Stay The Course

I forgot to publish this day, so here it is.  Today we said good bye to the Galilee region.  We spent a good 6 days there, but now we headed south.  Today we travelled to Masada and spent awhile there.  Masada was a mountain top palace designed by and for Herod the Great.  Around 70 [...]

This was our final day.  We took a long walk through the old city.  It was fairly quiet since it was Sabbath, but some of the Arab shops were open.  We spent some time in what would have been the Antonia Fortress.  We stood at “The Pavement” where Jesus allowed himself to be beaten for [...]

Today we started at the Southern steps to the Temple Mount.  We went over John 9, the man who was healed by the Lord and told to go wash in the pool of Siloam.  We then went over to the Southwest corner and walked on the street level that Jesus walked on.  I’ve included a [...]

We started the day with a Bible Study at EnGedi where David hid from Saul.  1 Samuel 24 records the situation, what a chapter and what a great number of lessons we benefit from.  The group saw some Ibex and some Conies.  Remember we’re told 2 things about the Conies, “they are a feeble folk” [...]

Today we started on the Arbel, it was pretty overcast, but still many saw the view.  This most likely was where Jesus “went into a mountain to pray” while the disciples were in the boat toiling in rowing.  He then proceeded to walk on the water by them.  It’s just to remind us that Jesus [...]

Today was a great day, then again every day is a great day in Israel.  We started in Caesarea, and we had a Bible Study in “the place of hearing” found in Acts 25.23.  This is the Theatre where the Apostle Paul gave his great testimony before Agrippa & Bernice.  It was amazing.  Then we [...]

Today we went started out the day at Caesarea Philippi.  We had a Bible study out of Matthew 16-17 concerning our Lords revelation about the establishment of the Church, his discussion about his death, and then the Glory of who he really is.  We then went to Tel-Dan and had a great Bible study about [...]

Time is flying by so quickly, but I keep hearing from the group, “It’s only day 3, and we’ve seen so much!”  They are blown away.  Some observations about a group made up primarily of “newbies”.  Number 1, they mostly start up very reserved, almost like Presbyterians (the frozen chosen).  Then over the course of [...]

We started the day in Matthew 5, going over the Beatitudes on the Mount overlooking the Galilee.  What a way to start the day!  We then went to Tabka where Jesus commissioned Peter, James and John, and where Jesus asked Peter to “feed my sheep” (John 21).  We then went to Capernaum for another Study [...]

Day 1 seems longer than Joshua’s longest.  We arrived with great anticipation, and great exhaustion.  Most of the new people are so excited, they’re like kids on Christmas Eve, so they can’t sleep.  We had a new plane, and 150 empty seats!  I was able to lay down for a few hours and get [...]