I probably spent the most intense seven days of my life on the educational trip to Israel. What we saw and experienced was like a time lapse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is truly impressive to stand in the place where Hezekiah built a tunnel around 700 BC to ensure the city's water supply during a siege. Or to see the excavations of the Pool of Siloam, where Jesus healed the man born blind (John 7). Or to stand at the Gihon Spring, where Solomon and other kings were anointed. Such sacred moments get under your skin and make the Bible appear in 3D. The Christian faith is not merely a divine revelation, but is based on the concrete history that God has written with people at specific times and places. Experiencing this makes one worship Yahweh, our God, in awe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The events of recent months in Israel have also touched us deeply. Afterwards, we learned that Keith Siegel, a hostage of Hamas who had been held captive for 484 days, had been on the same plane as us. Siegel lived with his wife Aviva Siegel in Kibbutz Kfar Aza and was forcibly abducted from his home in Kibbutz Kfar Aza on 7 October 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We visited Kfar Aza, where more than 750 people lived before the attack. Ralph, a survivor, guided us through the ruined village and recounted dozens of horrific stories. As he spoke, we repeatedly looked into the reddened, tear-filled eyes of our group members. It was also impressive how Ralph thanked us at the end for coming. It means a great deal to people in crisis when they are not left alone, but are comforted by visitors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
These are just two facets of this fascinating people living on the narrow strip of land between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea. It is God's people who found a home here after the Holocaust. Although threatened on all sides, God will keep His hand over these people and all of Israel will be saved: \u00abThen all Israel will be saved, as it is written in the prophets: A saviour will come from Jerusalem, and he will deliver Israel from all ungodliness.<\/em>\u00bb(Romans 11:26). Let us love and bless this chosen people \u2013 and we will experience how we ourselves are blessed.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"template":"","seetal_chile_poscht_ausgabe":[107],"class_list":["post-11301","seetal_chile_poscht","type-seetal_chile_poscht","status-publish","hentry","seetal_chile_poscht_ausgabe-seetal-chile-poscht-12-2025-c7a348aa-c7cd-46d6-a85c-e498c0ec0d4f"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.seetal-chile.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/seetal_chile_poscht\/11301","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.seetal-chile.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/seetal_chile_poscht"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.seetal-chile.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/seetal_chile_poscht"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.seetal-chile.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.seetal-chile.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/seetal_chile_poscht\/11301\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11302,"href":"https:\/\/blog.seetal-chile.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/seetal_chile_poscht\/11301\/revisions\/11302"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.seetal-chile.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"seetal_chile_poscht_ausgabe","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.seetal-chile.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/seetal_chile_poscht_ausgabe?post=11301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}