Friday, July 17: Well, we’ve arrived on Friday afternoon in TelAviv and are more or less settled in to our Grand Beach hotel. We’ve made it fine so far with only a few little “contra tiempos.” On the way in from the airport we were able to stop briefly by the old city of Joppa. What a delight. One of the oldest continuously operating ports in the world, going back at least to the time of Egyptian pharaoh, Ramses the Great in the 13the century before Christ. Some of the ruins supposedly go back to that period when Egypt had a port here. The site is significant for several Biblical reasons.
1. Port of escape and subsequent departure for Jonah.
2. Port of reception for the Cedars of Lebanon, used in construction of the Jerusalem temple.
3. Residence of Dorcus (Tabitha).
4. Temporary residence of Peter, who received a message from God to go tell the good news to Cornelius.
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