The bus took us to the top of Mt. Carmel. you remember Mt. Carmel; where Elijah confronted the priests of Baal. We stood in front of a ten foot statue of Elijah that overlooks the Jezreel valley below. This is also known as the Valley of Armageddon. Many believe that the final battle between good and evil will take place in this valley. Many believe that this is where the end will begin. "And they assembled them at the place which is called in Hebrew Armageddon." Revelation 16:16 I don't preted to understand all of Revelation. I don't pretend that it is telling us about things that actually will take place; but I do believe John chose this name to describe the final battle at the end of the age however it comes about. What I do know is that the church wins and those who remain steadfast have nothing to worry about.
Later the same day we checked into a beautiful hotel called the Hyatt Regency. Our room was wonderful! The dining room was very elaborate and a buffet was prepared with no holds barred. Everywhere we stayed we were treated with exceptional accommodations.
The next morning, March 17th was Sunday. We went to church! We attended "Christ Church!" A messianic church that was at the entrance of the Jaffe Gate. We took a cab and the cabby directed us down a covered walkway that goes into a Moselm shopping area. We walked and walked and finally Jim asked a man dressed in black with a turban on his head, where we could find Christ Church. This Moslem man told us to go back the way we came and if we liked he could take us. So we followed him back where we had gotten out of the cab and he pointed down the street and there it was. It would have bitten us if we had gotten any closer. Of course, Jim had to pay this man $15.00 for his trouble. By the time we entered the door of Christ Church, we were worn out from our walk. Even so, I was excited!
The service was about 2 1/2 hours. The music was very modern and wonderful. Had nothing on our worship services in America but was close. The small attendance filled the church and yet we sounded like the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. Losts of tradition! Did not partake of communion although I wanted to. They drank from one cup and I just couldn't do that. Marie said she would if Jim did; well Jim didn't! I loved it all! I loved the whole service! We even experienced some speaking in tongues, not to mention the lady who prayed forever.
We were on our own for lunch. Jim and I went for a walk around the hotel neighborhood and discovered Alominos Pizza. The clerk didn't speak much English but took our credit card willingly. I prayed he would only put in the cost of the pizza and nothing else. We ate our pizza outside on his porch. We then walked hand in hand back to the hotel and called the kids in Klamath Falls just to reassure them, that we were okay in spite of the news. There was political unrest in the area, however, we didn't see it nor feel it. Both sides of this argument that plagued the area, didn't want to upset the tourist industry, or so we thought. The day after we left, a Hebrew College was bombed. A month later a nearby hotel hosting a wedding was bombed. For He says to Moses; "I will have mercy on whom I have mercy and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion." "So then it does not depend on the man who wills or the man who runs, but on God who has mercy." Romans 9:14-16
"Now the promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. He does not say; "And to seeds", as referring to many, but rather to one; That is Christ." Galatians 3:16 "Christ redeemed us from the curse of the Law." Galatians 3:13a I suppose Israel will never find their way out of chaos until they realize that Christ has indeed come and has given us a way to go to the Father. To those who have ears; let them hear! By Jane Ann Crenshaw 9/28/09
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