An Unusual Day

Above is a picture of the most unusual opportunity that arose today. Because our tour guide is a volunteer director of a charity that makes provisions for the North Israel Army, we had the most wonderful opportunity to go to the front line bunkers, literally on the border of Lebanon where the watchmen protect the border with high power rifles. We could see Lebanese bunkers where their watchmen were watching us. Phenonmenal!!
Above is Terry looking through THEIR binoculars....!!!! We were also there as these young Israeli soldiers (ages 18-23yrs.) were loading their guns to go out on patrol.
Above is a picture of a place during Jesus time of a pagan worship site called "the gates of hell." So when Jesus said "the gates of hell shall not prevail against the kingdom of God" it actually had a double meaning, the pagan shrine worship and the literal hell.
Here is a picture from the mount of beatitudes where Jesus taught and revealed those famous beatitudes in the bible. We actually read them up there on that mount. We were given a quiet time alone with God.
Then we went back and had dinner looking out at the sea of Galilee.
Shalom. The bus is leaving.