727269695553602" /></a><br /><br />The Dead Sea from Masada.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHlZo59IMr5Z-6SMcUeAOmXaxctdeO4Doj2ts-Yg15ioW_yzVPZMHqzrGiTDEN-qHXl0AEVbN92Hy8eGyjyMSgm1zt7_5RxynXMayg5VXLN5-gSAOQnIoPGSTgJo1iCyhgxMm_Wos66fjW/s1600/08+-+Dead+Sea+05+-+KB.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHlZo59IMr5Z-6SMcUeAOmXaxctdeO4Doj2ts-Yg15ioW_yzVPZMHqzrGiTDEN-qHXl0AEVbN92Hy8eGyjyMSgm1zt7_5RxynXMayg5VXLN5-gSAOQnIoPGSTgJo1iCyhgxMm_Wos66fjW/s200/08+-+Dead+Sea+05+-+KB.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463727261843872402" /></a><br /><br />Krista holds up a pillar at Masada.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2_VP1Uo6uQFlSH_S2l0fWGnCZafCjls1jYw3g6rlSBHhHGju-7xLYaMY9X-GFtT07qof94h5xrEynfFLQcHZxzGNE7xcAS6hm6B0Z1iLj7G4JBHFt1hNkrgwBfzltVy-0hOTKFbTiT7VF/s1600/09+-+Dead+Sea+04+-+KB.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2_VP1Uo6uQFlSH_S2l0fWGnCZafCjls1jYw3g6rlSBHhHGju-7xLYaMY9X-GFtT07qof94h5xrEynfFLQcHZxzGNE7xcAS6hm6B0Z1iLj7G4JBHFt1hNkrgwBfzltVy-0hOTKFbTiT7VF/s200/09+-+Dead+Sea+04+-+KB.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463727256647606626" /></a><br /><br />Imagine these rooms filled with dried fruit, oil, wine, and many other kinds of supplies.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL9MZNE_KYU1l0yY01aQZn_zjBKR0cnwFVCJ6hCVL_xjLBb-R4lZhDQhWB0JTkiZHZtHF4hYtm0nBinMGs0B-ajwWCY1jM8l1KmtOQ0eSngZA5ECZxjeLPoWfeSdsarkmN4Yo6gFxsFQul/s1600/10+-+Dead+Sea+05+-+JB.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL9MZNE_KYU1l0yY01aQZn_zjBKR0cnwFVCJ6hCVL_xjLBb-R4lZhDQhWB0JTkiZHZtHF4hYtm0nBinMGs0B-ajwWCY1jM8l1KmtOQ0eSngZA5ECZxjeLPoWfeSdsarkmN4Yo6gFxsFQul/s200/10+-+Dead+Sea+05+-+JB.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463725743182402066" /></a><br /><br />This bird with its orange wings is very bold and quite common. It's called a Tamsin Starling.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvDZfrPUH8VIcN7vyhBbcJekK7ef9oFtlditHPMSD8lQzKSoJJ5k8L7Qck7wVCOB0ON7AEFYCrIjyfprI9Y9PaPbYSflW9okOkDzejAdMY1RlInUj4TzF8fqFrpHwCryYxZaSsqTV3CG5o/s1600/11+-+Dead+Sea+06+-+JB.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvDZfrPUH8VIcN7vyhBbcJekK7ef9oFtlditHPMSD8lQzKSoJJ5k8L7Qck7wVCOB0ON7AEFYCrIjyfprI9Y9PaPbYSflW9okOkDzejAdMY1RlInUj4TzF8fqFrpHwCryYxZaSsqTV3CG5o/s200/11+-+Dead+Sea+06+-+JB.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463725733255493634" /></a><br /><br />Some of Masada's ruins.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlV06Kp-RJkKSsomdaepe0xhvGXkHJKxyGkvrWUzb0-RyoIS-wz8bH6fzH64tfa6XXoc7RJJ64IWimmXYauP5wn6AA7QPe8JOCCGkc1uKkBZgkTTf99SyQWaJHUc_7EC9hmr6eN2yMI4JZ/s1600/12+-+Dead+Sea+07+-+KB.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlV06Kp-RJkKSsomdaepe0xhvGXkHJKxyGkvrWUzb0-RyoIS-wz8bH6fzH64tfa6XXoc7RJJ64IWimmXYauP5wn6AA7QPe8JOCCGkc1uKkBZgkTTf99SyQWaJHUc_7EC9hmr6eN2yMI4JZ/s200/12+-+Dead+Sea+07+-+KB.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463725726001768130" /></a><br /><br />Part of Herod's banqueting room.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1PgywqYp_3G7wpCojInFlsYXgbA5fBZmHIeM4Tfq1NGr2P4ip8iPTMzEoL_TMi_29bpBwkwsdBoxX8qUu5YccD_RPCTgO-I2DIEFX9PYq5D8NK_nRKkZaNXR_CCXw_q59HkM8DT1mt4tI/s1600/13+-+Dead+Sea+08+-+JB.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1PgywqYp_3G7wpCojInFlsYXgbA5fBZmHIeM4Tfq1NGr2P4ip8iPTMzEoL_TMi_29bpBwkwsdBoxX8qUu5YccD_RPCTgO-I2DIEFX9PYq5D8NK_nRKkZaNXR_CCXw_q59HkM8DT1mt4tI/s200/13+-+Dead+Sea+08+-+JB.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463724016069389250" /></a><br /><br />Decorative capital.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnugikSNvRfEIHtWjZxxzvw17GYSFUHbEPxs2UARm9jqzQnPg2MdtuKV5PNhmzgtfNVDSdNotmXwbPI7KepLRMjqdhwtg8pCE4uImcAvlaFy89I4jq75kymA1hFJlHoSuZXDBZKMEdFVCh/s1600/13+-+Dead+Sea+09+-+KB.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnugikSNvRfEIHtWjZxxzvw17GYSFUHbEPxs2UARm9jqzQnPg2MdtuKV5PNhmzgtfNVDSdNotmXwbPI7KepLRMjqdhwtg8pCE4uImcAvlaFy89I4jq75kymA1hFJlHoSuZXDBZKMEdFVCh/s200/13+-+Dead+Sea+09+-+KB.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463724009213476210" /></a><br /><br />The view from Masada.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-XETDmfzRw_dg6OdSnf8S0gUaeNlbuBh84YWMr3NbaN7_hAPrSvLg5cxq95EnpMIvxy_Oo6Fgf0rWzZih4HcaqDZKau28MpikMdswCZNvvFA2jCfin0DC2dk8_fDTpBbCiScFyb0dzA9z/s1600/14+-+Dead+Sea+08+-+KB.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-XETDmfzRw_dg6OdSnf8S0gUaeNlbuBh84YWMr3NbaN7_hAPrSvLg5cxq95EnpMIvxy_Oo6Fgf0rWzZih4HcaqDZKau28MpikMdswCZNvvFA2jCfin0DC2dk8_fDTpBbCiScFyb0dzA9z/s200/14+-+Dead+Sea+08+-+KB.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463724003578776082" /></a><br /><br />Mom and Dad -- guests of Herod!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2aA3IbZ8JN04XghuYj44hh77g5h4KlICNFfhByCZ26RQPuwvyP7nqdPOfjVem26Xbpv_J_oG3xeXbPuPmMejfk9aNhmVxJCPD9PF2fWfUhACpXRzRN0Nbf2UZJH7Dy8DsbkMYMBe4aOsA/s1600/15+-+Dead+Sea+07+-+JB.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2aA3IbZ8JN04XghuYj44hh77g5h4KlICNFfhByCZ26RQPuwvyP7nqdPOfjVem26Xbpv_J_oG3xeXbPuPmMejfk9aNhmVxJCPD9PF2fWfUhACpXRzRN0Nbf2UZJH7Dy8DsbkMYMBe4aOsA/s200/15+-+Dead+Sea+07+-+JB.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463722287902353762" /></a><br /><br />Cliffs of Masada.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWoVEj2sj7YqmcOsXkQ_WItY8PG1gAmzMhxFwcXwx3bxCuGtJPiHvcDG3r6zsMbxnb6xIq8lnU3YGlAxWpU-j2GPBqtjPhzqdddIWra75xT4-0q0NpCG9iiktxno0UT0vSZV3mWCNJHBNo/s1600/15+-+Dead+Sea+09+-+JB.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWoVEj2sj7YqmcOsXkQ_WItY8PG1gAmzMhxFwcXwx3bxCuGtJPiHvcDG3r6zsMbxnb6xIq8lnU3YGlAxWpU-j2GPBqtjPhzqdddIWra75xT4-0q0NpCG9iiktxno0UT0vSZV3mWCNJHBNo/s200/15+-+Dead+Sea+09+-+JB.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463722287417847378" /></a><br /><br />Mom & Dad.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqoUSGi93LGK7TgjRU5lXRDaVgSgbOWu3NfvHab5jPGekLoqMJ-ip_iGik_OTkvdEJqSVZ7Ykr2h8N526krZryp42hM0ILJpizqtfLn3vg6Q1FBi6lq-lceUJ9qzSkuq0aeqEtAzTmckdc/s1600/16+-+Dead+Sea+10+-+KB.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqoUSGi93LGK7TgjRU5lXRDaVgSgbOWu3NfvHab5jPGekLoqMJ-ip_iGik_OTkvdEJqSVZ7Ykr2h8N526krZryp42hM0ILJpizqtfLn3vg6Q1FBi6lq-lceUJ9qzSkuq0aeqEtAzTmckdc/s200/16+-+Dead+Sea+10+-+KB.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463722275365540978" /></a><br /><br />A mosaic in one of the smaller palaces.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-LQw9Oimi_-ubJXudmGcrd6vGamNXu9xgN4nYZWA3pJqhP9EUTvx2Rtficy-PrAXTzIAXD2FmpInvvVL7jCbpsg-7Zb7YFjLgVwnVUvzgwBKrN4OIv-t7K5UeOYJCV_6wTz-B8eMJLoOA/s1600/17+-+Dead+Sea+10+-+JB.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-LQw9Oimi_-ubJXudmGcrd6vGamNXu9xgN4nYZWA3pJqhP9EUTvx2Rtficy-PrAXTzIAXD2FmpInvvVL7jCbpsg-7Zb7YFjLgVwnVUvzgwBKrN4OIv-t7K5UeOYJCV_6wTz-B8eMJLoOA/s200/17+-+Dead+Sea+10+-+JB.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463720400254869394" /></a><br /><br />Hikers coming up and going down Masada by the Snake Path.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizOLiom_cwggkFqoVEdxwtYpruJ4StMdUV4ycgxIEBrrqM5UsBgK-AW0aw4aOGOR0MQhRj0fxl8UhIbhjjM9QHIT1W1RkqUoJhPghyphenhyphen8WnP7t3cWWAqLth8Imalmkow6Qz1LQ43vy_vJIro/s1600/18+-+Dead+Sea+11+-+JB.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizOLiom_cwggkFqoVEdxwtYpruJ4StMdUV4ycgxIEBrrqM5UsBgK-AW0aw4aOGOR0MQhRj0fxl8UhIbhjjM9QHIT1W1RkqUoJhPghyphenhyphen8WnP7t3cWWAqLth8Imalmkow6Qz1LQ43vy_vJIro/s200/18+-+Dead+Sea+11+-+JB.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463720396734706722" /></a><br /><br />Along the path to the waterfall of Ein Gedi, there are many caves -- perhaps similar to the ones used by David and his men.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjWlCqvbTjz-Ss1viW74hiCI8hrmQXknGJsHdoX9AwyJNXQOE1_zLPK7HczNpurkdL1FJukyzEZihuVQ4jSAaxhM1twshpFeoiiOtO2L9JesoWmmENUwN_9HiWK5t1-P1XVVYd4CZt1_gq/s1600/19+-+Dead+Sea+06+-+KB.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjWlCqvbTjz-Ss1viW74hiCI8hrmQXknGJsHdoX9AwyJNXQOE1_zLPK7HczNpurkdL1FJukyzEZihuVQ4jSAaxhM1twshpFeoiiOtO2L9JesoWmmENUwN_9HiWK5t1-P1XVVYd4CZt1_gq/s200/19+-+Dead+Sea+06+-+KB.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463720385785564882" /></a><br /><br />The Lower Waterfall at Ein Gedi.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY9N8jzQqSO-tNl54WRDoZ-cVIw6KsE-96y-yWOvXUrP2jQ2USQNzsNmoPs7LMWbXng40qcIhMx5tBWwbvs0cHNOjeiFrdzYgyhxXIx16aNx2RjjAznID6oe6XnKml3ocLkmnMXne2FCTQ/s1600/20+-+Dead+Sea+12+-+JB.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY9N8jzQqSO-tNl54WRDoZ-cVIw6KsE-96y-yWOvXUrP2jQ2USQNzsNmoPs7LMWbXng40qcIhMx5tBWwbvs0cHNOjeiFrdzYgyhxXIx16aNx2RjjAznID6oe6XnKml3ocLkmnMXne2FCTQ/s200/20+-+Dead+Sea+12+-+JB.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463717935343878866" /></a><br /><br />A baby Rock Hyrax at Ein Gedi -- something like a hare or a ground hog.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOcjhbGd9km_Qo9fmDc9NTqJoBvk82j0z54PfGERgz0mVmFfEa_JldO6m-fq7aKtUET8vqdrjwXfdlRqhlOqBG73y-0bhdXZmvyODpvkImmeIwd-IwGUOvB91MXUUp8RfUUCDfmQ2qtaoV/s1600/21+-+Dead+Sea+13+-+JB.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOcjhbGd9km_Qo9fmDc9NTqJoBvk82j0z54PfGERgz0mVmFfEa_JldO6m-fq7aKtUET8vqdrjwXfdlRqhlOqBG73y-0bhdXZmvyODpvkImmeIwd-IwGUOvB91MXUUp8RfUUCDfmQ2qtaoV/s200/21+-+Dead+Sea+13+-+JB.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463717928606953810" /></a><br /><br />One of the caves that held the Dead Sea Scrolls at Qumran.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWAABjiQ01pW2VtdDKX9HoYbPl33caEgyQvCqnaQuwFZlB8tJlcsBoIGtRbeE8J-H73qHbsWvjPmYnQAyt0IEhNZa6dgKdcE4SPaMvqlD8afR5QzIwJJkOuDI604D1Zdq106D9DeUl-tOB/s1600/22+-+Dead+Sea+14+-+JB.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWAABjiQ01pW2VtdDKX9HoYbPl33caEgyQvCqnaQuwFZlB8tJlcsBoIGtRbeE8J-H73qHbsWvjPmYnQAyt0IEhNZa6dgKdcE4SPaMvqlD8afR5QzIwJJkOuDI604D1Zdq106D9DeUl-tOB/s200/22+-+Dead+Sea+14+-+JB.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463717923437581714" /></a>Chosen People Ministries (Canada)http://www.blogger.com/profile/09911139712298291785noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3159810933596295128.post-84116743463715333822010-04-20T21:32:00.000-07:002010-05-27T06:56:43.184-07:00Report from Israel #4 - Remembering 1948by Janice Beurling<br /><br />Shalom! The last two days have been an incredible experience. Although we had been informed of some of the events we’d be attending, we really didn’t understand or expect the outpouring of enthusiasm and warmth we’d receive from Israel and her people.<br /><br />Last year, an officer from the 100th Squadron of the Israeli Air Force contacted Dad to honour Uncle George, who was a member of this squadron in 1948 and who was killed before he even reached Israel. Dov (all names changed) invited Dad to visit Israel and to participate in some of Israel’s Memorial Day activities.<br /><br />Dov met us at the airport and two days ago spent several hours with us at Mini-Israel about half-way between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. It was a wonderful time to get to know Dov a little better. Mini-Israel is a family-oriented tourist site that showcases scale models of various parts of Israel. Dov led us around the outdoor displays and gave us his insight and knowledge of his country. <br /><br />Afterward, we followed Dov in our rental car as he drove to the Sde Dov Air Base on the northern edge of Tel Aviv, where the 100th Squadron is based. Also called the Flying Camel Squadron, it is Israel’s original air force squadron. Uncle George was their third member to be killed in active service. They honour his memory every year.<br /><br />On our arrival, Dov escorted us to a meeting room where we sat around a table with about 10 or 12 other members of the squadron and a reporter from one of the major Israeli newspapers. Then the questions started. Dad was interviewed for both the newspaper and squadron publications. A number of the questions centred around why George chose to fight for Israel. Dad repeatedly explained that our family has long believed that Israel is the apple of God’s eye and He has never taken His hand from them. He talked about the Biblical prophecies that foretold Israel becoming a nation again and the people returning to the Land from every corner of the world. He described how George’s understanding of these teachings motivated him to put his life on the line in order to help see this be accomplished. <br /><br />At first, the reaction visible on the faces of these young people was a blankness. Then, as they continued to ask similar questions and got the same answer, I began to see them trying to come to grips with Dad’s Biblical answers. They struggled to understand, but it was clear that they’d never before personally encountered the kind of faith we expressed.<br /><br />After the interview session, they showed us out to the airfield and took many more photos of us. For security reasons, the officers were photographed only from the back. They also pointed out high security planes and described in general terms some of their activities. They even invited us to step on board one of their intelligence gathering planes and explained some of the equipment -- all of which went over our heads, of course.<br /><br />Afterward, we went back to the meeting room and learned more about the operations of the 100th Squadron. Then came a relaxing time in the Squadron Lounge, informally chatting with Dov and Shimon, the young officer assigned to escort us for a couple of days. We called Shimon our babysitter!<br /><br />Soon it was evening and the beginning of Israel Memorial Day, a time to remember all the fallen members of the Israel Defence Forces and those who have been killed in terrorist attacks. On every Memorial Day evening, there is a special service at each of the armed forces bases. Bereaved families -- families of the members of those bases who have been killed -- are invited to attend. At this outdoor service, we were told there were about 2000 people present. We sat in the front row with Dov on one side and Shimon on the other where they could translate for us.