(Picture 1: Herod Agrippa's Palace in Caesarea Philippi)
(Picture 2: High Altar discovered at Tel Dan)
(Picture 3: Boat Ride on Galilee)
Picture 4: Getting Orientation from our Guide, Mickey Nicholaev
What an exciting day we had today. It's difficult to reduce it to a few words for this blog. It started out with a boat ride on the Sea of Galilee. Along with seeing wonderful sights, we sang many Christian songs and several Israeli folk songs - IN HEBREW - well, sort of. We attempted to sing in Hebrew would be more like it.
The boat's crew had many of our group dancing traditional Hebrew dances. I have it all on digital movies. I think I'll offer it to the highest bidder to keep it off the internet! As I like to say, "In a two-hoot world, that was a hoot-and-a-half."
Another great stop for us was Tel Dan. Pictured above is a high altar. On one of the stones there was written in ancient Hebrew the words "the House of David." This is a profound historical confirmation of the biblical record.
Then we were off to Caesarea Philippi. It was in this area that Jesus asked His disciples who the Son of Man was. It was to Peter's response Jesus said He would "build His church and the gates of hades would not prevail against it."
We saw and experienced much more. You'll have to ask your friends and loved ones about it when they get back. Better yet, plan to make a trip to the Holy Land yourself in the future.
Shalom from Israel.
Pastor Rick
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