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POSTED
01 DECEMBER, 2004
My
Trip to Israel: Spies' Report 2004
by
J.K. McKee
editor@tnnonline.net
My family has been in the Messianic
movement now for almost a decade, yet during
that time I had never been able to travel to the
Land of Israel. This is interesting, because it
was a tour to Israel in 1994 that spearheaded my
parents’ innate desire to investigate the
Hebraic Roots of our faith. Many people come
back from the Holy Land changed and they gain a
new appreciation for the Bible, having seen the
areas where many events of the Bible took place.
While I have certainly been wanting to go to
Israel for some time, it was only last month
that I had the opportunity to go on a tour.
What was my impression of the Land of Israel? Did I come back
“changed”? Is there something special about the
Holy Land that makes it different from other
places on Planet Earth?
We know from reading our Bibles that the Promised Land to Abraham,
Isaac, and Jacob is considered very special in
the eyes of God. We don’t have to go into all
the details of the profound events of Biblical
importance that have occurred in this narrow
strip between the Mediterranean and Jordan
River. But we also know that this small piece of
territory is highly contested and has been
conquered many times. We know that wars have
been fought over it, that empires have trodden
over it, and that it is at a crossroads between
Europe, Africa, and Asia.
So what was my impression of the Land of Israel? Perhaps we should
back up a bit.
J.K. McKee
(B.A., University of Oklahoma; M.A., Asbury
Theological Seminary) is the editor of TNN
Online (www.tnnonline.net) and is a Messianic
apologist.
He is a 2009 recipient of the Zondervan Biblical
Languages Award for Greek.
He
is author of
numerous books, dealing with a wide range of
topics that are important for today’s
Messianic Believers. He has also written many articles on
theological issues,
and is presently focusing his attention on Messianic commentaries
of various books of the Bible. |
