Shortly after arriving in Jerusalem I heard the Lord speak that we had come expecting an experience, but God was going to give us an encounter. He said that many had come to the land seeking the God that was and they left with an experience of walking where He walked. We had come looking for the God that was and is and is to come. That is exactly what we found. We could see where Jesus had been as He lived on this earth and also what God was doing in the land and in the people today. He showed us prophetically what was to come in the fullness of His time. We knew we were a part of a bigger tomorrow.
This picture captures the word He spoke. In the background is the old city...what was. The center is the new city...what is. The flowers in the foreground express the blooming of what is to come. He holds the past, present and future...of the earth...and of our lives. May it be more than an experience...let it be an encounter with the Living God.
