In Sunday School today we were discussing Lehi's family crossing the wilderness from Jerusalem and eventually crossing the ocean to the Americas. Mr. F and I landed on our own tangent of how they sailed from the Sinai Peninsula. Did they go around Africa? I flipped to the maps in the back of my copy of the Bible, locating the reference points I desired and more.
I found the above map and it kind of blew my mind. Sinai? Check. Jerusalem? Check. Nile, twelve tribes? Check and check. My house? Check.
Wait, what????
Sure enough, wedged in the middle of the Great Upper Sea, nestled between the Hittites and Goshen, is Cyprus. There are days I forget I live in a foreign country. Today is most definitely not one of those days. I remember my Sunday School and Seminary teachers trying to bring the scriptures to life for their students. All it took for me today was one little map and it hit remarkably close to home.
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