DEAD SEA

JOHN 15:1-12:
"I AM THE REAL VINE, AND MY FATHER IS THE GARDENER/ EVERY BRANCH WHICH IS PART OF ME BUT FAILS TO BEAR FRUIT, HE CUTS OFF; AND EVERY BRANCH THAT DOES BEAR FRUIT, HE PRUNES, SO THAT IT MAY BEAR MORE FRUIT."

WHILE I WAS VISITING ISRAEL THIS SEPTEMBER, I HAD A WONDERFUL TIME WITH SOME OF THE COPTY'S IN NAZARETH AND JERUSALEM. THIS ANCIENT FAMILY HAS ROOTS THAT WOULD MAKE EVEN A PHAROTH PROUD... ONE OF THE TREASURED MOMENTS, WHICH THERE WAS MANY, IS WHEN I WENT TO THE DEAD SEA. I WANTED PICTURES OF THE REGION FOR THIS BOOK AND FOR MY TWO OTHER BOOKS. MY SON'S FAMILY, WHICH ARE THE COUSINS THAT LIVE IN JERUSALEM OFFERED TO TAKE ME THERE. WHEN WE STARTED OUT ROSE WANTED US TO STOP IN AN ANOTHER ANCIENT AREA IN JUDEA WHICH IS THE KINGDOM OF JUDAH. THE NOMAD'S ARE BEDUINS HAD A CAMEL AND A DONKEY. YOU COULD RIDE ON THEM FOR A LITTLE MONEY. ROSE MANAGED THE PRICE AND HER AND I AND ANOTHER COUSIN NOHA, RODE ON THE CAMEL. IT WAS SO MUCH FUN...

THE DEAD SEA AREA IS WHERE A LARGE MAJORITY OF THE SCROLLS WHERE LOCATED, CALLED THE DEAD SEA SCROLL'S. THERE IS NOTHING THERE BUT SAND, MOUNTAINS, CAVES, AND A SEA OF SALT... SOME EVEN SAY THAT NEAR IT WAS THE SODEM AND GOMORRAH CITY THAT WAS DESTROYED AND ALL TURN TO SALT...

WHEN WE ARRIVED IT WAS BECOMING DUSK, AND A FULL MOON, AND A SCENE OUT OF THE MOVIES, WHEN I BLEW A SHOFAR HORN... THE ANGELS ARRIVED THERE AND THE LAND, GRASS, AND THE WATER MADE A LOAD WIND SOUND THAT WAS MAJESTIC...

WE TOOK OUR OUTER GARMENTS OFF AND IN THE DARK SAT ON THE SEA, AND I SHARED ABOUT CASTING ALL MY SINS, THE DEAD BRANCHES, MEMORIES OF THE PASS, ALL SINS, TRANSGRESSIONS, INQUITIES, AND CURSES OF THE FOREFATHERS, ALL OF THEM ALL THE WAY BACK EVEN TO ADAM AND EVE EATTING THE TREE OF REBELLION, AND THEY ALL WENT INTO THE DEAD SEA...

I WAS CLEANSED, FREE, READY TO PREPARE MY SOUL ANEW, MY SPIRIT, READY TO OBEY ALL THAT WAS NEEDED BY JESUS MY CHRIST, FOR ME TO DO, AND TO MAKE A NEW LIFE OF PROSPERITY FOR ME AND MY FAMILY TO INHERIT... DEUTERONOMY 11:1-32, IS OUR PROMISE IF WE OBEY, KEEP THAT LOVE ALIVE FOR GOD, STAND UP FOR HIM, TELL THE WORLD OF HIM, AND GIVE BACK TO ALL THAT AUTHORITY THAT WAS GIVEN TO ADAM...


PJCOPTY'S CORNER "THAT WAY" MANUAL; SEGMENT 8: 09/19/2008