IBEX Israel

We spent this past week in the North of Israel.

We stayed right near the Sea of Galilee and followed many of the events from the life of Jesus. We were in the Synagogue He preached in (John 6:59), the cliff edge that the people from His home-town tried to push Him off (Luke 4:16,28-30) and much more. The students readily agreed that this was a very special and impactful time especially as the semester draws to a close in less than a week.

The question that was asked to set the tone for this trip was: Why did God see it fit for this region in Israel to be the place where the majority of Jesus’ ministry took place? In other words, why did Jesus mainly come to Galilee and not Jerusalem?
Answer below in the comments!

One of the students had a great idea to have an “IBEX Thanksgiving” and everyone contributed by cooking, baking, or decorating and this was the amazing result.

We were reminded in this time also that all of our thanksgiving is given to our God and Father who opens His hand to satisfy the desire of every living thing. We thank Him ultimately for the unity we all have in His Son Jesus.

Ps. 100

We spent this past week in the Negev, not only was the time very edifying from the teaching, but the group bonded deeply in Christ during the time in the South. We were also joined by Dr. and Mrs. Beals— Who were a joy to be around!

A recurring theme from the week that we encouraged one another with was the reality from Ezekiel 47:1–12 that God will cause water to flow out from the temple in the millennial kingdom to go into the dry desert and bring for the first time ever, fruitfulness, fresh water, and trees to the unforgiving dry desert for the enjoyment of His people.