It was the first century BC when a devastating drought threatened to destroy the generation before Jesus. The last of the Jewish prophets had died off nearly four centuries earlier. Miracles were such a distant memory that they seemed like a false memory, and God was nowhere to be heard. But there was one man, an eccentric sage who lived outside the walls of Jerusalem, who dared to pray anyway. His name was Honi. He believed that God could still hear him. He drew a circle around himself and swore to God that he would not leave it until rain began to fall and the dry spell ends. And it rained. Honis tomb in the Galilee draws people up to this day and age. Learn more about Honi in our next post…
Posted on: Thu, 16 Jan 2014 19:01:06 +0000
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