The time I’ve had in Israel has been a blessed privilege. I went to Tel Aviv for two days to visit a friend who I met when he came to Jeffreys Bay for a surf vacation. Tel Aviv was very hot in the daytime. So a wise decision was made to go to an air-conditioned museum in the day and to the beach in the afternoon.
We went to the Beth Hatefutsoth museum; the main theme was about the dispersion and persecution of the Jews from Israel to Western Europe and Eastern Asia.
I did feel there was some thing important that was lacking at the museum, let me explain, as children we often time told our friends of hidings we received, at school and home but were often reluctant to say why we got them or we were to prideful to admit we did wrong and deserved it, and many times we did not learn from the chastisement, and some times we did. God is the God of Israel, (all 12 tribes) Judah (Jews) being one of the tribes. He loves His people and in His scriptures (Torah) He says He is their protector and that also chastises those He loves (for our own benefit).
So when looking back in life’s history the question that is often left out is: Why?
When we fail to ask this we rob our selves and the generations to come of a valuable lesson. Yes not all persecution is of God, we have an enemy, Satan, the father of lies who seeks to rob, steal and destroy.
After Tel Aviv it was back to Jerusalem and then to Eilat for one night to get me Egyptian visa (free for South Africans). It was extremely hot in Eilat, but the sea, the Gulf of Eilat (north eastern tip of the Red Sea) was absolutely wonderful, cool and as clear as the air. My friend in Tel Aviv arranged free accommodation for us with his friend in Eilat. Thanks guys! We appreciate it.
It was then a bus ride through the Sini Desert to Egypt. The desert has variations of large rocky mountains to large flat sand plains and very little vegatation. I tried to envision Moses and the Israelites traveling around there for forty years, or Joseph, Mary and Jesus traveling for many days to go to Egypt and back.
I traveled with Cathy from Jerusalem to Eilat, to Cairo, we eventually got cheked into a ‘hotel’ by 4am.
