Abraham's Tent



Father Jerry in the Judean Wilderness

Riding camels back three thousand six hundred years, we arrive at Abraham's Tent. His overwhelming hospitality satisfies us.

Below us, the wilderness tumbles eastward down to the Jericho oasis and on to the Jordan River where John baptized Jesus. Throughout the centuries, travelers crossed the Jordan here to trek upward thirty-four hundred feet and forty-five miles through the Judean wilderness to Jerusalem.

On the near barren hillsides, scattered bands of goats graze.  As the sun sets behind us, a soft and warm desert wind dissolves time and space; the hills disappear in darkness. Far below us, the lights of Abraham, of Joshua, of John and Jesus glisten. There too are our lights.

In Hebrew, the word ruach means wind, breath and spirit.

Tomorrow in Jerusalem. 



Judean Desert  Genesis Land (Abraham's Tent)