<br /><br />The service included a variety of musical presentations, prayers and the reading of the names of all those from this squadron who have fallen in battle -- including Uncle George. It was very moving. Afterward, we headed home to Jerusalem -- an adventure in itself since we had just picked up our rental car that morning and barely had a sense of direction yet. But we’ll talk about driving in Israel another day.<br /><br />The next morning, Shimon picked us up in a base car and took us to Har Tayyasim or Pilots’ Mountain. This memorial site is on a mountain top outside of Jerusalem and is where a plane crashed in the 1948 war. The original motor of that plane is part of the memorial in the park. At this location each year, the Air Force holds their main memorial service. It was blazingly hot in the sun, but very pleasant in the shade of the pine trees planted all over the mountain. There was a great deal of security and another couple of thousand people in attendance. This was the occasion at which Dad was to lay a wreath on behalf of all the bereaved families. Before and after the service, he was interviewed again a couple of times and introduced to many people, such as retired air force commanders and the Canadian attaché. <br /><br />The response to our presence was constantly open and friendly. People thanked us over and over for coming and continuing to be interested in Israel. Again and again we answered that it was because of our love of the God of Israel that we love the people of Israel. And then we’d see that confused look come over their faces. It was as if we had suddenly started using words they just didn’t understand.<br /><br />Shimon took us back to Jerusalem later that afternoon and with sunset, Memorial Day ended and Independence Day began. <br /><br />Each year, on the evening Independence Day begins, a large celebration is held in Jerusalem on Mount Herzel. Dov had been able to get tickets for us. We really didn’t know what it would be like except that it would end with fireworks.<br /><br />We arrived in good time and found excellent seats in the outdoor, temporary stadium. As we waited for the presentation to begin, several American-born Israelis sat in front of us. Krista jokingly asked them if they would like to translate the program for us -- remember she’s not shy. As we chatted with them, one told us how excited they were to be there because the tickets, although free, are very, very hard to get -- you have to know someone. In fact, one of the women has lived in Israel for 30 years and this is the first time she was able to come. Then the other woman said to me, “So how did YOU get tickets?!”<br /><br />I took a deep breath and started to give her an abbreviated version of the reason for our visit to Israel. I had hardly uttered two sentences when she started to excitedly exclaim that she had read all about us in the newspaper that morning. She was so excited, I though she might climb right over her seat and sit down next to me! We had a lovely time sharing with these people -- who again expressed great appreciation for what Uncle George had done and for us coming to Israel on this trip. <br /><br />We really enjoyed the program that followed -- marching soldiers and cadets, musical presentations, prayers and readings -- and, yes, fireworks. It was a wonderful end to two wonderful days.<br /><br />We have been overwhelmed by the welcome we’ve received from Israelis -- young airmen, officers, retired service people, even just people on the street. We really didn’t expect this. And, we’re the first to say that WE don’t deserve it! We’re here because of something Uncle George was willing to do more than 60 years ago. We’re here because we still believe that the Jewish people are God’s chosen people. <br /><br />One thought has come back to me a number of times during the last two days. I’ve been amazed at the commitment the people of Israel have to remember their fallen sons and daughters. Young and old are involved in the services and programs. As I’ve sat through these memorial services, Zechariah’s prophecy (12:10) has come to mind over and over. <br /><br /><em>“I will pour out on the house of David and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the Spirit of grace and of supplication, so that they will look on Me whom they have pierced; and they will mourn for Him, as one mourns for an only son, and they will weep bitterly over Him like the bitter weeping over a firstborn.” </em><br /><br />Israel mourned yesterday for her fallen children. But a day will come soon when Israel will mourn for Yeshua (Jesus) the Messiah -- and then they will turn to Him!<br /><br />Here are some of the pictures Krista and I took during the last couple of days (click to view larger):<br /><br />The memorial for the fallen of the 100th Squadron at Sde Dov Air Base. Uncle George is third from the top. <br /><A href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNmLTnzsgDTkRpx764wQzfXr7M61XSi2GJpzQ5IbjHrennbK02bryTiOLxld4Md9biIbwAs8Xn6LCF-480UfO3tlCIgCoLbWg9rxkWhHBinSb5GaGCt6iTwP0aJovLNfNaSUcw3gJnpiJR/s1600/02+-+Sde+Dov+01+-+KB.jpg"><IMG style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id=BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462260510556378178 border=0 alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNmLTnzsgDTkRpx764wQzfXr7M61XSi2GJpzQ5IbjHrennbK02bryTiOLxld4Md9biIbwAs8Xn6LCF-480UfO3tlCIgCoLbWg9rxkWhHBinSb5GaGCt6iTwP0aJovLNfNaSUcw3gJnpiJR/s200/02+-+Sde+Dov+01+-+KB.jpg"></A> <br /><br />Dad lays a wreath on Pilots' Mountain (he's the white-haired man in the beret behind the podium). <br /><A href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq6wAcvEY5K-m4ySUJ1eaElSj2N9UrxCmO0877o2GXYA568V7JvOraLXdtv7ICFTFvd8vgNp-yJFHs42r0S5VnMbuxPFPfU79H-nJnpSZzBFcem3JJQBYMZGKwlZQuFBXbZECHqgPqZ2cm/s1600/03+-+Pilots+Mountain+07+-+JB.jpg"><IMG style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id=BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462260515864283122 border=0 alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq6wAcvEY5K-m4ySUJ1eaElSj2N9UrxCmO0877o2GXYA568V7JvOraLXdtv7ICFTFvd8vgNp-yJFHs42r0S5VnMbuxPFPfU79H-nJnpSZzBFcem3JJQBYMZGKwlZQuFBXbZECHqgPqZ2cm/s200/03+-+Pilots+Mountain+07+-+JB.jpg"></A> <br /><br /><A href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRhTnJrsRm766gBb1m39jQ3OhFeML13yH5zWtcyoVc4la9x1R16m8A9JSfvYEGBH5P_yN5e3re_Slv7vv0ZgNbMeVKWmGy5sZH-BhY6ir_Y6Fnkg9lW87X0F6Pva1JM1c5MHNEU2BR_Sh7/s1600/04+-+Pilots+Mountain+06+-+JB.jpg"><IMG style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 192px; CURSOR: hand" id=BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462260524843520850 border=0 alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRhTnJrsRm766gBb1m39jQ3OhFeML13yH5zWtcyoVc4la9x1R16m8A9JSfvYEGBH5P_yN5e3re_Slv7vv0ZgNbMeVKWmGy5sZH-BhY6ir_Y6Fnkg9lW87X0F6Pva1JM1c5MHNEU2BR_Sh7/s200/04+-+Pilots+Mountain+06+-+JB.jpg"></A> <br /><br />Krista, Mom and Janice on Pilots' Mountain. <br /><A href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr-Rrb02wPQSlPmeXfsEIxRNbTtsZS-d1ZY38yoZUzll3Hs-UgL8CJz-qlAy__GQaGS_zpjKgCU_SSsM_raH44Z-xKIKI8hz36CB4YjbQJMKMaIn6OFMsfdO8ccf5R8te7AQMFJdBVRHjy/s1600/05+-+Pilots+Mountain+11+-+KB.jpg"><IMG style="WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 184px; CURSOR: hand" id=BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462292977326211922 border=0 alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr-Rrb02wPQSlPmeXfsEIxRNbTtsZS-d1ZY38yoZUzll3Hs-UgL8CJz-qlAy__GQaGS_zpjKgCU_SSsM_raH44Z-xKIKI8hz36CB4YjbQJMKMaIn6OFMsfdO8ccf5R8te7AQMFJdBVRHjy/s200/05+-+Pilots+Mountain+11+-+KB.jpg"></A> <br /><br />Dad and one of his interviewers. <br /><A href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqpNepP7oyie03W3JS1hmyljtOT_viuSrThzP4u4o5HBEx7h3IfhCf7qoOqp7OkXtORmOtruaSo3RePHQjvITeWbFfqkZIdYKpT3WLoRfRrXChbMN_V9puYMqAK-PdYM08cyL4zML0j2qL/s1600/07+-+Pilots+Mountain+03+-+JB.jpg"><IMG style="WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 178px; CURSOR: hand" id=BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462292974055035570 border=0 alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqpNepP7oyie03W3JS1hmyljtOT_viuSrThzP4u4o5HBEx7h3IfhCf7qoOqp7OkXtORmOtruaSo3RePHQjvITeWbFfqkZIdYKpT3WLoRfRrXChbMN_V9puYMqAK-PdYM08cyL4zML0j2qL/s200/07+-+Pilots+Mountain+03+-+JB.jpg"></A> <br /><br />Dad meets the Canadian attache. <br /><A href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv4UZblB7KO-De5dTA-99RDi7ifeO9OsMlN7Dmlg5CBLD2Boilh2d0Kxkj8ESSSeHFx8f1JmERYS3vgGiEc2fc13IS0bAH2xiTbyqU0Ddfmqg1TaBtYpsL1tGIauHgjsqj4tw7_uraVAap/s1600/06+-+Pilots+Mountain+05+-+JB.jpg"><IMG style="WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id=BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462290813752040706 border=0 alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv4UZblB7KO-De5dTA-99RDi7ifeO9OsMlN7Dmlg5CBLD2Boilh2d0Kxkj8ESSSeHFx8f1JmERYS3vgGiEc2fc13IS0bAH2xiTbyqU0Ddfmqg1TaBtYpsL1tGIauHgjsqj4tw7_uraVAap/s200/06+-+Pilots+Mountain+05+-+JB.jpg"></A> <br /><br />Dad meets a retired Israeli Air Force officer. <br /><A href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4-4RBGuR9zbvIfdyGVGMzYI1sFml9fO_jf0ix2JB1g3XtcvLaAPuSWflrbZua3YBVuQfZJcqYiH4DTdc4fPR5agNBTL-UK_xw7c4eUDCiMM9-Gk49kk_Dq-gHWk18Xrs-YbpJaxYt339H/s1600/08+-+Pilots+Mountain+02+-+JB.jpg"><IMG style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 181px; CURSOR: hand" id=BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462288643091334082 border=0 alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4-4RBGuR9zbvIfdyGVGMzYI1sFml9fO_jf0ix2JB1g3XtcvLaAPuSWflrbZua3YBVuQfZJcqYiH4DTdc4fPR5agNBTL-UK_xw7c4eUDCiMM9-Gk49kk_Dq-gHWk18Xrs-YbpJaxYt339H/s200/08+-+Pilots+Mountain+02+-+JB.jpg"></A> <br /><br />The temporary auditorium at Pilots' Mountain. <br /><A href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3kkYlp32gtXx9UFz5cxNh7aARmHWsa_z715kMDG-FyGWZTjtyAEliNUBbQNphDVnMcJt91YAFZHr5gcc2B6zThu9luRY3Zc7SaIlrxIFzKVjkVwVcVfFh8Ezi9mZfGvADHjQdokDKCAPU/s1600/09+-+Pilots+Mountain+01+-+JB.jpg"><IMG style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id=BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462288638196917410 border=0 alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3kkYlp32gtXx9UFz5cxNh7aARmHWsa_z715kMDG-FyGWZTjtyAEliNUBbQNphDVnMcJt91YAFZHr5gcc2B6zThu9luRY3Zc7SaIlrxIFzKVjkVwVcVfFh8Ezi9mZfGvADHjQdokDKCAPU/s200/09+-+Pilots+Mountain+01+-+JB.jpg"></A> <br /><br />The Israeli flag. <br /><A href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG5TeuGphRVTdxKjt9EPM31zOhRJ0fTkSTTmNxXBiZgsVWqSEj30TtGgeyc7Qsm1eYRWW0PePVrdGP0zI3obm1UL8U0yFACMfvNL-1BOWdiCycmiNyC1rNwFHOzb4GYFCemlDMrmO8cl79/s1600/10+-+Pilots+Mountain+04+-+JB.jpg"><IMG style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id=BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462288628297767842 border=0 alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG5TeuGphRVTdxKjt9EPM31zOhRJ0fTkSTTmNxXBiZgsVWqSEj30TtGgeyc7Qsm1eYRWW0PePVrdGP0zI3obm1UL8U0yFACMfvNL-1BOWdiCycmiNyC1rNwFHOzb4GYFCemlDMrmO8cl79/s200/10+-+Pilots+Mountain+04+-+JB.jpg"></A> <br /><br />Arriving on Mount Herzel. <br /><A href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpGdTf-CasQxygXB_KeCQG2kF5ZZ_nqzUfbBxsVCHiSMjbRMqBXQ5mXKCRZdiC7ULt6OhHIEQIb4ivVb8bQWDPg_Bl9EHG0hUmsz-Hj1sWeIMIjPBfnspyn5yBGFqOBx420Jji-d2tZWET/s1600/11+-+Herzel+-+Arrival+01+-+JB.jpg"><IMG style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 190px; CURSOR: hand" id=BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462287170679049282 border=0 alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpGdTf-CasQxygXB_KeCQG2kF5ZZ_nqzUfbBxsVCHiSMjbRMqBXQ5mXKCRZdiC7ULt6OhHIEQIb4ivVb8bQWDPg_Bl9EHG0hUmsz-Hj1sWeIMIjPBfnspyn5yBGFqOBx420Jji-d2tZWET/s200/11+-+Herzel+-+Arrival+01+-+JB.jpg"></A> <br /><br />The stage at Mount Herzel. <br /><A href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZA745P49B_lhn26bXBYsEqXxRBl40LEjeK7ArdIReVRJChTsZ2PLY9Yi2IqkiPIyW6vLu1wBUXWNpHpnBkDSXulbol_kduyp6vVEK78ZcOguQ5ZY0sQtjprRkScJK-pOdOu2nQiLMkd24/s1600/12+-+Herzel+-+Program+06+-+JB.jpg"><IMG style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id=BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462287160156803778 border=0 alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZA745P49B_lhn26bXBYsEqXxRBl40LEjeK7ArdIReVRJChTsZ2PLY9Yi2IqkiPIyW6vLu1wBUXWNpHpnBkDSXulbol_kduyp6vVEK78ZcOguQ5ZY0sQtjprRkScJK-pOdOu2nQiLMkd24/s200/12+-+Herzel+-+Program+06+-+JB.jpg"></A> <br /><br />The stage at Mount Herzel, ending Memorial Day. <br /><A href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn1zPg9YFS8_S2mKCVM3viq4ILa81xZNSCdnZjewO5a7oaxi7OdqINySm0a-NSKuq5JDeNTV3dLSPZyJHKl7DV8vvN9MfWliLgLmD1SyhZFsA_tV3GqlurYbDEvLYJH2fKtzk5ZhV8WArC/s1600/13+-+Herzel+-+Program+03+-+JB.jpg"><IMG style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id=BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462287158236230626 border=0 alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn1zPg9YFS8_S2mKCVM3viq4ILa81xZNSCdnZjewO5a7oaxi7OdqINySm0a-NSKuq5JDeNTV3dLSPZyJHKl7DV8vvN9MfWliLgLmD1SyhZFsA_tV3GqlurYbDEvLYJH2fKtzk5ZhV8WArC/s200/13+-+Herzel+-+Program+03+-+JB.jpg"></A> <br /><br /><A href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbfDNYjClGbdAhOWu2sMbkSkRw0GdsfrGbPMkk9kXZ7fgro4CednaONLuaWLf_-OwS8lZuc5yV4AEQCNtKh2uUjlAEtKAa5tqwu6B6ZLCOCwGD6LjLyL0WadzL4Nh2s0dMjSXUYQfzlpd2/s1600/13+-+Herzel+-+Program+07+-+KB.jpg"><IMG style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id=BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462282044849709426 border=0 alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbfDNYjClGbdAhOWu2sMbkSkRw0GdsfrGbPMkk9kXZ7fgro4CednaONLuaWLf_-OwS8lZuc5yV4AEQCNtKh2uUjlAEtKAa5tqwu6B6ZLCOCwGD6LjLyL0WadzL4Nh2s0dMjSXUYQfzlpd2/s200/13+-+Herzel+-+Program+07+-+KB.jpg"></A> <br /><br />Soldiers and tanks drove onto the stage area during the performance. <br /><A href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSMafhtunU0Ix9voDHvgb6AO87ZUL7QiEXhxcmDFcrguMm8jKZyDbz8xsPJQUnQZLkF44Ue-ZJWk038eoKRZ9V3lOXPJoQctzFZKrtK6De6NuPPBIp7P8qXYbx8sDiRMMWmr2Wg-qLtJrj/s1600/14+-+Herzel+-+Program+02+-+JB.jpg"><IMG style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id=BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462282039281105218 border=0 alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSMafhtunU0Ix9voDHvgb6AO87ZUL7QiEXhxcmDFcrguMm8jKZyDbz8xsPJQUnQZLkF44Ue-ZJWk038eoKRZ9V3lOXPJoQctzFZKrtK6De6NuPPBIp7P8qXYbx8sDiRMMWmr2Wg-qLtJrj/s200/14+-+Herzel+-+Program+02+-+JB.jpg"></A> <br /><br />Watching the performance. <br /><A href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0TvDUJ1fX1YYqniKoySUI9O7fjE9dvv4kz-uRNtazfHAUpgSEhah2hapcxQ3O04dtedhDqqwcfNdd54MBE308X508vppKY9s0ZR1F_6YF-rHUMh50qc2okTj1oi8G0QKN-UHVZMysGc1p/s1600/15+-+Herzel+-+Program+01+-+JB.jpg"><IMG style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id=BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462282013877560210 border=0 alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0TvDUJ1fX1YYqniKoySUI9O7fjE9dvv4kz-uRNtazfHAUpgSEhah2hapcxQ3O04dtedhDqqwcfNdd54MBE308X508vppKY9s0ZR1F_6YF-rHUMh50qc2okTj1oi8G0QKN-UHVZMysGc1p/s200/15+-+Herzel+-+Program+01+-+JB.jpg"></A> <br /><br />Marching soldiers and cadets. <br /><A href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAQmaS3Yq86gWlvDTaT8cenWboyfyaOxQnz6y230A3B3uuuG3_DpH6tEgfFffmDtYY5ua75Gr4c0pR7dKhyW1_-pDs9ReLCYsQ2Q6z48OplsCMm4wWrCOZrPDMc9jQ9Burls0FY5pftpIp/s1600/16+-+Herzel+-+Marching+01+-+JB.jpg"><IMG style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 118px; CURSOR: hand" id=BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462279912016608962 border=0 alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAQmaS3Yq86gWlvDTaT8cenWboyfyaOxQnz6y230A3B3uuuG3_DpH6tEgfFffmDtYY5ua75Gr4c0pR7dKhyW1_-pDs9ReLCYsQ2Q6z48OplsCMm4wWrCOZrPDMc9jQ9Burls0FY5pftpIp/s200/16+-+Herzel+-+Marching+01+-+JB.jpg"></A> <br /><br /><A href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2lR9GyC3H5P2TvYveKn7o43GTnaiIrGFHu1uA6gzULShI75pBV6kaCDuTEFLxS-wMQVrFobiLSSqyJPmRysJZjonpr0DBXOIFy1p_1tMvX7inUYAXLFGPrbmtNzPL2d70SrzyfTL9WtY4/s1600/17+-+Herzel+-+Marching+04+-+KB.jpg"><IMG style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id=BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462279906253808562 border=0 alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2lR9GyC3H5P2TvYveKn7o43GTnaiIrGFHu1uA6gzULShI75pBV6kaCDuTEFLxS-wMQVrFobiLSSqyJPmRysJZjonpr0DBXOIFy1p_1tMvX7inUYAXLFGPrbmtNzPL2d70SrzyfTL9WtY4/s200/17+-+Herzel+-+Marching+04+-+KB.jpg"></A> <br /><br /><A href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJhJ-33m2g4gtw43CIs9qQ2u9eIlZrG7-OVgcBz9Nh3YQX-fHbQ-MOm6djPDAw862GqtvqPdDE9dJyax_GbOIAsAB7gJGBbkzOC325RSZXTEpLIyfRTIg3uyoNuMaWU6V4fzmnUkFetn45/s1600/18+-+Herzel+-+Marching+02+-JB.jpg"><IMG style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id=BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462277954390370066 border=0 alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUjr5U_sfFZfSa-W6EbnJDZ73IUMx3NthJyoNpcpQWD6SLykeyz93B0wZYcvb-vrznexB_GUI5QGY5lbI-QWYpzRu0mUhJyui-Ku51DhZ3spIJ53QY83dgY_w-N9r3YdzFxZ-0_dlH3yZk/s200/20+-+Herzel+-+Program+04+-+JB.jpg"></A> <br /><br />Fireworks on Mount Herzel. <br /><A href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOhfTeTC5J46IdKlREKXfwisj8JYKoHid7l42gPJwf-J4SWgwkZp_itrdDp3ig85mfawff7G5pUxzrzu-EZg4oPq6v-MtvS0cuH2X1lsJLZ1dSijktb51-RmDfDNaCvx3HKOcNUJ8xdYaM/s1600/21+-+Herzel+-+Fireworks+01+-+JB.jpg"><IMG style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id=BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462277948330814594 border=0 alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOhfTeTC5J46IdKlREKXfwisj8JYKoHid7l42gPJwf-J4SWgwkZp_itrdDp3ig85mfawff7G5pUxzrzu-EZg4oPq6v-MtvS0cuH2X1lsJLZ1dSijktb51-RmDfDNaCvx3HKOcNUJ8xdYaM/s200/21+-+Herzel+-+Fireworks+01+-+JB.jpg"></A> <br /><br /><A href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5a899AzbqOMb3XWyXem3b0fCkN7lc30RSLfVjjSIFgmcOysBeHFF0QGTx-8fa0FmrzCzi6ahB1OpCguw02Fjpf2EdYOPkWhyphenhyphenK3jh2oXS1Cv9wbUbM-jK_lxR01gvZg9TLzKYA4yuII1mZ/s1600/22+-+Herzel+-+Fireworks+-+03+-+KB.jpg"><IMG style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; 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We are here in Jerusalem safe and sound. As we adjust to this new time zone, we’re taking delight in all the sights and sounds of this wonderful city.<br /><br />When we arrived on Thursday, our first task was to lay in some food supplies because, not only did Shabbat begin on the next afternoon (with almost everything closed for 24 hours), but Memorial Day and Independence Days will follow in quick succession. So we wanted to be sure we had enough food in the apartment to last us about a week. Shopping in the grocery stores and corner supermarkets is a challenge because most goods are labelled only in Hebrew. We’ve had to rely on pictures. Dad did try to talk me into buying a cleaning product he thought was laundry soap, but I was pretty sure it was something else since the pictures were of sparkling clean ovens and toilets! Nevertheless, we’ve succeeded in acquiring enough food to fill our fridge. Shop staff have been unfailingly helpful even when they don’t speak English.<br /><br />Yesterday, we took a cab to the Old City and walked through the Armenian Quarter. Our first stop was a restaurant called the Armenian Tavern. From a simple door on the street, we went down some steep stairs into the basement which is lavishly decorated. We had the most wonderful lunch of grilled meats, grilled vegetables and pita bread. Afterward we walked out of the Old City by way of the Zion Gate and visited Mount Zion and the Upper Room. We saw many tour groups -- some from Indonesia and Sri Lanka, some from Germany and Spanish-speaking countries. <br /><br />The Upper Room is not, of course, the same room where Yeshua (Jesus) and the disciples had their last Passover together and where the disciples waited for the coming of the Holy Spirit at Shavuot (Pentecost). Rather, it is a room built by the Crusaders about 900 years ago in the spot traditionally believed to be the location of the original Upper Room. The architecture of this room reminded Dad and me of the many churches and cathedrals we saw in France some years ago -- and not surprisingly since this room was built by men of the same period and nationality.<br /><br />This morning we took a cab to the Garden Tomb and spent a wonderful hour wandering about the gardens of this pleasant and relaxing place. How delightful it is to step away from the crowds and heat to spend a few moments in the place that may have seen the most amazing day in history -- when the Lord rose from the grave!<br /><br />Afterward, we walked down the street to the area of the Damascus Gate. A few steps away from the Peddlers Market, we found the entrance to King Solomon’s Quarries or Zedekiah’s Cave. This amazing cave system was a quarry, some believe, for the stones of Solomon’s Temple. <br /><br />“Solomon also had 70,000 porters and 80,000 quarriers in the hills, apart from Solomon’s 3,300 officials who were in charge of the work and supervised the gangs doing the work. The king ordered huge blocks of choice stone to be quarried, so that the foundations of the house might be laid with hewn stones” (1 Kings 5:29-31).<br /><br />Others believe this cave system was where King Zedekiah hid from the Babylonians when Jerusalem was besieged and destroyed. <br /><br />Whatever its origins, it is the largest artificial cave ever discovered in Israel. The cave mouth, right below the Old City wall, was blocked hundreds of years ago and rediscovered in 1854. It was opened for tourists in 1985, with a pathway and lights through the cavern. The cave extends under the Old City itself. That’s some basement! At its longest, the cave is about 230 meters. At its widest, it is more than 100 meters. Its average height is that of a four-story building. <br /><br />Dad, Krista and I walked through the caverns (Mom stayed at the top and guarded the entrance from any stray Babylonians). It was a fairly easy stroll down and not difficult to climb back up. In many places, the marks of ancient quarrying is clear even to the novice. Much of the stone removed from the cave was Melekeh stone, a soft white limestone that becomes very hard when exposed to the sun and air.<br /><br />After we emerged from the dark, cool and humid cavern back into the warm sun, we entered the Old City by the Damascus Gate. What a change! In the quiet cave we were the only people. Entering the Muslim Quarter of the Old City was wall-to-wall people, loud recorded music and non-stop calls from shopkeepers. We slowly made our way through the narrow, busy bazaar. Eventually we reached a quieter, more open bazaar where Krista spotted a store selling leather sandals. The shopkeeper found her a pair she liked … and the bargaining began! My sister is not shy and soon she was walking away with her new shoes for her price.<br /><br />We finally reached the Jaffa Gate and took another cab home. We’re enjoying a well-deserved rest, building up our reserves for tomorrow when we go to Tel Aviv for a special ceremony at an air base. Memorial Day begins tomorrow evening, followed by more ceremonies on Independence Day, so we may not have a chance to write again for a couple of days.<br /><br />Shalom from Jerusalem! <br /><br />Here are some photos Krista and I took during the last two days (click on images for larger versions):<br /><br />Lunch at the Armenian Tavern in the Old City <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFcGhIF-UG03NjdthHHu5okteHRs0Vb2BEcr34GkvoIs_naATnUNAvh5mllW3ZUPJRqDMZThYuXHIZ-qwiqAbSEdR-UroUklAYWXdeULK2iBkMoHOag4iAfSV7F9Yv04m01_w_X6TpEvFL/s1600/RB+-+Armenian+Tavern.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 146px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFcGhIF-UG03NjdthHHu5okteHRs0Vb2BEcr34GkvoIs_naATnUNAvh5mllW3ZUPJRqDMZThYuXHIZ-qwiqAbSEdR-UroUklAYWXdeULK2iBkMoHOag4iAfSV7F9Yv04m01_w_X6TpEvFL/s200/RB+-+Armenian+Tavern.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461148751136641394" /></a><br /><br />The Upper Room <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_EY2kS9Hj9QNVpJuV_0q_Omp6q115rtZQoUxaPPgFpVN74fEkvf7jXQJA2JEwwo479F2uibTT1b4lBBSsy8NetAgOeTflTH45MNs7pzo7tqdj-I3Og5dXHrVrYe496o5TRn5oTJyaouTe/s1600/KB+-+Upper+Room.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_EY2kS9Hj9QNVpJuV_0q_Omp6q115rtZQoUxaPPgFpVN74fEkvf7jXQJA2JEwwo479F2uibTT1b4lBBSsy8NetAgOeTflTH45MNs7pzo7tqdj-I3Og5dXHrVrYe496o5TRn5oTJyaouTe/s200/KB+-+Upper+Room.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461147881175829058" /></a><br /><br />Mount Zion Rooftops <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWZSkupmgzFJmn065tGyZWDbR1Vj6hCpaaTyJR9bN0evUsqfv2-a0obXFkLwbkbij_JBKAg17VG3w-iICJnAjRm5MF0g_7B5mnnKnBU4rBaXBslQKORB8BveBXCxdldkaLxM6uA4q1RHfV/s1600/JB+-+Mount+Zion+Rooftops.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWZSkupmgzFJmn065tGyZWDbR1Vj6hCpaaTyJR9bN0evUsqfv2-a0obXFkLwbkbij_JBKAg17VG3w-iICJnAjRm5MF0g_7B5mnnKnBU4rBaXBslQKORB8BveBXCxdldkaLxM6uA4q1RHfV/s200/JB+-+Mount+Zion+Rooftops.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461139805477182226" /></a><br /><br />The Mount of Olives from the Roof of the Upper Room <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT6SwDQFh13gxDY27i_aQGXE9FanE9gofx3XTextEnujAJAYTdSHz8t1tfMrK5QjYTJf25VQ-fpEQ1T4L1QpScQj18E8RPOM0BkGd1mcPz9EJ0hvVSdDUXEMg3A_qvpsNxJyE-iQm-FtoB/s1600/JB+-+Mount+of+Olives+from+Upper+Room.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT6SwDQFh13gxDY27i_aQGXE9FanE9gofx3XTextEnujAJAYTdSHz8t1tfMrK5QjYTJf25VQ-fpEQ1T4L1QpScQj18E8RPOM0BkGd1mcPz9EJ0hvVSdDUXEMg3A_qvpsNxJyE-iQm-FtoB/s200/JB+-+Mount+of+Olives+from+Upper+Room.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461128846928704626" /></a><br /><br />Resting on Mount Zion <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR85LSC-0RaoY4x-dsUQDfR_FWSDKSHsh4O0OJcCt_fLeCb9gkunnbr-rOHUnh7Cm9wE40iVFwtw3-1hhuplzV6E0Dy-pCGcjMshH2GK4hbcgF3P4t4bk9bT8dqTUmIrNRzljMW9WRylgk/s1600/KB+-+Resting+on+Mount+Zion.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR85LSC-0RaoY4x-dsUQDfR_FWSDKSHsh4O0OJcCt_fLeCb9gkunnbr-rOHUnh7Cm9wE40iVFwtw3-1hhuplzV6E0Dy-pCGcjMshH2GK4hbcgF3P4t4bk9bT8dqTUmIrNRzljMW9WRylgk/s200/KB+-+Resting+on+Mount+Zion.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461147345558566338" /></a><br /><br />The Garden Tomb <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmiunelvMbpzvv3x52AqaJYnzmBD3SSXWu19dei4YDTXy79GsTSFcW3KNtFI0VMgxfPVsweilq9X2NwfbjD4l6kRW_jcAMxv7des9gCjbr90QH-DUb2WXUIORleCr4sT0FPaLfsijZScSA/s1600/JB+-+Garden+Tomb+-+Urn.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmiunelvMbpzvv3x52AqaJYnzmBD3SSXWu19dei4YDTXy79GsTSFcW3KNtFI0VMgxfPVsweilq9X2NwfbjD4l6kRW_jcAMxv7des9gCjbr90QH-DUb2WXUIORleCr4sT0FPaLfsijZScSA/s200/JB+-+Garden+Tomb+-+Urn.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461124833002719810" /></a><br /><br />Krista at Golgotha <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3PmcoPuH6EXlFXAZFeTjMXSCVlq7De1Xdb6o6XtXi13K5zHC48l2AHcOWXCB7sl3X1BDJTQ4Auo_FpQX2JAQEBYD2FNcenKK_YsOcQeP_9lEw4hRc5WJ50JiGDejZO4ikUVyPXT_WrFJs/s1600/JB+-+Krista+at+Golgotha.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3PmcoPuH6EXlFXAZFeTjMXSCVlq7De1Xdb6o6XtXi13K5zHC48l2AHcOWXCB7sl3X1BDJTQ4Auo_FpQX2JAQEBYD2FNcenKK_YsOcQeP_9lEw4hRc5WJ50JiGDejZO4ikUVyPXT_WrFJs/s200/JB+-+Krista+at+Golgotha.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461125730091888386" /></a><br /><br />Flowers at the Garden Tomb <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqVGsqnoXJNq9MDJrrL3JNrJHLvzytuwybtfZfv21UY-eCDxTMq1YSJfhTh-nae289a2zDmGK8HXmwt8GAWqe-plo-brrK2mGU_R5bhPsBuwwfhUy2HAURp7YlCNue0vz0DV5H-6qRsmnp/s1600/JB+-+Garden+Tomb+-+Rose.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 152px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqVGsqnoXJNq9MDJrrL3JNrJHLvzytuwybtfZfv21UY-eCDxTMq1YSJfhTh-nae289a2zDmGK8HXmwt8GAWqe-plo-brrK2mGU_R5bhPsBuwwfhUy2HAURp7YlCNue0vz0DV5H-6qRsmnp/s200/JB+-+Garden+Tomb+-+Rose.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461123794336743666" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw39Ez8OWwN1sdbQiFqhH2gPg6LOqV6-H-hQbAYFBK2nNP_17a1-RF3ysj8e2QA1BoIBFqslNXasp03SliEJRAC5f2-mUYOPoVUZeDelFQqUjIome8eaaIg9gDsHAX1a8vwbKjBX_kPlP9/s1600/JB+-+Garden+Tomb+-+Orange+Flower.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw39Ez8OWwN1sdbQiFqhH2gPg6LOqV6-H-hQbAYFBK2nNP_17a1-RF3ysj8e2QA1BoIBFqslNXasp03SliEJRAC5f2-mUYOPoVUZeDelFQqUjIome8eaaIg9gDsHAX1a8vwbKjBX_kPlP9/s200/JB+-+Garden+Tomb+-+Orange+Flower.