Israel Here We Come

This morning we have been preparing to go to the church, gather with a group of Christians, go tothe the airport and begin our trip to Israel. We have been planning this for some months. What is the purpose of this? The history of that part of the world is certainly important. That is where it all began. There is no doubt that mankind owes a great debt to those early civilizations who charted so many ways, as we learned in our early civilization courses in high school. But the important events that occurred over there happened quite recently as time goes. And it all transpired by the will of God. And the Son of God charted a Way that cannot be equaled. For He gave importance to that which is not passing, but that which is eternal. Therefore we go to honor Him. We go to see where he walked. We listen to His history in a sort of first hand way. We bow down before Him as we view the places where He suffered. And unlike many of the early men who in their ingenuity and skill found fire, learned to trade and barter, built machines, etc.,etc., this One came to fix things we could not fix. And to do it He died. So he fixed our sin problem. And we thank Him for it. And we go to honor Him....