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Overnight at Dead Sea. Lot and his women!! Death and distruction and yet the grace of God to save a handful.
Masada in the morning. What a site! I remember the story of the widow woman and children that were left behind after all the death at Masada. I wonder if the leader at Masada planned to have these left alive so that the real story could be told, an not just the Roman ‘spin.’ What happened to the woman and children after this? Did the zealots ever use the ruins of Herod’s palace?
On to En Gedi. A beautiful day for a walk. This beautiful lush green site in the middle of the desert. We say several gazelles. There must have been women at times that lived in this small valley with David or even Saul and his men. A beautiful site and a great strategic stronghold over the centuries.
On to Jerusalem. It never fails to move me as we drive up, up, up to Jerusalem. I sit on the edge of my seat looking out the window to catch the first glimpse of the Golden Dome on Mt. Moriah that marks the spot where the Temple was located. We stop at an overlook to take in the view. The most holy spot on the earth. The place where God not only dwelt in the Holy of Holies, but walked and talked as Jesus.
I guess if non-jewish have to be in control of the site today, at least God has led them to build a beautiful golden dome for His hill, His city. Psalm 122: “Where the tribes go up….pray for the peace of Jerusalem.” The only peace will come when Jesus returns.
Early this morning I read Haggai and Ezra. As I view the Temple Mount it is good to remember that when the Second Temple was built, the old men cried as they remembered the splendor of the past – of the First Temple. Ezra 6:14.
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