Exodus
Well it wasn’t really the exodus as in the book of the Bible but it was the day of the exodus for us as we traveled from Jordan to Egypt. We started the day with a brief look back at Amman. This was the city where David had Joab arrange to have Uriah the Hittite killed. During the Exodus, the Lord had told the Israelites that they were not to conquer Moab or Ammon because they had been given to Lot. So, if David had not been involved in that war, which would have been more obedient to scripture, Uriah would have been home and David probably would not have seen Bathsheba. Simple lesson, obedience to God’s word keeps us from sin. Not a bad lesson as we travel through the same wilderness that the Israelites spent 40 years in due to disobedience.
We drove down to Aqaba and boarded the ferry for an hour and a half trip to Egypt. There was a little confusion during the border crossing but not serious and all went pretty smoothly. We picked our new guide (Bob) and began the drive to St. Catherine’s Monastery at the foot of Mt. Sinai. This is some of the most desolate land I have ever seen. It is hard to imagine living here for 40 years although we do pass some Bedouin camps, so some live here all the time.
During the drive, the guide did all he could to discourage us from doing the climb tomorrow but 7 or 8 are still going. Even though it includes a 1 AM wake up call.
The hotel is like an oasis complete with an enormous pool – very cold. So, for tonight we are blogging from the foot of Mt. Sinai, even though it won’t get posted until tomorrow.
Well it wasn’t really the exodus as in the book of the Bible but it was the day of the exodus for us as we traveled from Jordan to Egypt. We started the day with a brief look back at Amman. This was the city where David had Joab arrange to have Uriah the Hittite killed. During the Exodus, the Lord had told the Israelites that they were not to conquer Moab or Ammon because they had been given to Lot. So, if David had not been involved in that war, which would have been more obedient to scripture, Uriah would have been home and David probably would not have seen Bathsheba. Simple lesson, obedience to God’s word keeps us from sin. Not a bad lesson as we travel through the same wilderness that the Israelites spent 40 years in due to disobedience.
We drove down to Aqaba and boarded the ferry for an hour and a half trip to Egypt. There was a little confusion during the border crossing but not serious and all went pretty smoothly. We picked our new guide (Bob) and began the drive to St. Catherine’s Monastery at the foot of Mt. Sinai. This is some of the most desolate land I have ever seen. It is hard to imagine living here for 40 years although we do pass some Bedouin camps, so some live here all the time.
During the drive, the guide did all he could to discourage us from doing the climb tomorrow but 7 or 8 are still going. Even though it includes a 1 AM wake up call.
The hotel is like an oasis complete with an enormous pool – very cold. So, for tonight we are blogging from the foot of Mt. Sinai, even though it won’t get posted until tomorrow.
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