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461123167715386674" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG7vXb1ty9BFwFoz__Gg73Q920lGmt3uGvsc9QZfjOTHBpQLpw7zukWWRNU0TDkM2J5ge8iuD78GIwPFs813YcYp8TEmPYsuEle-3BXNO_3mguXyGAJxmGjSjfJUd9e_IarfhXHZy7DKpy/s1600/KB+-+Garden+Tomb+Flowers.jpg"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihwHhoaFhG4JrUQ-_MGKz4xP_umnx-aqVECs28_XDRXtwzJOQcc6F1eeAbgBLOTz1Ecxc9skNvfXLQGmBU_Yued0RN_VKLq9a_yC_P-tJgoSeOKn9uB5K9-KFGY7JPgtm3OGwBtaeKifyD/s200/JB+-+Muslim+Bazaar+Bead+Shop.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461140616083324258" /></a><br /><br />A Door Handle in the Old City <a href="http://3.bp.blgspot.com/_RKIdMmmf_pM/S8nfx4ywtNI/AAAAAAAAAPY/F-lb53zJpPU/s1600/JB+-+Old+City+Door+Handle.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpew61nTWh9eQkkD4H8njBK8SaiTR_vagw1iyTmTNn84jnMxYuLvSjsrZgtnC-HAiJApM0cOSctYYCbV97wp6D9-VronQS03WMFiP1hNay86rQozBWxsph4UP65CqbNy4qts71AxHmrQ5P/s200/JB+-+Old+City+Door+Handle.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461142071315313874" /></a><br /><br />A Bread Seller in the Old City <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF3CnQDcLJ5nn4phn84p83MabOxXD26r3qwbEbCxuJcPBNanc4yytcFxYEJdtTtKGtWTjH-Rqb_8TjmAnsilKKHJPnN-0acky_mja4C9lmkCVA6StEvWPRjO7zW-lq-mu1HCSRkv6CQHRm/s1600/JB+-+Old+City+Bread+Seller.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF3CnQDcLJ5nn4phn84p83MabOxXD26r3qwbEbCxuJcPBNanc4yytcFxYEJdtTtKGtWTjH-Rqb_8TjmAnsilKKHJPnN-0acky_mja4C9lmkCVA6StEvWPRjO7zW-lq-mu1HCSRkv6CQHRm/s200/JB+-+Old+City+Bread+Seller.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461141275708599922" /></a><br /><br />Krista Buys Shoes <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWfN83eGQp-IDqhWkIFJUr4laUizXO1Kxl6OcBZEtCP8yeufIvcr3mYNGOBIRWmSSlA5mmU-H4G9ruUc1bNMyLCOYVHaoolwlVLv_dDXo2Wks1VwB_plOVYk11m0LmnlH-RJf4g1nhuPkp/s1600/JB+-+Krista+Buys+Shoes.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWfN83eGQp-IDqhWkIFJUr4laUizXO1Kxl6OcBZEtCP8yeufIvcr3mYNGOBIRWmSSlA5mmU-H4G9ruUc1bNMyLCOYVHaoolwlVLv_dDXo2Wks1VwB_plOVYk11m0LmnlH-RJf4g1nhuPkp/s200/JB+-+Krista+Buys+Shoes.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461126369296749794" /></a>Chosen People Ministries (Canada)http://www.blogger.com/profile/09911139712298291785noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3159810933596295128.post-66945888987537196392010-04-14T09:58:00.000-07:002010-05-12T07:50:16.516-07:00Report from Israel #2 - Beurlings and BagelsBy Janice Beurling, Director of Communications<br /><br />The car is packed and we're ready to head to the airport!<br /><br />I mentioned in my previous note that the catalyst for today's journey from Toronto to Israel was the Israeli government's desire to honour my uncle, George Beurling. Canadians who lived through World War II will probably remember reading about George in the newspapers. Younger Canadians may remember studying about him in history classes at school. <br /><br />Let me refresh your memories by telling you a little about George Beurling. <br /><br />George was born in Montreal almost 90 years ago. As he grew up, George became a wonderful athlete -- swimming, diving and mastering marksmanship. But what George loved to do more than anything was fly; piloting an airplane was his greatest joy.<br /><br />One day, England declared war on Germany, and George said, <em>“Maybe I can help.” </em>Soon he was helping in Europe as a fighter pilot with England’s Royal Air Force.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQRHPZ2vNAxCvqpY9l7ZTAGM_hb56i42WTBaIiLe2bf3DGT-OjnhSfODAtDYptNoMttWmMIiyJ2cjFMOsXV3X-aAfANl2OAjlxVkPH6psVdkmt1735VmLR1_F-UIXHK_X89klnmha-Mh4w/s1600/GFB+01.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 160px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQRHPZ2vNAxCvqpY9l7ZTAGM_hb56i42WTBaIiLe2bf3DGT-OjnhSfODAtDYptNoMttWmMIiyJ2cjFMOsXV3X-aAfANl2OAjlxVkPH6psVdkmt1735VmLR1_F-UIXHK_X89klnmha-Mh4w/s200/GFB+01.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454951009947137778" /></a> Before long, everyone was amazed at his almost supernatural eyesight and his genius with air strategies and the way he had completely mastered the science of deflective shooting.<br /><br />By the end of the war, George had shot down more enemy aircraft in his Spitfire fighter plane than any other Canadian pilot. When he returned home to Canada, he was received with great fanfare and was regarded as a singular hero.<br /><br />Not long after this war, the Jewish people of the world began to prepare for another war, which they knew would take place as soon as Israel proclaimed her independence. So the call went out for Jewish airmen who could help defend the new state of Israel.<br /><br />George said, <em>“Maybe I can help.”</em><br /><br />But when he volunteered to join the fledgling Israeli Air Force, they said to him, <em>“You can’t help, you’re not Jewish!”</em><br /><br />Then the enemy nations came to George and said, <em>“Come and fight for us instead. We will give you a great deal of money!”</em><br /><br />But George answered, <em>“If I fight against Israel, I know that I will be fighting for the wrong side.”</em><br /><br />So he persisted and eventually convinced the Israeli Air Force to accept him as one of their fighter pilots.<br /><br />The Israelis sent him from Canada to Rome. From Rome he was to fly an airplane to Israel but, just after his plane took off, it caught fire and crashed. George was killed. He was only 27 years old.<br /><br />The Jewish people buried him in Israel and inscribed on his gravestone, <em>“Killed in Action.” </em><br /><br />Even though I was born after George's death, the events of his life have shadowed me most of my life. <br /><br />Like George, I was carefully nurtured from birth by believing parents and grandparents. In fact, my father led me to place my trust in Jesus when I was only three years old.<br /><br />Like George, the heroes of my childhood were the men and women of the Bible, people like Moses and Daniel, Esther and Paul. I was taught to be like them -- to honour God, to serve God and to love God as they did.<br /><br />As a child, I thought that since the people of the Bible were Jewish and we were like them, then it logically followed that we were Jewish too. After all, my grandfather read his Bible in Hebrew, and I knew that my Uncle George, the great hero, was revered by the Jewish people and was buried in Israel. Didn’t that mean we were Jewish too?<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJbFXDma_phuWSCHheNCAFpt7c5WG58mE3Pj8ZjzeLrTDTlG5L3MBn8337bZdqgfiwdbPwOg_ifZaLA3IZuzWGbaShDG5dVAqO24Ugw7MscVC4rahEsFbe79GJtoA_Kke2kdyfPBHSBD2M/s1600/Bread+Cart,+Jerusalem+2008.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 197px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJbFXDma_phuWSCHheNCAFpt7c5WG58mE3Pj8ZjzeLrTDTlG5L3MBn8337bZdqgfiwdbPwOg_ifZaLA3IZuzWGbaShDG5dVAqO24Ugw7MscVC4rahEsFbe79GJtoA_Kke2kdyfPBHSBD2M/s200/Bread+Cart,+Jerusalem+2008.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454951502491608338" /></a> As I grew up, I gradually realized that we were not Jewish. It was quite a disappointment to me. But I had to admit that all the bagels on Bathurst Street -- and I love bagels! -- could not change the fact that I was a Gentile.<br /><br />Nevertheless, at an early age, I began to understand that God’s work in my life was not rooted in my identity, but in His. God loves me because of Who <em>He</em> is, not because of who <em>I</em> am.<br /><br />The Jewish community has continued to express appreciation for George and an interest in my family. Sometimes, this has been difficult for me to understand. George has been a story to me. He died decades ago. Yet the Jewish community keeps telling his story over and over.<br /><br />Then something happened to ignite my passion and compassion for Israel and her people. In 1985, an Israeli official spoke briefly at the funeral of my grandfather (George’s father). The Israeli said that Grandpa had given to Israel the greatest gift a man could give -- the life of his son.<br /><br />I could not believe my ears! How I wanted to make this man understand that what he was describing was precisely what God Himself had done for Israel as well as the whole world! He gave the life of His Son!<br /><br /><em>"For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life" </em>(John 3:16). <br /><br />Many of the Jewish people of Israel and Canada have identified the Beurling family, my family, as righteous Gentiles. Well, I am a Beurling who wants every Jewish person to know that my righteousness is not because of my name. Like any other person on this earth, Jewish or Gentile, the only righteousness I will ever know is because of Messiah Jesus. He is our righteousness.<br /><br /><em>"But by His doing you are in Messiah Jesus, who became to us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption, so that, just as it is written, "LET HIM WHO BOASTS, BOAST IN THE LORD"</em> (1 Corinthians 1:30-31). <br /><br />Janice Beurling<br />(My next post will be from Jerusalem!)Chosen People Ministries (Canada)http://www.blogger.com/profile/09911139712298291785noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3159810933596295128.post-78845664753799143952010-04-12T09:51:00.000-07:002010-05-12T07:49:59.223-07:00Report from Israel #1In the coming weeks, one of our long-time Canadian staff members, Janice Beurling, is going to contribute reports on her upcoming trip to Israel. <br /><br />If you’ve never been to Israel, you’ll want to read about the adventures she and her family will have. If you <em>have</em> been to Israel, reading her reports will bring back many wonderful memories for you. <br /><br />Janice explains the reason for her trip in the note below. Enjoy! <br /><br /> <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgplIUFz3Y6ape0JfM75nnhfnIfpCQ8Y97BgqlKdNNhOYfg_xprldGzOu7ISIc-c-PD5t7MN0kH4iFQH3vJFHTHb0Gj1ZGIPtUNd8QU9A7c7h7BxKN2B9AYt7C7x9tccHqnpBItGXLcVdqp/s1600/The+Galilee+049+2008.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 90px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgplIUFz3Y6ape0JfM75nnhfnIfpCQ8Y97BgqlKdNNhOYfg_xprldGzOu7ISIc-c-PD5t7MN0kH4iFQH3vJFHTHb0Gj1ZGIPtUNd8QU9A7c7h7BxKN2B9AYt7C7x9tccHqnpBItGXLcVdqp/s200/The+Galilee+049+2008.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454950191660608674" /></a> <em>Shalom, Partners in Ministry<br /><br />Later this week, I have the privilege of heading to Israel with my family. This won’t be a typical guided tour of the Land. I highly recommend visiting Israel with a tour group (I've been on three organized tours myself), but we're looking forward to the informality of this trip. Here are a few things that will make our trip different:<br /><br />· Our visit will last for three weeks, not the usual eight or ten days of a guided tour.<br /><br />· Rather than staying in a hotel, we’ve booked a three-bedroom apartment in Jerusalem for the duration of our stay.<br /><br />· Instead of travelling about on a tour bus, we plan to use public transit, cabs and a rental car.<br /><br />· We’re going to shop in local stores and markets for our food – not hotel restaurants. <br /><br />· We’ve planned and arranged most of our itinerary on our own rather than rely on travelling with a guide. <br /><br />· We plan to visit some of the typical highlights of a tour, but at our own pace.<br /><br />· We’re going to visit a number of less well-known tourist sites that don’t make it onto most tour itineraries.<br /><br />But there’s another element that will make our trip a little different. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3LSFQApZBOajblzR8es1QggoUJOQPeOVpvKHuQGiVbjK8o6Fa4_v8oimSYZ2il6MQQajg54LCuRtRK16ll40CcaFLnecxjvDuX3ZklEkeQNS5OGC3_0zqEiXw0_uX1XpTAYFantYpRbBA/s1600/The+Galilee+001+2008.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 154px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3LSFQApZBOajblzR8es1QggoUJOQPeOVpvKHuQGiVbjK8o6Fa4_v8oimSYZ2il6MQQajg54LCuRtRK16ll40CcaFLnecxjvDuX3ZklEkeQNS5OGC3_0zqEiXw0_uX1XpTAYFantYpRbBA/s200/The+Galilee+001+2008.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454950549174741506" /></a> Last summer, my father, Rick Beurling, was contacted by a representative of the Israeli Ministry of Defense and invited to visit Israel as their guest. The purpose of this invitation was to honour Dad’s brother, the great Canadian WW2 fighter pilot, George Beurling (often called Buzz Beurling), who joined the Israeli Air Force in 1948 and who died before Israel’s War of Independence had ended. <br /><br />Dad has been asked to lay a wreath at the Israeli Air Force service on Pilot’s Mountain outside Jerusalem during Israel’s Memorial Day (April 19); this day honours those who have died defending Israel or by terrorism. On another day, he will also have the privilege of attending a military memorial service for George at his grave in the Haifa Military Cemetery. Additional plans include a visit to one or two Israeli Air Force bases.<br /><br />Needless to say, my mother, sister and I decided to join Dad and “supervise.”<br /><br />I know that our Partners in Ministry love Israel and God’s chosen people and I thought this would be a wonderful opportunity to share an unusual visit to Israel with you. I’ll be posting reports and photos from our three-week trip here. <br /><br />Please pray for us as we expect to have many moments when we can explain to Israelis just why Christians love the Jewish people. (Because of the Jewish Messiah, of course!) <br /><br />Lord willing, we’ll arrive in Jerusalem on Thursday, so start watching the blog for our reports on Friday!<br /><br />Shalom in Jesus,<br /><br />Janice Beurling<br />Director of Communications<br />Chosen People Ministries (Canada)</em>Chosen People Ministries (Canada)http://www.blogger.com/profile/09911139712298291785noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3159810933596295128.post-61993111267544097222009-12-02T08:53:00.000-08:002009-12-02T10:51:46.281-08:00Hanukkah, a Festival of Light and Dedicationby Joseph Gray, Canadian Director<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTKQaX1aONLNjL9SjKI3MRKi23nR7z0GXoRPJnspATNHk34NEYgyZQOVoWcLYwxop2neeChNJpt6rZFim9Ts6CDvgpXz_loBM6yGWVytPkvpsQaR6rtvnUg7L5sgeWG2HO-_rKlDsxg654/s1600-h/question+01.