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Jerusalem: City of God

In 2010 Joy and I had the won-derful opportunity to visit Israel. To walk where Jesus walked; to sail across the Sea of Galilee where Jesus and his disciples crossed; to enter the gates of Jerusalem and visit the Holy City and say a prayer at the wall of the ancient Temple where Jesus challenged the religious Pharisees (and predicted that this temple would be destroyed—and it was in A.D.70 by the Romans); to be at the Mount of Olives and walk down through the Garden of Gethsemane to the place of the skull where Jesus was crucified; and then enter the tomb where Jesus lay dead for three days, and upon exiting read the sign, “He is not here, he is risen,” made God’s Word, the Bible, and his message of salvation leap right off the pages of history.

All of this, plus overlooking the city of Bethlehem where Jesus was born, was a life-changing experience.

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