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Doves – Symbol of the Holy Spirit
The Dove, symbol for the Holy Spirit. Throughout the Bible, the dove is a messenger of peace, restoration, and safety. The dove returns to Noah bringing an olive branch to show the flood had ended. After Jesus was baptized in … Continue reading
Bible instruction for destroying idols
In 1984, on my first of nine lengthy trips to Israel, I was eager to study Bible Archaeology to teach my Bible College students and friends. An English visitor who was boarding in the same Israeli home insisted I visit … Continue reading
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Tagged Bible archaeology, Cleansing, idols, Joshua, Solomon, Tel Hazor
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A Cleansing Stream
In Judaism, a mikveh (or sometimes mikvah) is a ritual bath for purification and cleansing to prepare worshippers to enter the temple. The name means “collection of water.” The water must come from a natural source such as a lake, … Continue reading
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Tagged baptism, Essenes, flowing water, Israel, John the Baptist, Jordan River, mikveh, unmoving water
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Rivers of Living Water
News Flash – Thank God for the Israel/Hamas Hostage Release agreement. May it move forward and be perfectly completed. The Jordan River divides Jordan (photo #1) from Israel (photo #2). Both countries share the river which is divided by a … Continue reading
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Tagged Civilizations, Essential to Life, living water, National Borders, Rivers, Water
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The Garden Tomb – “Peace be still!”
I’ve been blessed to be inside Jerusalem’s Garden Tomb several times. I’ve seen the extra space hollowed out to accommodate a man of taller than average height. Stillness and darkness ruled in that place for three days while guards stood … Continue reading
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Tagged Garden Tomb, Light Dispels Dark, Peace Be Still, Powerful Seeds, The Power of Life
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A Special Light
I’m not writing about Israel today, but I hope you’ll see the connection. Teaching in a small Christian college brought many special dividends. Students came from around the world and lived in our homes instead of in dorms. Sometimes their … Continue reading
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Tagged Book of Kells, Iona, Ireland, Scotland, St. Columba, Things we can't esplain
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The God Who Helps
As told in A Traveling Grandma’s Guide to Israel, my travel memoir of nine great trips there over forty years, I’ve had several unexplained experiences of divine help. Both times, the young woman with me and I were going to … Continue reading
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The Dead Sea Scrolls, God’s preserved Word
As we celebrate Independence Day in the United States, let’s also thank the Lord for the proof of His unchanging word preserved in the Dead Sea Scrolls. You probably know the story. In 1946, Bedouin boys searched for a lost … Continue reading
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Welcome to my land . . .
As shared in my fun, helpful memoir/travelogue, A Traveling Grandma’s Guide to Israel: Adventures, Wit, and Wisdom, there’s a wonderful, little-known network of Christian believers in Israel (if you can find them) that helps travelers know where to go, who … Continue reading
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Tagged Beatitudes, Graciousness, Hospitality, Israel, Sea of Galilee, Tours, Welcome!
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Powerful Keys
I don’t know when or where I learned to value keys or who explained the concept to me (probably one of my grandparents). I was young and whatever they said made me want them. I soon had a collection from … Continue reading
White donkeys for royalty
A white donkey on the Mount of Olives. A white royal donkey is often staked opposite the grove of ancient olive trees that is the Garden of Gethsemane on the Mount of Olives. They are called creams, have blue eyes, … Continue reading
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And God sent a Great Fish
Jonah 1:17 “1Now the Lord had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights. I took this photo of the “Great Fish” statue in Joppa, Israel, just steps … Continue reading
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“Behold, the lion of the tribe of Judah…”
Revelation 5:5 – “…And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof.” In Bible times, … Continue reading
The Steady, Plodding Donkey by Delores Topliff
I’m writing about donkeys today, seen frequently all over Israel—entering Jerusalem’s Old City gates and/or traveling networks of roads and trails everywhere—quiet, unassuming, but getting work done. In scripture, a donkey saved the prophet Balaam from the angel messenger’s sword … Continue reading
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