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 145px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTKQaX1aONLNjL9SjKI3MRKi23nR7z0GXoRPJnspATNHk34NEYgyZQOVoWcLYwxop2neeChNJpt6rZFim9Ts6CDvgpXz_loBM6yGWVytPkvpsQaR6rtvnUg7L5sgeWG2HO-_rKlDsxg654/s200/question+01.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410683906046845458" /></a><br />Here is an interesting Bible trivia question: Where in the canonical books of the Bible (Protestant and Jewish canon) do we find reference to the Feast of Hanukkah? <br />Many people will quickly jump to the Hebrew Bible assuming that they will find the reference to Hanukkah there. Although the full account of the story of Hanukkah may be found in the Apocryphal Books of Maccabees (accepted in the Catholic canon of the Bible), there is no reference to the Feast of Hanukkah in the Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament). The reason for this is that the events of Hanukkah take place at a relatively later date, during the inter-testamental period; the Maccabean revolt and the events celebrated at Hanukkah took place about 166 BCE. <br /> <br />So, apart from the Books of Maccabees in the Apocrypha, is there a reference to Hanukkah in the Protestant or Jewish Canon? The answer is yes. Surprisingly, this reference may be found in the B’rit Hadashah (New Testament). In John 10: 22-23a we read, <em>“At that time the Feast of the Dedication took place at Jerusalem; it was winter, and Yeshua was walking in the temple.” </em><em>Hanukkah</em> in Hebrew means dedication. By the time of Yeshua (Jesus) Jewish people celebrated this joyous winter festival of dedication and light. <br /> <br />It is certainly appropriate that Yeshua, a fully observant Jew, would be in Jerusalem to celebrate the Festival of Hanukkah. Many of the miraculous events Hanukkah commemorates took place in the city of Jerusalem a mere 130 years before His time on earth. <br /><br />Hanukkah celebrates the victory of the Maccabees and their small band of Jewish freedom fighters over the Syrian Greek army and the tyrannical king, Antiochus IV. Antiochus had desecrated the holy Temple in Jerusalem by offering pagan sacrifices there. He also outlawed the practices of Judaism and the study of Torah (the Law). Jews who violated his harsh edicts were cruelly tortured and murdered. <br /> <br />After defeating the powerful armies of King Antiochus, the Maccabees and their followers set about cleaning up and rededicating the temple in Jerusalem, preparing it for renewed worship. Unfortunately they found only a small supply of sacred olive oil. This amount of holy oil would be enough to light the menorah (lamp stand) in the Temple for only one day. It would take eight more days to prepare new oil for the Temple menorahs. The great miracle of Hanukkah is that the tiny measure of oil burned for those eight days until the new supply of oil could be prepared. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3a8e3Zs-swHLb9S_x1KUdwnFBGQ-JRp-KgIB5XFKDmbHn-bgZaun-5OVJajhqmW-fiC6NtOIWUtb2muB6_cwybhx9tIDIE9ebU2AwiwAy6WQ5bXKBlh55yIQIT6du-gY9OuT_imlk3PDW/s1600-h/Temple+Model+03.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 174px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3a8e3Zs-swHLb9S_x1KUdwnFBGQ-JRp-KgIB5XFKDmbHn-bgZaun-5OVJajhqmW-fiC6NtOIWUtb2muB6_cwybhx9tIDIE9ebU2AwiwAy6WQ5bXKBlh55yIQIT6du-gY9OuT_imlk3PDW/s200/Temple+Model+03.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410684217583189666" /></a><br />According to one ancient rabbinical account, when the Temple was rededicated at the time of the Maccabees, a new altar was built. The desecrated stones from the former altar were set aside; they were unfit for sacred sacrifice. However, because they had been intended and used for sacred purpose, they could not simply be discarded. The leaders were unsure what to do with these stones, so they were set aside in the hope that, when the Messiah came, He would tell them what to do with them.<br /><br />How appropriate it is that John tells us it was the Feast of Dedication (Hanukkah) and Yeshua was in the temple. Yeshua, the long awaited Messiah of Israel and the True Light of the world appears in Jerusalem, in the temple, during this festival that celebrates the miracle of light! Truly, He came to cleanse our earthly temples and to fill them with the glory of God. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRV8-wmu6knbsSRsNb3ov5Q3Fj_sw6v_R0g64_wxvAW9PGyfsFcNCgvgaarcGcvAdP2IEeOnNMBHgMUh9jgEW9xMpznHAhDqcJnhZtnsAV3AZ_Gn2Y6t2oszL7v4IF9hajkSOCkm97hxbE/s1600-h/candles+01.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 132px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRV8-wmu6knbsSRsNb3ov5Q3Fj_sw6v_R0g64_wxvAW9PGyfsFcNCgvgaarcGcvAdP2IEeOnNMBHgMUh9jgEW9xMpznHAhDqcJnhZtnsAV3AZ_Gn2Y6t2oszL7v4IF9hajkSOCkm97hxbE/s200/candles+01.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410684448584696498" /></a><br />Yeshua said, <em>“I am the Light of the world; whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life”</em> (John 8:12).<br /> <br />At this joyous season of light, may you know the light of the Messiah Jesus and the joy of walking in Him.Chosen People Ministries (Canada)http://www.blogger.com/profile/09911139712298291785noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3159810933596295128.post-12633384555805712012009-02-27T05:15:00.000-08:002009-02-27T05:27:14.297-08:00Purim and Yom Kippur?by Joseph Gray, Canadian Director<br /><br />Purim has always been one of my favourite Jewish holidays. The story of Purim centres on a young Jewish girl, Esther. God raised her up though a series of dramatic twists and turns to become Queen of Persia and then used her to help save the Jewish people from almost certain destruction at the hand of the wicked Persian Prime Minister, Haman. The powerful drama of the story of Esther captures the imagination each time it is told. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg54HOz9RL5GrjU6MZO1lduOqMNYMSSpkfjRI5OQqRD6KsbZl9Kp4EBGMO4KYjuWTjBc9j4aFZQwgO6cOuI8T817SSu_i7RdMvy_z8lQ1tfwrQQyQ2TIfs7BEICbS1Jke833Ke5qn_pi_77/s1600-h/Purim02.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg54HOz9RL5GrjU6MZO1lduOqMNYMSSpkfjRI5OQqRD6KsbZl9Kp4EBGMO4KYjuWTjBc9j4aFZQwgO6cOuI8T817SSu_i7RdMvy_z8lQ1tfwrQQyQ2TIfs7BEICbS1Jke833Ke5qn_pi_77/s200/Purim02.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307466569320722514" /></a><br />At Purim, we gather to read the Book of Esther and celebrate with seasonal treats. For example, Hamantaschen is a sweet pastry baked especially at Purim that is meant to look like a three-cornered hat (Haman’s hat). Purim is a time of joyous masquerade and fun. Children are encouraged to raucously join in the fun by grinding their groggers (toy noise-makers) to drown out the name of wicked Haman. <br /><br />For all this fun and festivity, is there a more serious meaning to the feast of Purim?<br /><br />Rabbi Joseph Karo, a medieval Jewish scholar and mystic, once wrote a treatise noting a parallel between Purim and Yom Kippur. This seems incredibly strange considering that Yom Kippur (the Day of Atonement) and Purim are so completely different in their mood and tone. Yom Kippur is probably the most sombre and serious of all the Jewish festivals, a day of fasting and repentance. Purim, on the other hand, is a day of joyous celebration. As we remember how God used Esther to save Israel from destruction, our celebrations take on a near comical tone. What could these two festivals possibly have in common?<br /><br />Rabbi Karo noticed the similarities in the Hebrew names of these two holidays. <em>“Yom ha Kippurim”</em> (the Day of Atonement), he wrote, sounds interestingly like the Lord was saying that the Day of Atonement was <em>“a day like Purim.” </em>Although on the surface we know that the name Purim comes from the Persian word for <em>“lots”</em> (lots were drawn by Haman to determine his planned date for the destruction of the Jewish people), is Rabbi Karo’s theory too farfetched? <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXei4wVMKG2uFgIyCg1k-D6xrXDVj4f-lhdJn-35-eoXve52bmNjH50z7dxHULNeLcCED4pExfJj_NpvyYjXM8kK7xUfputWLr3SkO8jo322YG1uoqSxluSMAzobxdcRkTBGtfWWVUuBrl/s1600-h/j0384849+-+framed.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 185px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXei4wVMKG2uFgIyCg1k-D6xrXDVj4f-lhdJn-35-eoXve52bmNjH50z7dxHULNeLcCED4pExfJj_NpvyYjXM8kK7xUfputWLr3SkO8jo322YG1uoqSxluSMAzobxdcRkTBGtfWWVUuBrl/s200/j0384849+-+framed.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307467781807775090" /></a>Let me suggest an interesting connection. We read in the Torah that on Yom Kippur the High Priest would enter into the Temple and then the Holy of Holies to make sacrifice and intercession for his own sins and for the sins of the people of Israel. It was as if God in His gracious mercy provided this vehicle, this action if you will, to expiate Israel’s sins. Purim, on the other hand, shows the gracious redeeming and saving action of our God on Israel’s behalf with little or no participation on the part of His people (no priests, no temple). In the story of Purim, God used a powerless Jewish girl (Esther), her praying uncle (Mordecai) and a Gentile King (Achashverosh), to save His people Israel from destruction. He saved both the righteous and the unrighteous among Israel. God saved Israel simply because He is the faithful, merciful God of the covenant. <br /><br />In the Brit Hadashah (The Renewed Covenant), Rabbi Sha’ul writes, <em>“He [God] made Him Who had no sin [Yeshua], to be sin for us so that in Him we might become the righteous of God.”</em> Rabbi Sha’ul was drawing directly from the promises he had studied in the Prophet Isaiah: <em>“He was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment which brought us peace was upon him, and by his wounds we are healed” </em>(Isaiah 53:5).<br /><br />As we celebrate with joy at Purim, we again recognize God’s amazing love. The Jewish people did nothing to merit or earn God’s miraculous rescue at Purim. God saved us because He loves Israel and is faithful to His covenantal promises (even when we are faithless). Even greater is the miracle of Israel’s future total national redemption to which Purim points. As Rabbi Sha’ul once wrote, <em>“In this way all Israel will be saved”</em> (Romans 11:26). May that day of Messiah’s coming return be soon. <br /><br />Have a wonderful Purim!Chosen People Ministries (Canada)http://www.blogger.com/profile/09911139712298291785noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3159810933596295128.post-45048332715000908762008-12-22T10:07:00.000-08:002008-12-22T11:01:29.556-08:00Hanukkah - Freedom, Light and Oilby Joseph Gray, Canadian Director<br /><br />Hanukkah is certainly one of the most joyful of the Jewish festivals. Families gather around the brightly glowing Hanukkah candles, one added for each of the eight nights of the festival. Eight joyful nights of songs, story telling, and thanksgiving for the great miracle God performed in the days of the Maccabees. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP3fqbn8clvsUg9l-iWmOzMGeCxDUmz0z3Pae7kQhoaLzfeChnp5v6EvGo0TQ44UdqZwdhsx3BN8vwqGlHRVa3x1V032DpXfJURX82X7ZbwUHfuHnc0P5-gG0FKXF9rpkI2U5ukgAVQXP5/s1600-h/j0396180+-+framed.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 133px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP3fqbn8clvsUg9l-iWmOzMGeCxDUmz0z3Pae7kQhoaLzfeChnp5v6EvGo0TQ44UdqZwdhsx3BN8vwqGlHRVa3x1V032DpXfJURX82X7ZbwUHfuHnc0P5-gG0FKXF9rpkI2U5ukgAVQXP5/s200/j0396180+-+framed.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5282678731567885890" /></a>At Hanukkah we commemorate the great victory Judah Maccabee and his small band of Jewish zealots had over the tyrant Antiochus IV and his armies. We remember also the greater miracle of the small flask of oil which, although a supply sufficient for just one day, burned for eight days in the newly liberated, cleansed and rededicated Temple in Jerusalem. <br /><br />Among these reasons to rejoice, three themes emerge as we celebrate Hanukkah, freedom, light and oil. Why is each of these important for us today?<br /><br />As we study and retell the story of Hanukkah, some people of today might find it hard to relate to the zeal of the Maccabees and their freedom-loving band of followers. Why, we might ask, would someone be willing to risk his life and security for what many might consider a minor religious or philosophical disagreement? After all, the Hellenistic culture Antiochus was trying to impose upon the Jewish people had much to offer. Hellenistic art, philosophy, architecture and poetry were sophisticated, modern and impressive. In fact, the influences of Hellenistic culture continue to impact our culture to this day. Some influential Jewish voices at the time of the Maccabee revolt argued for compromise and inclusiveness. Why make such a fuss over this alien culture? Couldn’t a compromised, modern version of Judaism emerge as a hybrid Judeo-Hellenism? Certainly it wasn’t worth losing your life over, was it?<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKEI9XVxX1_wsDNrXuuwYBIL06ZCBk7w8DrC0e1K4OzwmJD8tJgdueY0XVESK2y9w754Fq-iBogdm7rfheI3_qcM73bpbvKnLNMgsrO6WuCzxx4crb1d5oMzkR5ykF63CVpXzuzMUY56JG/s1600-h/MPj03878040000%5B1%5D+-+framed.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 142px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKEI9XVxX1_wsDNrXuuwYBIL06ZCBk7w8DrC0e1K4OzwmJD8tJgdueY0XVESK2y9w754Fq-iBogdm7rfheI3_qcM73bpbvKnLNMgsrO6WuCzxx4crb1d5oMzkR5ykF63CVpXzuzMUY56JG/s200/MPj03878040000%5B1%5D+-+framed.