First Sabbath

After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands, and crying out with a loud voice, “Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!” (Revelation 7:9-10)

We arrived on Sabbath and due to the fact that there were no stores or restaurants open, we made it to our destination, then gathered whatever snacks we had packed for our "first supper." I am not sure it met the standards of "Kosher" since it was everything from Beef Jerky and Hot Tamale candies to Granola Bars to Chocolate covered espresso beans. But it was more than enough to feed our appetites!

We were up early the next day to have a devotional together and then began to work. Basically doing everything we can to prep for patching and painting. We concluded our work early in order to clean up for home church. That gave us a quick hour to drive down to the Sea of Galilee where we went to view the Mt of Beatitudes. It has been pouring rain the last couple days, so it poured all the way down to the sea, then the clouds parted and we had the most beautiful view I have ever seen of the location. We parked the cars, went to view the sea, read the entire Sermon on the Mount, took pictures, got back into the cars, and then it started to pour rain again! This time we saw a double rainbow over the mount of beatitudes!!! What does it mean?!!!

We ended the night with fellowship with the local church. Our students led worship and the last song was "How great is our God" where the whole room erupted in worship and praise signing the chorus together in English, Hebrew, and Russian! The students were blessed beyond words as we reflected the simple point, that was a taste of heaven! When one day, we from every nation, tribe and tongue will gather together to honor and extol, the King of kings and Lord of lords!