(Picture: High Altar in Dan [about 2 miles from Caesarea Philippi])
Hello Fellow Travelers.
It's Thursday and time to get those last minute things done. Tomorrow we leave from San Diego and L.A. to meet in Washington DC, our international flight departure city.
This will probably be the last entry in the blog until we arrive in Israel on Saturday. I thought I would tell you about another of our stops, Tel Dan.
Dan was one of the sons of Jacob. In the distribution of land, his tribe was given a portion from the west of Jerusalem to the "Great" Sea. (You can read about the area in Joshua 19:40-48.)
Dan was not content with his inheritance in Judah and settled his tribe in the land of Manasseh, lending his name to the area and setting up idolatrous worship. This idolatry would plague Israel many days.
We're told in I Kings 12 that Jeraboam set up golden calves in Dan and Bethel to prevent people from going to Jerusalem to worship.
Although Dan was not the furthest point north in Israel, it was symbolically so. When one wanted to talk about the entire nation of Israel they might say, "...from Dan to Beersheba..."
From the phone calls and emails I've received lately, I know many of you are as excited as I am about our trip, and rightly so. I agree with Jack Hayford (Church On The Way) who said, "A trip to Israel will change your life."
Shalom.
Pastor Rick
2 comments:
Hi guys!
We hope you had a good flight and arrived safe! We are looking forward to hearing from you! Let us know how you guys are you doing as soon as you can! We love you very very much!
Grandma says Hi! :)
P.S. Kyle- what is the password for the wireless internet?
and how do we use your net flix? :) Thanks!!
Kristin,Skyler and Grandma
Pastor Rick,
We are set up with a connection to internet and iChat is running (barefootonrock).
Do you want to do "Live from the Holy Land"?
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