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5282678941225688082" /></a>Having to choose between unadulterated biblical faith and the worldview of the prevailing culture is something the people of God have always faced. Joshua challenged the children of Israel at Shechem, <em>“If following the Lord seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves whom you will serve. As for me and my household, we will serve the Lord”</em> (Joshua 24:15). Later in Israel’s history, Elijah the prophet also called for a choice: <em>“How long will you waiver between two opinions? If the Lord is God then follow Him. If Ba’al is God then follow him” </em>(1 Kings 18:21). Like Phinehas, who stood up and took a radical stand against Israel’s compromise with the immorality of the Midianite culture (Numbers 25), there have always been faithful voices in Israel to call us to <em>teshuvah</em> (repentance) and to turn back to God. These brave voices, like the Maccabees, have often been in the minority; to most people, their convictions have seemed unenlightened and out of touch with modern culture. <br /><br />For those like the Maccabees who took their stand for God, even at the cost of their lives, the choice was clear. The human soul is created for God. To live in disobedience to God’s Law is suicide. The choice is as simple as that. Those who stood faithfully upon the promises of God, even at the expense of shedding their own blood in martyrdom, fully understood what was at stake. In the hands of God, the precious offering of one life can be used to perform great miracles. Like that small flask of pure temple oil, our seemingly small lives can burn brightly with God’s Spirit when we fully offer ourselves to Him.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkVW0VYlcF9IRDNLJzm1B0E5g4JYFdA_rPhfZolGTZF7E8veVK8ULhL9Zy0bwpvdsqXCJ7K44InhHFTxDZPLyIideR4fN4rqbf6Q9zztyElktgnMU10amZIX5ZdbTpJ5YBtqSj_ocx06tM/s1600-h/MPj04403290000%5B1%5D-framed.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkVW0VYlcF9IRDNLJzm1B0E5g4JYFdA_rPhfZolGTZF7E8veVK8ULhL9Zy0bwpvdsqXCJ7K44InhHFTxDZPLyIideR4fN4rqbf6Q9zztyElktgnMU10amZIX5ZdbTpJ5YBtqSj_ocx06tM/s200/MPj04403290000%5B1%5D-framed.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5282680594950347330" /></a>Yeshua (Jesus), the Messiah of Israel and of all mankind, taught in Jerusalem at Hanukkah. He said, <em>“I am the Good Shepherd. The Good Shepherd lays down His life for the sheep. For this reason my Father loves me, because I lay down my life for the sheep. I lay it down only to take it up again” </em>(John 10:14-17). Yeshua also taught, <em>“If the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed”</em> (John 8:36).<br /><br />At Hanukkah we celebrate the miracle of the oil and God’s gift of freedom and light. May you and those you love be blessed this year with the greatest gift of all – freedom, joy and the light of Messiah Jesus.Chosen People Ministries (Canada)http://www.blogger.com/profile/09911139712298291785noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3159810933596295128.post-40351686182771600542008-10-06T06:20:00.000-07:002008-10-06T06:54:28.915-07:00The High Holy DaysBy Joseph Gray, Canadian Director<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkuS_v-WAZARykJD7Suv6hVKeQwYYG_ZcOtDBx5zjsf4IjgvdKob7lyenXgm01UoOFDzg6_BeDaBunjxrpIjSSLIe_RCJVdbqXe-H_pCsK9HCvwK_8GGHqxcBthdzl-M1YOV0bodUununE/s1600-h/Kotel+c+1894+-+Blue+Framed.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkuS_v-WAZARykJD7Suv6hVKeQwYYG_ZcOtDBx5zjsf4IjgvdKob7lyenXgm01UoOFDzg6_BeDaBunjxrpIjSSLIe_RCJVdbqXe-H_pCsK9HCvwK_8GGHqxcBthdzl-M1YOV0bodUununE/s200/Kotel+c+1894+-+Blue+Framed.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254034896004703954" /></a> At this time of year, Jewish people around the world enter into the most solemn and holy season in the Jewish calendar. Known as the <em>Days of Awe,</em> these ten days begin with Rosh HaShanah (the New Year and the Biblical Feast of Trumpets) and ends with Yom Kippur (the Day of Atonement). The Days of Awe are a time of personal reflection, repentance and turning to God, culminating with Yom Kippur, a solemn day of fasting and prayers of repentance. <br /><br /><strong>A Good Question</strong><br />Since the destruction of the Jerusalem Temple in 70 CE (AD), the rabbis have taught that personal prayer, repentance and good deeds are sufficient to replace the biblical sacrifices required on the Day of Atonement. A good question we should ask as Jewish people is whether this rabbinic explanation is consistent with the instructions found in the Torah. <br /> <br />In Leviticus 17 we read, <em>“I have given you the blood to make atonement.” </em><br /><br />In chapter 16 of the same book, we read God’s original instructions to Israel concerning Yom Kippur. On this most holy day, the high priest would enter into the Holy of Holies to intercede on behalf of the people of Israel. The high priest could only enter into this holy space once a year on Yom Kippur. Before entering the Holy of Holies, the high priest had to prepare himself by ritual washing in the mikvah and personal sin sacrifices to atone for his and his family’s own sin. <br /><br />This is important to remember. God gave Yom Kippur to Israel not out of His judgment for sin, but out of His deep grace, mercy and love for Israel. <br /><br />In Leviticus 10, Nadab and Abihu, Aaron’s sons, had just been destroyed by fire from heaven because they entered into the Holy Place in a casual way. A few chapters later, God gave Israel the Day of Atonement as a sign of a greater atonement yet to come. God acted in mercy to restore the broken fellowship between Himself and Israel. <br /> <br /><strong>A Temporary Solution</strong><br />The atonement sacrifices required on Yom Kippur could, however, only be temporary solutions, since the high priest himself was a sinner in need of continual atonement along with the people of Israel. The Yom Kippur sacrifices were also imperfect sacrifices, a sign of a more perfect sacrifice yet to come.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNrAZOiqQp-YXF5KzrmcxZDCdw0EmOyvUXbYWJBwM4AB8xkKCO5zogUZvlBvA5-dOrEaD86GpddxtfcWvIUS3z_JmLCOQ2k3KID-8PSgJ6APdsyyICg6p9xpO4VNH1zUEVsalSweKF9lEE/s1600-h/Goat+01.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNrAZOiqQp-YXF5KzrmcxZDCdw0EmOyvUXbYWJBwM4AB8xkKCO5zogUZvlBvA5-dOrEaD86GpddxtfcWvIUS3z_JmLCOQ2k3KID-8PSgJ6APdsyyICg6p9xpO4VNH1zUEVsalSweKF9lEE/s200/Goat+01.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254034277344034338" /></a> In addition to the special sacrifices on the Day of Atonement, the Bible commands that two goats be set apart for Yom Kippur. Lots were drawn and one goat was sacrificed for Israel. The other goat was chosen for Azzazel. Upon this second goat the high priest laid his hands and confessed the sins of the children of Israel. Then the goat was driven into the wilderness to die. According to tradition, a red ribbon was tied around the neck of the Azzazel goat, symbolic of the sins of Israel. Again, according to tradition, each year at Yom Kippur the ribbon miraculously turned white as a sign that Israel’s sins had been forgiven by God. Interestingly, this same tradition records that the Yom Kippur ribbon stopped turning white during the last generation that worshipped at the Temple. <br /> <br />The destruction of the Jerusalem temple by the Romans in 70 CE (AD) was and continues to be a traumatic moment in the history of the Jewish people. How could worship and atonement continue now that the temple had been destroyed? <br /><br />As I mentioned earlier, many of our rabbis reached one conclusion. Prayer, repentance and good works, they taught, would now replace the temple sacrifices. <br /><br /><strong>A Permanent Solution</strong><br />But another voice arose at the same time, a voice that, perhaps, was more consistent with what the Hebrew Bible and the God of history had been saying all along. The writer of the Book of Hebrews, a Jewish follower of the Messiah Yeshua (Jesus), encouraged the scattered exiles of Israel with these words:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi68bcqyLe_Ohg-q3qP8jxz7z73IYsz3ynjn2f6qe63slrcggibsWjcg1N1xxqiun6nBYdWajLv95Hqzu3TMbJtIbJHeFzk2t81St2pyQQBiRJHcozs0PSe6eccsiNVhuf3IF3_RmTx_GYh/s1600-h/Temple+Model+-+Framed+02.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi68bcqyLe_Ohg-q3qP8jxz7z73IYsz3ynjn2f6qe63slrcggibsWjcg1N1xxqiun6nBYdWajLv95Hqzu3TMbJtIbJHeFzk2t81St2pyQQBiRJHcozs0PSe6eccsiNVhuf3IF3_RmTx_GYh/s200/Temple+Model+-+Framed+02.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254034683705631490" /></a> <strong><em>“We have a better sacrifice and a better High Priest!”</em></strong><br /><br />Yeshua, Who is like us in every way, yet with out sin, offered His life as a complete and final atoning sacrifice. He is both the perfect sacrifice and Israel’s perfect High Priest. He lives to intercede for us before the throne of glory. Unlike the ancient temple sacrifices, His sacrifice does not need to be repeated each Yom Kippur. That’s a Yom Kippur that we can believe in and even celebrate with joy!<br /><br />May you and your loved ones, be blessed with a sweet New Year and the assurance that your name has been written in the Lamb’s (Yeshua’s) Book of Life.Chosen People Ministries (Canada)http://www.blogger.com/profile/09911139712298291785noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3159810933596295128.post-78730677079737989402008-07-17T09:58:00.000-07:002008-11-13T06:23:08.322-08:00Tisha B'Av ... From Sorrow to HopeBy Joseph Gray, Canadian Director <br /><br />Tisha B’Av (the 15th of Av) is a Jewish fast day that falls this year on August 10. Other than the fast of Yom Kippur (the Day of Atonement), Tisha B’Av is the most solemn day of remembrance in the Jewish calendar. What is it that makes this day so somber and why do Jewish people fast on it? <br /><br />According to both history and rabbinic tradition, at least seven great tragedies befell the Jewish people on this date in history.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgr_xXVjatdQPmu1eOXwTrkxbf23js-UFgYtlxtMWNaZYiu5Mr_q_O3SiEaWsJ0s8dAEcOB5NxGRytDKmq1d3BCSLbmZ2hRAS0Th9IVJBOOPLs8fsF5HbwXDhoFKicrBEzKQo4m_JcLYgc/s1600-h/MPj04333950000%5B1%5D+-+Framed.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgr_xXVjatdQPmu1eOXwTrkxbf23js-UFgYtlxtMWNaZYiu5Mr_q_O3SiEaWsJ0s8dAEcOB5NxGRytDKmq1d3BCSLbmZ2hRAS0Th9IVJBOOPLs8fsF5HbwXDhoFKicrBEzKQo4m_JcLYgc/s200/MPj04333950000%5B1%5D+-+Framed.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5224385699724207586" /></a>1. The rabbis teach that, on this day, God decreed the generation of Israelites in the desert would <strong>not enter the Promised Land</strong> because of their disbelief and willingness to accept the bad report of the unbelieving spies.<br /> <br />2. On this day in 587 BC, <strong>Solomon’s temple in Jerusalem was destroyed </strong>by the armies of Babylon.<br /><br />3. On this day in 70 AD, <strong>Herod’s temple in Jerusalem was destroyed</strong> by the Roman army.<br /><br />4. On this day in 135 AD, <strong>the last remaining Jewish stronghold of the Bar Kochbar rebellion was defeated</strong> by the Roman army at Betar.<br /><br />5. On this day in 136 AD, <strong>the city of Jerusalem was completely plowed under </strong>by the Roman occupiers and Jews were forbidden to settle there by Roman law.<br /><br />6. On this day in 1095 AD, <strong>the first crusade was launched</strong>, bringing great suffering and bloodshed to the scattered Jewish community across Europe and the Mid-East.<br /><br />7. On this day in 1492, <strong>King Ferdinand expelled from Spain the 170,000 Jews living there</strong> under his rule.<br /><br />Were all these tragic events simply an unhappy coincidence? Not according to many voices from the rabbinic tradition. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3DXSaFgv8Si3bXLZX7EJp7LKoRqqWB35A3OH1_OmLAPwyhKl0PF4TjsdZXn1CiyM3-QuyZ850QugU_5xU2Iy7FGBrfJCbDBmHjqU3VbFPCoWaxeRF8a0Ynfwd_EdQatrlQZNGL_aW9iT6/s1600-h/MPj04334230000%5B1%5D+-+Framed.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3DXSaFgv8Si3bXLZX7EJp7LKoRqqWB35A3OH1_OmLAPwyhKl0PF4TjsdZXn1CiyM3-QuyZ850QugU_5xU2Iy7FGBrfJCbDBmHjqU3VbFPCoWaxeRF8a0Ynfwd_EdQatrlQZNGL_aW9iT6/s200/MPj04334230000%5B1%5D+-+Framed.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5224385943675519618" /></a>The book of the Bible traditionally read on Tisha B’Av is the Book of Lamentations. Tradition says that this book was written by the prophet Jeremiah at the time of the Babylonian exile. As well, the Hebrew name of Lamentations, <em>“Aikah,”</em> implies a plaintive dirge, <em>“How could this happen?”</em> <br /><br />The rabbinic commentary on the book of Lamentations found in the Midrash Rabah draws an interesting parallel between the disobedience of Adam and the disobedience of Israel. Adam, whose Hebrew name may also mean “man” or “mankind” is representative of the human condition. In the opening chapters of Genesis, we read that God placed Adam in the Garden of Eden and gave him His (God’s) commandment. Adam disobeyed God’s commandment so God punished him (Adam) by driving him from the Garden. Interestingly, the same Hebrew word, <em>“Aikah”</em> (the title of the book of Lamentations), is spoken from the lips of God at the time of Adam’s disobedience (Genesis 3). This word is usually translated <em>“Where are you?”</em> and becomes God’s lament for the human condition after the fall. God lamented over Adam.<br /><br />Rabbi Abbahu, writing in his commentary on Lamentations, draws a direct parallel between Adam’s fall and expulsion from Eden and Israel’s disobedience to God and expulsion from the Land into exile.<br /> <br />* Citing Hosea 6:7, he writes that the Israelites, like Adam, have transgressed God’s covenant. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisMomjtivtegL1AS20Z2lkuOvtjNA7gubGwgGHQOJPlpXx_1L1OmW1NlUdc4VogKynSXN9yEFdSLOMkhDxonNo4s5qr0O9N6_eE74Y0UrBVa4UZgQ6PG9OStQ5H_Widic9hvL0YFOmTDCK/s1600-h/j0407129+-+Framed.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisMomjtivtegL1AS20Z2lkuOvtjNA7gubGwgGHQOJPlpXx_1L1OmW1NlUdc4VogKynSXN9yEFdSLOMkhDxonNo4s5qr0O9N6_eE74Y0UrBVa4UZgQ6PG9OStQ5H_Widic9hvL0YFOmTDCK/s200/j0407129+-+Framed.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5224386445140397938" /></a>* Like Adam, God placed Israel in the midst of a beautiful and bountiful land (Jeremiah 2:7). <br /><br />* Like Adam, God gave His people Israel commandments (Deuteronomy 4:1). <br /><br />* Israel, like Adam, transgressed those commandments (Daniel 9:5). <br /><br />* God punished Israel, as He did Adam, by driving them from the Land (Hosea 9:15). <br /><br />* As with Adam, God laments concerning fallen Israel’s condition.