May 29 2015
I didn't find a 2915 Memorial Day Message
"In that day His feet will stand
on the Mount of Olives, which is in front of Jerusalem on the east; and the
Mount of Olives will split in its middle from east to west by a very large
valley, so that half of the mountain will move toward the north and the other
half toward the south" (Zechariah 14:4).
Hey Gang: It has been my joy to
open the memory bank and re-live some of those neat experiences that I was able
to enjoy in the land of the "apple of God's eye".
When asked what impacted on me the most? My response, “It changed the
Scriptures”. Now when I read of Jesus teaching and feeding the five
thousand, I have a bright and shiny picture of the place and see the thousands
of people sitting on the hillside, while Jesus opened His heart to them - not
only in spiritual food but in the miracle of the loaves and fishes.
When I as training to become an air
traffic controller, I had an old salt teacher who had been on the firing line
for more than twenty years. He was a seasoned pro that had literally
grown up with the development of the air traffic control systems. As I
was nearing check out day he said to me, “One of these days you will not see
these strips on the board that identify all you need to know about the
aircraft, you will see the aircraft flying around in perfect sequence in your
head.” I was not sure what he meant when he said it. A month or so
later I was up to my armpits with traffic when his prediction came true - I
actually saw the aircraft in my mind.
As I walked the land of Israel on my
more than ten trips, I found that same principle to be true. When I stood
in Gordon's Calvary and looked into the tomb where many feel Jesus’ body was
placed, it suddenly became bigger than life. And when we stood on the
Mount of Olives, wow, what a fiery sensation went through my heart and soul.
Looking down across the Kidron Valley
with the valley of Gehenna to my right and Gethsemane on the left and straight
ahead thousands of tomb stones of people who want to be resurrected first and
enter the Gate Beautiful (the Eastern Gate) with Him, is a sight to
behold. If you are born again and a child of His, this takes your breath
away. It is there that the stones will be removed and He will enter the
gate and take back what has always been rightfully His.
Are there controversies as to
what is the right place or the right time? Remember the rating system of
the guides –“Yes, it might have happened that way, or perhaps it did happen
that way or no, it could not have happened that way.”
But you see, it really did not matter
what the guide, said for my guide on those trips was that voice inside that
said, "Listen to my voice not the voice of a guide who does not even
know me as Lord". Read that sentence again - It does not matter
what the person across from you is trying to get you to believe, it is only
what God said through His Son and through His Word that will determine if your
name is written in His Book of Life and you will receive an invitation to the
marriage feast of the Lamb.
People ask, “Are you not scared to
death to go over to that place where killing is common?” After I remind
them that forty people were killed in Chicago last week, I tell them,
"Yes, I do have apprehension going over (and I emphasize going over) for
when you step on the tarmac at Ben Gurion Airport there is a peace that
surpasses all understanding that fills your heart of soul - but we do have to
go through Chicago or New York to get there! Besides what better place to
launched into the heavenlies than from Mount Zion, or the Mount of Olives or
any place else in Israel.
I pray you enjoyed your trip through
the Holy Land and you will recall some of these experiences when you come
across them in your study of God's Word.
Blessings, Gramps
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