Tour of Israel

I posted a blog yesterday and did it wrong. To catch you up let me say that we went to see Masada where  hollywood made a movie about the event that happened in 73 A.D.. One thousand Jewish rebels commited suicide instead of seeing their children and wives abused by the Roman soldiers. Masada is a flat top mountian where Herod the great had built an unbelievable fortress. Herod had passed away and in 66 A.D. the Jewish rebels had taken it in order to escape Rome. In 73 A.D. the Romans decided to pay the price and take them down. We were challenged to be courageous and to take a stand and finish well. We may disagree with the leadership at Masada, but there was a resovle not to be enslaved again. Something else that has really come to light is how enslaved the Jewish people were to the Romans. Roman ruins are everywhere! Herod built his three palaces with Jewish slaves. The Romans used the Jewish people to take Masada! It is a miracle that Israel exists today in it's own land and is free. Israel needs our prayers.