<br /><br />How could this happen (Aikah)? Another Jewish rabbi, named Saul (the Apostle Paul), gives us the answer. <br /><br />* Each of us, like Adam, has sinned and fallen short of the glory of God (Romans 3:23). <br /><br />* The wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Messiah Jesus (Romans 6:23).<br /><br />In the midst of our sad remembrance of these tragic historic events from Jewish history, we are reminded of hope! Here is the greatest hope of all. Yeshua (Jesus) our Messiah has come that we might have life and have it abundantly (John 10:10).<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOLfDMw41-caHeJYuge7kJ9FZOP1TqaUTsb5gGaWUdJzjcCqJ-OtCEPPihRdhHviNpjqVhbLs_R4QV6ZPi7gHZp1rEszUztASCwgfTY60u9m950EGm5SE9G22knktaDCUE9LyHFXhBRwiZ/s1600-h/CG2F+-+Framed.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOLfDMw41-caHeJYuge7kJ9FZOP1TqaUTsb5gGaWUdJzjcCqJ-OtCEPPihRdhHviNpjqVhbLs_R4QV6ZPi7gHZp1rEszUztASCwgfTY60u9m950EGm5SE9G22knktaDCUE9LyHFXhBRwiZ/s200/CG2F+-+Framed.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5224386674771628866" /></a>The temple in Jerusalem has been destroyed. We lament its destruction on Tisha B’Av. Like Yeshua’s first disciples, we long for the day of His return and the full restoration of Messiah’s Kingdom. Now as we wait that glorious day of Messiah’s return, we wait with hope and assurance. God has given us His living Spirit to dwell in us; we are His holy temple and dwelling place (1 Corinthians 6:19).<br /><br />Like Yeshua’s disciple Yochanan (John), we see past this earthly veil of tears and begin to see clearly, descending from heaven, a renewed and glorious temple, shining with the light of Messiah in the midst of the New Jerusalem.Chosen People Ministries (Canada)http://www.blogger.com/profile/09911139712298291785noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3159810933596295128.post-10374103950963937702008-05-16T07:22:00.000-07:002008-11-13T06:23:08.904-08:00From Passover to Shavuot ... A Journey from Bondage to New LifeBy Joseph Gray, Canadian Director<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOmuuoq1CIcaxKYhIUboDZ-B7bpS1yjSGBISgl5TBUu_NcLGtYhXexdQwPhT2OWPBXkoXVOGiGB9hw-ECanveonzeu604sVlenuXINWn2fwGAq55z17KDYF8X4fLiY6uPMYBf9skHHk_jy/s1600-h/Gray+Joe+03.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5156131337625113074" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 70px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 81px" height="103" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOmuuoq1CIcaxKYhIUboDZ-B7bpS1yjSGBISgl5TBUu_NcLGtYhXexdQwPhT2OWPBXkoXVOGiGB9hw-ECanveonzeu604sVlenuXINWn2fwGAq55z17KDYF8X4fLiY6uPMYBf9skHHk_jy/s200/Gray+Joe+03.jpg" width="67" border="0" /></a>From Passover to Shavuot? From Easter to Pentecost? Do these two springtime journeys have anything in common? As believers in Yeshua, both Jew and Gentile, what can we learn from this coincidence of the calendar?<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ3R1O2ZAGeIK-HFGXP529kksmDYutPLNLUDLTtPCarRpz_R9T3vRDpjnZVz7vs5zgg2v5dWIRwzOltIIj7JAt7I9TPyHO_Lm0kyaPyEkzxQCy3xxYT2IsZErck-btrIErVWOppIteGYJq/s1600-h/MPj04333680000%5B1%5D.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ3R1O2ZAGeIK-HFGXP529kksmDYutPLNLUDLTtPCarRpz_R9T3vRDpjnZVz7vs5zgg2v5dWIRwzOltIIj7JAt7I9TPyHO_Lm0kyaPyEkzxQCy3xxYT2IsZErck-btrIErVWOppIteGYJq/s200/MPj04333680000%5B1%5D.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5200982897616509266" /></a>Passover, the Feast of Unleavened Bread, is now behind us. It is the feast that commemorates God’s miraculous redemption of the Jewish people from bondage in Egypt. Beginning on the second night of Passover, observant Jews fulfill the ancient tradition known as the Counting of the Omer. This tradition counts successively the 49 days between Passover and the next great spring feast, Shavuot; this year, Shavuot begins on the evening of Sunday, June 8. <br /><br />What is the significance of this ancient custom? There are two major explanations for the Counting of the Omer. (There are more, but space will only allow for the two major most common explanations). <br /><br />The first explanation is rooted in history and rabbinic tradition. The ancient rabbinic tradition says the 49 days mark the time of the journey of the children of Israel from redemption in Egypt to God’s great revelation at Mount Sinai. Accordingly, every Jewish person is encouraged to utilize this period of counting to further their own personal journey toward God and greater Torah observance in his or her life. The season becomes not only a time of remembrance of Israel’s journey but a symbolic picture of the human soul’s longing and journey toward God.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGdGRwqt_jPzML4zjT2119YtrG-TD8ml1MS9YuVT0l70Im3J2iwc5tQD9sndff2Qc1SYLCTAxz20giG0uYRkc4bsll3DOIbDIey0JUfSsQTrWc0MiFYsz6Zu20CoBqVRWAn_f5ieL0Vl2-/s1600-h/MPj04277550000%5B1%5D.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGdGRwqt_jPzML4zjT2119YtrG-TD8ml1MS9YuVT0l70Im3J2iwc5tQD9sndff2Qc1SYLCTAxz20giG0uYRkc4bsll3DOIbDIey0JUfSsQTrWc0MiFYsz6Zu20CoBqVRWAn_f5ieL0Vl2-/s200/MPj04277550000%5B1%5D.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5200983984243235170" /></a> The second explanation is agricultural. Shavuot, following 49 days after the beginning of Passover, is also the great spring harvest festival. In the Land of Israel, it was the time for gathering in the spring grain harvest and for giving thanks to God for His provision. In Leviticus 23, we read that a measurement of grain was to be offered up on the second day of Passover as a First Fruits offering. This offering was also a symbol of the harvest yet to come. The First Fruits offering was presented after the Passover ‘Sabbath’ (the first day of Passover) was concluded on the second day of Passover.<br /><br />Because no work – such as harvesting – could be done on the Sabbath, this ceremony’s offering of grain was set aside prior to Passover. In the year that Messiah Yeshua (Jesus) was nailed to the tree there were, most likely, two consecutive Sabbaths: the weekly Sabbath and the first day of Passover (a day kept as a Sabbath). This meant that the First Fruits offering was probably reserved on Thursday and then not offered until the third day (the first day of the week or our Sunday). <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjumSOWkNKPlnj_B7XTOP5efoPKELC0moRKWujnnJ6qEjFPM8U8_MhA9syFPnULofMZFHApYn4qvhQjdShHmeoZCp-OB0GYQXIEwlBydRWrMGVcM4Xf5Qiqx1IFNUPHTwjE3bzB1enxfnUj/s1600-h/104-0412_img.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjumSOWkNKPlnj_B7XTOP5efoPKELC0moRKWujnnJ6qEjFPM8U8_MhA9syFPnULofMZFHApYn4qvhQjdShHmeoZCp-OB0GYQXIEwlBydRWrMGVcM4Xf5Qiqx1IFNUPHTwjE3bzB1enxfnUj/s200/104-0412_img.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5200984722977610098" /></a>Suddenly God’s purposes become clear as we study this amazing alignment of holidays. A Jewish believer named Sha’ul (the Apostle Paul) wrote in 1 Corinthians 15:20: <em>“Messiah has been raised from the dead, the first fruits of the resurrection!” </em><br /><br />He goes on in verse 23 to clarify, <em>“Messiah is the first fruit of the resurrection. Those who belong to Messiah are part of the resurrection harvest to come!”</em><br /><br />I believe that, in the year Yeshua our Passover Lamb was sacrificed, at the very moment the Jewish priest held up the symbolic First Fruits offering, Yeshua was being raised by His Father from the grave.<br /><br />What amazing good news! Yeshua has overcome sin and death by His sacrificial death and resurrection. But even better news is coming! Just as we carefully count the omer from Passover and, 49 days later, see the great spring harvest festival of Shavuot or Pentecost, we can remember that Yeshua is just the first fruits of the resurrection harvest to come! <br /><br />Praise God, we who have trusted in Yeshua are a part of the great harvest that God has promised in Messiah!<br /><br />Have a wonderful, joyous, Spirit-filled Shavuot!Chosen People Ministries (Canada)http://www.blogger.com/profile/09911139712298291785noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3159810933596295128.post-64014330286521944832008-04-02T07:19:00.000-07:002008-11-13T06:23:09.474-08:00A Passover Marriage Proposal?By Joseph Gray, Canadian Director<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOmuuoq1CIcaxKYhIUboDZ-B7bpS1yjSGBISgl5TBUu_NcLGtYhXexdQwPhT2OWPBXkoXVOGiGB9hw-ECanveonzeu604sVlenuXINWn2fwGAq55z17KDYF8X4fLiY6uPMYBf9skHHk_jy/s1600-h/Gray+Joe+03.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5156131337625113074" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 70px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 81px" height="103" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOmuuoq1CIcaxKYhIUboDZ-B7bpS1yjSGBISgl5TBUu_NcLGtYhXexdQwPhT2OWPBXkoXVOGiGB9hw-ECanveonzeu604sVlenuXINWn2fwGAq55z17KDYF8X4fLiY6uPMYBf9skHHk_jy/s200/Gray+Joe+03.jpg" width="67" border="0" /></a>On the first evening of the Passover Festival (first two nights outside of Israel) Jewish people gather in their homes to celebrate the Passover Seder. This gathering has its roots in the ritual meal commanded by God in Exodus 12 and 13. In each generation Jewish people participate in the miracle of redemption from bondage in Egypt, through the tastes, sounds, songs, story and symbols shared at the Passover Seder. It is as if we ourselves are reliving the redemption from Egypt (Exodus 13:8).<br /><br />In addition to the key symbols of the <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0HvzqR9d8eMlocOut6ci5f1cB50_tL946Zol2-hvY03Vwgz4zslpYgljc4c_XXV3khxVKz1MRq8h3noXsdeBGz392jnwehPWJzGLmCBP9cNhMh9K9DjjM_V3XNB5tLZR6kKQJE0TfNvAx/s1600-h/MPj04317050000%5B1%5D.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0HvzqR9d8eMlocOut6ci5f1cB50_tL946Zol2-hvY03Vwgz4zslpYgljc4c_XXV3khxVKz1MRq8h3noXsdeBGz392jnwehPWJzGLmCBP9cNhMh9K9DjjM_V3XNB5tLZR6kKQJE0TfNvAx/s200/MPj04317050000%5B1%5D.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5184657361749153154" /></a>matzo (unleavened bread) and the roasted shank bone (symbolic of the Passover Lamb and sacrifice), there are many other symbols, ritual dippings and tastings which help us to relive the exodus event in every generation at Passover. Among those beautiful and rich Passover traditions are the four cups of wine that are blessed and drunk during the Passover Seder.<br /><br />There are a number of marvelous rabbinic interpretations regarding the meaning of the four cups of wine. One of these traditions ties the four cups to the four <em>“I will”</em> promises made by God to Israel in Exodus 6:6-7. <em>“I will bring you out.” “I will deliver you.” “I will redeem you.” “I will make you my own.” </em><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii5ZCqu6KkcEohBQ1vdmuOp7lBwhqc7YkCjL6df0aI0GIL1EuFKyzsxANAn4NcmNKkVqIFCLxkuC0Ganaa6Vq_knlGXvJU6bfT2lNWjLTdHIx6_MvyeZa9l7xDT9PjH2p85T_uvD5ru71q/s1600-h/j0399594.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii5ZCqu6KkcEohBQ1vdmuOp7lBwhqc7YkCjL6df0aI0GIL1EuFKyzsxANAn4NcmNKkVqIFCLxkuC0Ganaa6Vq_knlGXvJU6bfT2lNWjLTdHIx6_MvyeZa9l7xDT9PjH2p85T_uvD5ru71q/s200/j0399594.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5184658014584182162" /></a>As Messianic believers in Yeshua (Jesus), we recognize that it is the third cup, the Cup of Redemption traditionally blessed and drunk after the meal, that holds particular significance to our faith. It was most likely this cup that Yeshua lifted, blessed and said to His <em>talmidim</em> (disciples), <em>“Take and drink. This is my blood of the New Covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins”</em> (Matthew 26:27-28).<br /><br />Interestingly, there is a fifth <em>“I will”</em> promise made by God to Israel in Exodus 6:8. <em>"I will bring you into the Land.” </em> This is a promise rich in both prophetic and messianic hope. If one understands and interprets God’s fourth promise, <em>“I will take you as my own,” </em>in the apparent marriage betrothal language it represents (God is proposing to His <em>“beloved”</em> Israel), then the full picture of this beautiful redemption event begins to emerge.<br /><br />Yeshua, our beautiful bridegroom, has shed His own blood to redeem His <em>“beloved”</em> Israel and those from every tribe and nation who have been grafted into His covenant people by grace through faith. In accordance with the custom of the ancient Jewish bridegroom, Yeshua tells His beloved bride, <em>“I go to prepare a place for you. I will come back and take you to be with me”</em> (John 14:3).<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfilmuQFvyxxejOedI6synVj6KAvsYmGhsfpqzZPgZ7ngD29a6u2OAb612NjpqAkGJ0vdHd4GzLL4_E10938zDBzzPsdrh7gUJnQUEHQbhiWDUpVi3tqZHXwYxeZLykwMs2N8DHBTABxhN/s1600-h/j0433271.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfilmuQFvyxxejOedI6synVj6KAvsYmGhsfpqzZPgZ7ngD29a6u2OAb612NjpqAkGJ0vdHd4GzLL4_E10938zDBzzPsdrh7gUJnQUEHQbhiWDUpVi3tqZHXwYxeZLykwMs2N8DHBTABxhN/s200/j0433271.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5184658585814832546" /></a>Yeshua, our Passover Lamb and beautiful bridegroom, is coming back for His bride. At Passover we celebrate, not only the past remembrance of redemption from bondage in Egypt, but we look forward with great hope and anticipation to the coming joyful wedding feast of the Lamb (Hosea 2:19, Revelation 19:9).<br /><br />Chag Sameach! Have a joyous Passover!<br /><br />PS: Chosen People Ministries is holding a Passover Seder banquet on Saturday, April 26 (11:30 am - 4:00 pm) and we'd love you to join us! Tickets are $35 each (advance purchase required). Everyone is welcome. Call us at 416-250-0177 to reserve your seat.Chosen People Ministries (Canada)http://www.blogger.com/profile/09911139712298291785noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3159810933596295128.post-69939351376235520002008-02-11T07:14:00.000-08:002008-11-13T06:23:10.178-08:00Purim, the Festival of LotsBy Joseph Gray, Canadian Director<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOmuuoq1CIcaxKYhIUboDZ-B7bpS1yjSGBISgl5TBUu_NcLGtYhXexdQwPhT2OWPBXkoXVOGiGB9hw-ECanveonzeu604sVlenuXINWn2fwGAq55z17KDYF8X4fLiY6uPMYBf9skHHk_jy/s1600-h/Gray+Joe+03.