{"id":553,"date":"2010-03-09T13:23:58","date_gmt":"2010-03-09T17:23:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/emu.edu\/blog\/crosscultural\/?p=553"},"modified":"2010-03-09T13:23:58","modified_gmt":"2010-03-09T17:23:58","slug":"scripture-comes-alive-in-israel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/intercultural\/2010\/03\/09\/scripture-comes-alive-in-israel\/","title":{"rendered":"Scripture comes alive in Israel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"alignright\" title=\"Middle East 4\" href=\"http:\/\/emu.edu\/blog\/crosscultural\/photos\/album\/72157623567312046\/middle-east-4.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4042\/4411193649_d0b8609910_m.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Middle East 4\" width=\"160\" height=\"240\" \/><\/a>We are at the end of our time here at JUC (Jerusalem University  College). Over the past two weeks we have found ourselves in a different sort of adventure each day, whether looking out at the battlefield of David and Goliath, sitting on the side of Mount Carmel, or floating in the Dead Sea.<\/p>\n<p>Scripture has truly come alive to me as we have not only been studying but also experiencing this land.\u00a0 The stories that we have read and discussed in specific locations take on a new meaning.\u00a0 For example, as a group we have constantly been revisiting the ideas of shepherding, farming, and fishing.\u00a0 The imagery so often used throughout the Bible of these three things makes so much sense as you are looking out into the dry and arid Judean Wilderness, hiking down into the lush Sorak Valley, or out on a boat on the Sea of Galilee.<\/p>\n<p>As we move from JUC, I hope to not only remember what I have experienced here, but to forever allow this land to be a part of me and transfer this information into the different contexts of my life, and ultimately that through it all I may come to know God more. (Jeremiah 9:23)<\/p>\n<p>-Ellie Barnhart<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are at the end of our time here at JUC (Jerusalem University College). Over the past two weeks we have found ourselves in a different sort of adventure each day, whether looking out at the battlefield of David and Goliath, sitting on the side of Mount Carmel, or floating in the Dead Sea. Scripture &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/intercultural\/2010\/03\/09\/scripture-comes-alive-in-israel\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Scripture comes alive in Israel<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":52,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[236],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-553","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-middle-east-2010"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/intercultural\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/553","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/intercultural\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/intercultural\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/intercultural\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/52"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/intercultural\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=553"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/intercultural\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/553\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":558,"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/intercultural\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/553\/revisions\/558"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/intercultural\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/intercultural\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/intercultural\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}