Cairo: Jesus in Egypt & God's Unusual Leaning
God seldom gives us all we need to understand, but He always gives us what we need in order to obey. The story of Jesus in Egypt as a boy offers a...
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Sep 16, 2018 10:00:26 PM
More than any other experience, a tour to Israel puts the real in “reality.” How? The experience changes the way you read your Bible. I’ve personally seen in the lives of hundreds of Christians. It absolutely can happen for you as well.
Here are 3 iron-clad benefits you will receive when you journey to Israel.
A journey to the Holy Land provides you a deeper, clearer, and more vibrant understanding of the Bible. Context means more than mere words on the page. It also includes the setting of the action—including its history and geography—the stage upon which the events took place. That’s why a tour to Israel is so valuable.
You’ll get a better grab on the context. And that truth—God’s Word—will change your life.
(Photo: Capernaum synagogue. Courtesy of the Pictorial Library of Bible Lands)
Going to Israel will permanently mark your life and change the way you understand the Bible. How?
These very subjective elements can be used in studying the objective truth of God’s Word. Jesus said it this way:
If I speak of earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I speak of heavenly things? —John 3:12
The truth we see in earthly, physical things gives credence to those heavenly untouchables God tells us about.
The Bible bursts with geographical references, and you will discover that when you study the Bible, having seen where its events actually occurred, the Holy Spirit uses more than words to teach you. More than knowledge, the relationship involves your emotions and imagination.
(Photo: Sea of Galilee. Courtesy of the Pictorial Library of Bible Lands)
Coming to the Holy Land will give your faith a newness and a youthfulness—a first love, of sorts—because you better understand what God is saying in His Word. The context becomes more clear.
What is it that causes millions of people to come to Israel each year? In a survey I did of hundreds of travelers:
God used these biblical places to mold the lives of His people in the biblical narrative. He still does.
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