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5156131337625113074" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 70px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 81px" height="103" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOmuuoq1CIcaxKYhIUboDZ-B7bpS1yjSGBISgl5TBUu_NcLGtYhXexdQwPhT2OWPBXkoXVOGiGB9hw-ECanveonzeu604sVlenuXINWn2fwGAq55z17KDYF8X4fLiY6uPMYBf9skHHk_jy/s200/Gray+Joe+03.jpg" width="67" border="0" /></a>Purim was always one of my favourite holidays as a boy growing up in a Jewish home. Everything about Purim seemed delightfully designed to please children. This, after all, was the only time of the year when we were actually encouraged by our parents to make noise in the synagogue! <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpWkGe5fOfFwLQ9P2pIidzKELuqTRPwbh8PNhXg5GBlmGfC-P3BMOGj2IS9Nn4EfVo9RooLs-5ZrXwoKpnYzHefbEt7nPYFvBNDUv9rkAS53dyrfJh1fzjaahT_GSJd4KoimFHfKP0ZJCE/s1600-h/j0341678.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpWkGe5fOfFwLQ9P2pIidzKELuqTRPwbh8PNhXg5GBlmGfC-P3BMOGj2IS9Nn4EfVo9RooLs-5ZrXwoKpnYzHefbEt7nPYFvBNDUv9rkAS53dyrfJh1fzjaahT_GSJd4KoimFHfKP0ZJCE/s200/j0341678.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5165747385468068530" /></a>During Purim we dressed up in costumes and put on Purim plays and Purim bazaars complete with games and food. The whole holiday took on a spirit of make believe and joyous fun. <em>Hamantaschen</em>, a special three-cornered Purim pastry, would add a sweet taste that was enjoyed by all. In the synagogue, <em>Megillah Esther </em>(the Book of Esther) was read while the audience loudly whirled their <em>groggers</em> (special Purim noise-makers) to drown out the name of Haman each time he was mentioned in the story. These holiday activities are still enjoyed in every synagogue today.<br /><br />But, how does one make sense of a holiday where up is down and down is up? Even the name, <em>Purim</em>, is not a Hebrew name like the other Jewish festivals; it is a Persian word meaning <em>lots</em>. The holiday got its name from the lots that Haman drew to determine the day on which he would carry out his evil plan to destroy the Jewish people. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7GSMcO9Xjcp19fdM67u3TGaoEW8ISAQgbpzkQABozCSYc2z-jcXmDZiVfteYt8_fqXRmQDnFbNzqO6rDKwA9UkWqXV_JPKbBjUyLts7ZSR8zJreoFSjHESnvmnnUchpSJN9JhfWvm3MXh/s1600-h/j0309700.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7GSMcO9Xjcp19fdM67u3TGaoEW8ISAQgbpzkQABozCSYc2z-jcXmDZiVfteYt8_fqXRmQDnFbNzqO6rDKwA9UkWqXV_JPKbBjUyLts7ZSR8zJreoFSjHESnvmnnUchpSJN9JhfWvm3MXh/s200/j0309700.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5165747084820357794" /></a>The story of Purim, recorded in the Book of Esther, is one of suspense and intrigue. It reads like a modern mystery novel, complete with surprising twists and turns and high drama. <br /><br />The story recounts how God chose a young Jewish girl, raised her up to become queen of Persia and eventually used her to help save her people from destruction. The plan to destroy the Jewish people (one of many throughout history) was devised by the wicked prime minister of Persia (modern day Iran), Haman. <br /><br />Haman’s hatred for the Jewish people was rooted in pride and jealousy, but there is a much deeper spiritual drama going on the story of Esther that is still going on today. <br /><br />According to the Book of Esther, Haman was an Agagite, a descendent of Amalek. Amalek you may remember was the wicked king who came out against the children of Israel as they wandered in the desert. Amalek took no pity on Israel, destroying the weakest among them – those who fell behind. For this reason, God commanded the children of Israel to <em>“blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven”</em> (Deuteronomy 25:19). The first king of Israel, Saul, failed to fully obey this commandment from God. Seeking compromise, he allowed Agag (Haman’s ancestor), king of Amalek, to survive after God had delivered him into his hands. <br /><br />The story of Esther is a story of invisible spiritual warfare and miraculous deliverance and victory. It is a battle that continues to this day. In our daily lives, each of us faces and confronts Hamans from within and without. Haman tells us to believe the lie that God cannot help us. God, he says, is far away, distant. Haman declares that God’s promises cannot be counted on today. The only thing that matters is human power, intellect and achievement. <br /><br />This is why the story of Esther is so important. God turns our human reasoning upside down. Using an unknown, powerless Jewish girl, He acted to save the Jewish people from Haman’s evil plans for destruction. <br /><br />It is even more interesting that, in the Book of Esther, the name of God is not mentioned even once. God seems to be invisible in this whole drama. But here we discover the main point of the story of Esther. At those moments when things seem darkest, when God seems to be invisible and distant, get ready for the surprise ending. Our God is a living God Who saves. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm1qOvdtB5z3aqMHTM1zUjqSyWvLvVndL0gCeOynCfGJIGuP2hfdORompmBW0G2hpAmNDKer_w53TreV5UZNbDOX9HIDRsdamlpcodggTG4DU1qGuXgh1gFs7v9BNc9GF-EsJQr5voSIdS/s1600-h/j0400142.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm1qOvdtB5z3aqMHTM1zUjqSyWvLvVndL0gCeOynCfGJIGuP2hfdORompmBW0G2hpAmNDKer_w53TreV5UZNbDOX9HIDRsdamlpcodggTG4DU1qGuXgh1gFs7v9BNc9GF-EsJQr5voSIdS/s200/j0400142.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5165744825667560082" /></a><em>“In the fullness of time God sent His son to redeem those who were under the Law that we might receive adoption as sons” </em>(Galations 4:4-5). Yeshua, whose very name means <em>God saves</em>, continues to surprise us with His saving love.<br /><br />Have a happy and joyful Purim.<br /><br />(This year, Purim begins on the evening of Thursday, March 20.)Chosen People Ministries (Canada)http://www.blogger.com/profile/09911139712298291785noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3159810933596295128.post-21004280722448573472008-01-16T07:51:00.000-08:002008-11-13T06:23:10.480-08:00Tu B'Shevat, the New Year of the Trees<span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">By Joseph Gray, Canadian Director</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOmuuoq1CIcaxKYhIUboDZ-B7bpS1yjSGBISgl5TBUu_NcLGtYhXexdQwPhT2OWPBXkoXVOGiGB9hw-ECanveonzeu604sVlenuXINWn2fwGAq55z17KDYF8X4fLiY6uPMYBf9skHHk_jy/s1600-h/Gray+Joe+03.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5156131337625113074" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 70px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 81px" height="103" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOmuuoq1CIcaxKYhIUboDZ-B7bpS1yjSGBISgl5TBUu_NcLGtYhXexdQwPhT2OWPBXkoXVOGiGB9hw-ECanveonzeu604sVlenuXINWn2fwGAq55z17KDYF8X4fLiY6uPMYBf9skHHk_jy/s200/Gray+Joe+03.jpg" width="67" border="0" /></a>Have you heard of the Jewish festival of Tu b’Shevat? You may have wondered about this minor Jewish festival. Is it biblical? How did it begin? How is it celebrated? Does it have any significance to us as believers in Yeshua (Jesus)?</span><br /><br /><br /><div><div><div><div><div><p><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;color:#009900;"><strong>Scriptural Roots</strong></span></span> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwtoo_5qDboXBrItRcEtVHsVBgebpy7qZTrkFKCg5QTRDvbfV7FLjUHmglKdRY5awNYFw2XKRdQocq_quLrfg85ICosBpLNxqUnaZGGHIp7yN8AdO_EkvZkPa6EyYO8hpfG5p9nX1Cbst6/s1600-h/j0422714.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5156104021633110466" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 231px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 151px" height="151" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwtoo_5qDboXBrItRcEtVHsVBgebpy7qZTrkFKCg5QTRDvbfV7FLjUHmglKdRY5awNYFw2XKRdQocq_quLrfg85ICosBpLNxqUnaZGGHIp7yN8AdO_EkvZkPa6EyYO8hpfG5p9nX1Cbst6/s320/j0422714.jpg" width="208" border="0" /></a></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong><em>Tu b’Shevat</em></strong> is the Jewish <strong><em>New Year of the Trees</em></strong>. It is a holiday found in Jewish and Talmudic (or rabbinic) tradition, but certainly has roots in the Torah (the five books of Moses).<br /><br />Let me explain. In D’Varim (Deuteronomy) and elsewhere, we read of the commandment of the tithe in the Land of Israel.<br /><br /><em>“And it shall be to you when you come into the land which the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance and you possess it and dwell in it, that you shall take some of the first fruit of the produce of the ground which the Lord your God is giving you and put it in a basket and go to the place where the Lord your God chooses to make His Name abide”</em> <span style="font-size:85%;">(D’Varim / Deuteronomy 26:1-2).<br /></span><br />According to the rabbis, it was from the 15th of Shevat (or <em>Tu b’Shevat</em>) that the fiscal year for the accounting of the tithe of the fruit crop ended and began again – hence, the New Year of the Trees.<br /><br />Also according to tradition, this is the time of the year in Israel when the sap begins to run again in the fruit trees, signaling the renewal of life, the coming hope of spring and the prospect of a new harvest season.<br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#009900;">The Meaning for Followers of Yeshua</span></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;">Although the feast does not have a scriptural mandate, it does have deep spiritual significance for us as followers of Yeshua.<br /><br />For example, in D’Varim / Deuteronomy 20:19-20 we find God’s commandment regarding the sanctity of life even during times of war. When Israel was engaged in a lengthy siege of an enemy city, God commanded them to protect those trees that bear fruit and not to harm them in any way. Beyond the obvious implications of this command – that all life is created by God and is therefore precious – why would God give such an odd commandment? Was Israel to understand that fruit-bearing trees must be protected even in time of war, but other trees that do not bear fruit are less worthy and may be destroyed?<br /><br />The answer to this question and the deeper spiritual significance of this commandment comes in the second part of verse 19, <em>“For man is a tree of the field.”<br /></em><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTlTlvAkdhB8g9v2NORWgXCHs_o6ndS8QXurMqcANzfe-0i34HZ5k77owg9FIryPuhyphenhyphenIb5OuZUevTobbjrEG2pPYrYLxz_sF1eCRqs32WGuPl39VNUzlKtve7EW58iDs94tUtHzeWJk357/s1600-h/j0434066.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTlTlvAkdhB8g9v2NORWgXCHs_o6ndS8QXurMqcANzfe-0i34HZ5k77owg9FIryPuhyphenhyphenIb5OuZUevTobbjrEG2pPYrYLxz_sF1eCRqs32WGuPl39VNUzlKtve7EW58iDs94tUtHzeWJk357/s200/j0434066.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5156962405206954626" /></a><br />Many centuries later, Yeshua Himself made clear what these verses teach us about spiritual growth when He said:<br /><br /><em>“I am the vine and you are the branches. If you abide in me you will bear much fruit. Apart from me you can do nothing. If anyone does not abide in me they are cast out as a branch and is withered, and they gather them and throw them into the fire and they are burned”</em> <span style="font-size:85%;">(John 15: 5-6).<br /></span><br />You are precious to God. You have been created in His image to bear fruit in this world. If you are a disciple of Yeshua, His living Spirit dwells within you.<br /><br />Like the running sap of the fruit trees, His Spirit within in you may not always be visible to the naked eye, but He is there. His Spirit at work within you is the hope and promise of new life (resurrection!) and the down payment of the fruit harvest yet to come.<br /><br />Abide in the life-giving root, Yeshua of Nazareth. He is a tree of life for all who will cling to Him!<br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#009900;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT2aKEbuTa1194aJkeXaOUgbj891-qX8At0p4g7ORZzlDz2fHQQFb3Ds_Kdj-2jzk9sg49eRSwVz2A6xrb4rG14GxxHBS5tZmqPxapw1uOrMebXUFhPKX4SZ3i5oIle2Q0-14q2fbtCXOQ/s1600-h/j0402107.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5156103454697427378" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 129px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 180px" height="167" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT2aKEbuTa1194aJkeXaOUgbj891-qX8At0p4g7ORZzlDz2fHQQFb3Ds_Kdj-2jzk9sg49eRSwVz2A6xrb4rG14GxxHBS5tZmqPxapw1uOrMebXUFhPKX4SZ3i5oIle2Q0-14q2fbtCXOQ/s320/j0402107.jpg" width="105" border="0" /></a>Celebrate Tu b'Shevat</span></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GNyFAJGms44/R4zyr6rgWmI/AAAAAAAAACs/NW4XeYYyqfQ/s1600-h/j0387873.jpg"></a>Modern Jewish people who celebrate Tu b’Shevat often joyously sample the various fruits of the Land of Israel while studying passages from the Torah.<br /><br />This year, Tu b’Shevat falls on January 22. I encourage you to sample some of Israel’s fruit harvest and spend some time dwelling in God’s Word on that particular day.<br /><br />May the taste of Israel’s fruit serve as a sweet reminder of the eternal fruit we have been created to bear in Yeshua.<br /><br />Have a fruitful Tu b’Shevat!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmF7rJvT6kUGmyE1Lk4-LakTHYSd9GMa8RLHhyY9IllkDMa1TLUVHkiP9rLmI8wUiAqGQuO-e1Taq7dCQ1_BPULi4YAJTrjiDa1petg9b98Y3V7lwHYuKAXbuUdYtleq3Oy4VrZeFHIfT4/s1600-h/Blog+Logo+-+endpost.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmF7rJvT6kUGmyE1Lk4-LakTHYSd9GMa8RLHhyY9IllkDMa1TLUVHkiP9rLmI8wUiAqGQuO-e1Taq7dCQ1_BPULi4YAJTrjiDa1petg9b98Y3V7lwHYuKAXbuUdYtleq3Oy4VrZeFHIfT4/s200/Blog+Logo+-+endpost.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5156509522380427890" /></a><br /><br /></span></p></div></div></div></div></div>Chosen People Ministries (Canada)http://www.blogger.com/profile/09911139712298291785noreply@blogger.com8