Continuing Up To Jerusalem

If I forget you, O Jerusalem, may my right hand forget its skill,

May my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth if I do not remember you,

if I do not consider Jerusalem my highest joy. Psalm 137.5-6

We spoke about the Old Testament with Yarom. His favorite character was the same as mine, David. We spoke of David's life and work.

We spoke of the peace process. He said that there are too many factions to forge a lasting peace. Yarom has been involved in serving his country in the Golan, against the Lebanese, in Gaza and in Hebron following the massacre there a few months ago.

I asked him if a person came and was able to forge a peace would people look to him as Messiah. He said, "Yes." I also asked if a person came and worked it out for the Jews to rebuild their temple- his response was the same. I then asked him if he were able to do both- would they look to Him as the Messiah. He said, "Of course! But this is impossible." I said, "Everything is possible with God." He said, "That's true."

We came to the outskirts of Jericho. There was a roadblock with soldiers. There have been a number of these on this road and would also be on the road to Jerusalem. He spoke Hebrew to the other soldier at the roadblock/checkpoint. He said, "We must go around. They have closed the city. Obviously they had problems. He didn't it advisable for you as tourists to go in (even with him in the car)." The by-pass made us really late. We rode right up against the Israeli-Jordanian border. All long the way there were Jeeps with guns ready. It was an awesome sight. It was really a "God-send" to have Yarom with us. What a fine young man!

Once again the ascent to Jerusalem was wonderful! He showed us the way to our hotel- the Jerusalem International YMCA Hotel. It was a little confusing and would have been very difficult without Yarom.