So today was a pretty awesome day! It was our last real day in Israel, tomorrow we have our final exam, then we have a review of going home and then we have like a certificate thing at the end! So we now have to get ready to go but we have free days on Saturday and partially on Sunday. So I have no idea what i am going to do those two days, probably visit the house of Ciaphas (the priest that judged Jesus before he was sent to Pilate), and then who knows what, i don't two free days in Israel is hard to think about because there isnt a lot to do without spending a lot of money!
Today we went to the Museums and we first stopped at the Holocaust museum and it was so powerful and emotional. It was just heartbreaking to even think about going there because of everything that we already know about the Holocaust. I really think it was a good way to start the day but it was just so powerful, because we are in the Holy Land that is the Land of the Jews and walking around Israel you see so many people that are Jewish and then to think about them and the history of the Jewish people is very hard to comprehend. I have never been to the one in DC but i have heard that it is more of a personal experience with you and someone from the Holocaust and with the one in Israel it is so much information and if you really wanted to you could spend an entire day there just walking and listening to people tell their testimonies of what happened to them during the Holocaust. It was a very powerful way to start the day and brings you to a point of realizing that it was the worst act of humanity in history, it was terrible, and then when you hear some of the testimonies you hear about people that kept their faith, amazing. In the worst act of humanity there were people keeping their faith in a death camp like Auschwitz. That to me makes me think about how awesome God can be and that He is the ultimate, the Alpha and Omega!
Then we traveled to the Israel Museum where we saw some really cool things. To start we saw a huge replica of Jerusalem during the time of Jesus. I am not talking like a little one but it was huge! The whole thing itself had to be a couple hundred feet long and a hundred feet wide. I mean this thing was huge, i may be wrong on those numbers but it was just amazing! Then we went and saw some Dead Sea Scrolls. These were just awesome! I love seeing the Dead Sea Scrolls, i mean they are the first document we have from the Bible, that is so awesome!! Just amazing! It is so great to be able to see history like this, especially the archeological dig finds. We have talked about some of them and then saw them in person that was just awesome!
Today was a good day and this trip ended great! I am so glad i got to come here because it has been an experience of a lifetime! It is so great here! If you get a chance, come here and experience it for yourself! God can show you the most amazing things in life through nature and however He wants.
God Bless you and DO GOOD!!! I will post one more from Israel before i leave on Sunday! So stay tuned for one last blog from Israel on Sunday!!!
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