If These Walls Could Speak!

Our first stop on our tour was to the ancient city of Jaffa (Joppa) which is the old part of the city here in Tel Aviv with building and streets going back 5000 years. We saw the ruins of what was the old city gate and the home of Simon the Tanner in Acts 9, 10 - very cool. It is also here that Jonah went to go on the ship to Tarshish. There are Egyptian hieroglypics here as this was a very key passageway between Egypt and Syria. Tel Aviv is right on the eastern side of the Mediterranian Sea.

I am taken back to the story of the amazing healing of Tabitha where Peter walked these very streets
There was a believer in Joppa named Tabitha. She was always doing kind things for others and helping the poor. About this time she became ill and died Acts 9:36,37...but it would be Peter who would tell her to get up!

The thought that Pastor Billy Richards shared was this..'if these walls could speak,' what would be the stories that they would tell us. Well, there would be stories of regret and restoration, the story of Jonah, the amazing healing we just read and of course the revelation that Peter received at the home of Simon The Tanner where he would realize the good news is for all people!

It is amazing to realize how fortunate we are to become grafted into the vine and to be part of His family. I come to a city with such incredible hertiage and roots and know that only by the grace of God, I can cherish and revel in all of its beauty because it is good news for all of us!

We are 7 hours ahead of Ontario time and we arrived here at 7:40am local time. The flight on El Al was great and this is a very special time to be here right after Passover and just before the 60th anniversary celebration of the nation! It is also time for one of the highest levels of security here.


Tomorrow there will be a memorial day for the martyrs and heroes of the Holocaust so there will be moving presentations.