Last Day in Jordan at Jerash
The ruins of the city of Jerash are truly amazing. Here, you go back in time to see paganism in all its 'splendour'. Established on a major trade route, the city was full of market places, hot baths, theatres, shrines and holy places. The goddess Diana and Zeus were a top-raating attraction, as were the chariot races and other kinds of entertainment. Magnificent fountains and water systems, a hubbub of people buying and selling, paved streets lined with imposing pillars, even traffic 'roundabouts' classified this Graeco-Roman city as important in Jesus' day.
In this setting today I was privileged to read Psalm 100 in the northern theatre from the sweet spot where the amphitheatre's acoustics would reach everyone. As I began to read Psalm 100 the vibration of each word reached each ear and even my own. And today the words of the Psalm glorified God and touched our hearts.
Psalm 100:1-5 NIV
Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth.
Worship the Lord with gladness; come before him with joyful songs.
Know that the Lord is God. It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, the sheep of his pasture. Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name. For the Lord is good and his love endures forever; his faithfulness continues through all generations.
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Wow! What a special moment that would have been! And such an amazing psalm to declare in that place! xx
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