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"O because my Jesus is not on the cross." "Where is your Jesus?" "My Jesus is. . ." But how could I tell him so that he would understand. He spoke English so brokenly. How could I tell him that Jesus was sitting at the right hand of the Father, being our Advocate, our Mediator? Just then, it came to me that when I had entered the Old City, I saw several office buildings with the word Advocate printed on the windows. (In Israel, lawyers are called advocates.) So I said to him "You know what advocate is?" "O yes, I know." "What is advocate?" I asked. "Advocate is one who makes pleas for you." "That's right," I said. "Well, Jesus is my Advocate. He is sitting on the right hand of God and He is making pleas for me and for you, too." Then I asked, "What's your name?" He said, "Abu Salim." "How old are you?" "Twenty-one." "Are you married?" "O no, I cannot get married." "Tell me why." "Well," he said, "you see my mother died when she birthed me. Then my father married my mother's younger sister [a common custom in Oriental countries], and they have had several children. Two months ago my father had pains in his chest. He went to doctor. Doctor gave him medicine. He drink and he died. Now, my mother, who is my aunt, is carrying his eighth child under her heart." "O" "You see," he continued, "I cannot marry until all the other children are married. I am the head of the home now. You know, I would like my mother and other brothers and sisters to hear about the Advocate. Would you come and have breakfast with us tomorrow morning? We are very poor. We have no furniture. Would you please come? I will go home and tell my mother and she will make nice Arab breakfast for you."
For a moment I questioned, "Lord, did you send me to Israel to bring the Word to the seed of Ishmael or to the seed of Isaac?" The Lord answered, "In this instance, to the seed of Ishmael. Go." "All right," I said, "I'll come for breakfast. Where shall I come?" "Come here," he said, "I'll meet you at nine in the morning." The next morning I went to his little shop. I stood there under my umbrella, as it was raining steadily. Presently, I saw him running down through the little corridors. When he reached me, he said, "I'm sorry I am late. It is raining. We will get a taxi." "Abu," I said, "how do you come other days when it is raining?" "O I walk." "How do you come when it is nice?" "I walk." I said, "Then we will walk now." (I did not want him to think he had a soft American on his hands.) "It isn't so far," he conceded. He took my purse without my asking him to. I guess he thought he ought to carry any weight I was carrying. He carried my umbrella, too, and said, "It will be slippery in places. I do not want you to fall." We walked and walked, passing through Stephen's Gate on the northeast side of the Old City walls, wending our way down some hills, finally pursuing our path into the Valley of Kidron, past the tomb of Hezekiah, past the tomb of Absalom. He pointed out to me the Pool of Siloam. "O," I said, "wait, I want to go down." "No, no," he objected. "Not today. It is raining too hard. We can go when it is prettier. Not today. Let us walk." We went on. I was getting weary. I said, "Abu, is it very much farther?" "No, not much farther. It's right up there on the hill in that little pink house." The house looked just like one adobe hut on top of another. It is the way the Arabs build their homes. As we walked up to the house, I noticed a row of shoes out front. It did not take me long to realize what was expected of me, so I took mine off, added them to the row, and walked
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28 To the Seed of Isaac ... and of
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studied that beautiful face by flas
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foolish, uneducated class of people
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suffering Servant, who would be han
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