Jacob's Sheep Come Home

Over the past century, Jews and Christians have celebrated the return of the Jewish people to the Biblical Land of Israel, a restoration prophetic proportion. More recently, this return was accompanied by some four-legged friends representing Israel's 3000-year history in the Judean mountains.

This is the modern story of Jacob's Sheep.

Jacob's Sheep are an heirloom (unaltered) breed of ancient sheep, mentioned in Genesis 30. They originated with Jacob the Patriarch working for his father in law, Laban. The sheep are distinct in that they are spotted and speckled, as mentioned in the Bible, and...