I’ve now been in Israel a full week with a group of friends, visiting a variety of Biblical sites. It’s summertime here in Israel so the weather is warm, perhaps some would say hot, the sky is cloudless blue all day, the sun is bright and can give you a good burn in one day. The air is dry, rain is extremely rare this time of year. I was last here 10 years ago and I am amazed at the changes, the growth, the increase in everything! As I’ve walked the streets, ridden in the tour bus from place to place, visited many Biblical sites, there’s a powerful Old Testament chapter of God’s promises which I’m sure for centuries seemed ridiculous, outrageous, impossible… but I see it happening today, now in the land of Israel. God’s promises are being fulfilled; I’ve seen it with my own eyes. And I’m recording this in Jerusalem, so if you hear buses or cars outside, it’s an example of this!