The Two Witnesses - Israel 2023 Part 4
I had been there once before, so my reaction was a bit unexpected. As I bowed in prayer, surrounded by a landscape of arid mountains and caves, my head suddenly jerked upward...eyes wide open.... I scrambled through my bag to find a pen and page to write these words: Two Witnesses Two Witnesses -I had been on that trail before. What did it mean now in this context? This was my experience at Qumran. You may recall hearing of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Well this is where they were found. It's a vast desert area south of Jerusalem, where The Essenes, a sect of religious Jewish men, meticulously copied the Bible and carefully stored it away in a system of caves. Why? I am not able to answer that question, but I do believe that The Holy Spirit must have been involved. You see, those Dead Sea Scrolls, buried in the caves of Qumran, authenticate the very scriptures we read today. They are a witness. Did the Essenes know that they had been called to a life of solemnity in the Israeli