Holy Land Tours
11 Day Lands Of Jesus And Moses
Spending three nights in Jordan and one night at the Dead
Sea
DAY 01 – USA / AMMAN
Our journey of a lifetime begins with an evening
departure on Royal Jordanian wide body jet. After take-off, we will be served
dinner and breakfast and lunch.
DAY 02 – ARRIVE AMMAN / OVERNIGHT DEAD
SEA
Upon arrival at Alia Gateway Airport in Amman; we will be met by our
agent who assists us through customs and security. We will transfer by private
motor coach to our hotel at the Dead Sea for dinner and overnight.
DAY 03 – DEAD
SEA / PETRA
This morning we will visit the original Baptismal site on
the Jordanian River. We will have time to have a Baptismal Service before departing
to Petra for
dinner and overnight!
DAY 04 – PETRA/ MT. NEBO / TEL AVIV AREA /
BAT YAM
Petra, "rose red city half as old as time." This
ancient Edomite and Nabatean capital is an amazing example of prophecy.
We'll see the Spectacular "city
of the dead," with its famed gorge, ancient streets, Temples,
dwelling places and tombs, carved in the solid rock. Then we arrive
at El-Ji Post,
and continue the one-mile journey on horseback, or walk, passing through
the famous
Siq (the natural gorge) and arrive at the Treasury. In the afternoon,
we visit Roman Temple Ruins of Roman City, Nabatean Judgment Hall,
Palace Tombs,
famous
Urn Temple, and Roman Amphitheater. Those willing to climb may view
the Monastery; Jebel Harun (mountains of Aaron) supposed to be the
burial place of Aaron.
Horseback journey back to El-Ji Post, drive north for Mt. Nebo, to
stand where Moses stood to view the Promised Land. We continue to King
Hussein
Bridge,
and leave Jordan for Israel. We continue to Tel Aviv for a city tour,
and then to Bat Yam for dinner and overnight.
DAY 05 – BAT YAM
/ CAESAREA / MEGIDDO / NAZARETH / TIBERIAS
Today we depart for Galilee,
visiting the following biblical sites: Caesarea (Acts 9 & 25), Mt. Carmel
(1 Kgs. 18), Megiddo (Armageddon; 1 Kgs. 9:15; Rev. 16:16), Nazareth (Luke
1 & 2), Cana (John 2) and Tiberias (John
6:23). Arrive at Tiberias for dinner and overnight.
DAY 06 – GALILEE
/ CAPERNAUM / MT. OF BEATITUDES / CAESAREA PHILIPP/ TIBERIAS
There
is nothing quite like watching a sunrise on the Sea of Galilee from your guest
house or from a boat. Today will include many biblical
sites
along the
shore of the Sea of Galilee and in the Upper Jordan Valley: e.g.
Boat ride across the Sea of Galilee; Capernaum (Matt. 4:13), Mount
of Beatitudes
(Matt. 57), Tabgha (Feeding of 5000; Mark 6), Church of Peter of
Primacy (John 21),
Magdala (Matt. 15:39; Luke 8:2); Caesarea Philippi (Paneas; Mark
8:27), view Mt. Hermon (Deut. 3:8), Border of Lebanon (Josh. 11:17),
and Hazor
(Josh.
11:10; 1 Kgs. 9:15). Dinner and overnight in Tiberias.
DAY 07 – BETH
SHAN / JERICHO / JERUSALEM
Today we go up to Jerusalem. The highway
we take will include many of the following biblical sites: Mt. Tabor (Judges
4); Ein Harod
(Judg. 7:1);
Beth Shan (1 Sam.
31:10); and Jericho (Josh. 26; Mark 10:46; Luke 19:1). The road
from Jericho to Jerusalem is an ascent of 4000 feet in 13 miles.
Dinner
and
overnight
in Jerusalem.
DAY 08 – MT. OF OLIVES / TEMPLE MOUNT / VIA
DOLOROSA / BETHLEHEM / JERUSALEM
We begin our explorations with
a drive to the beautiful Mt. of Olives to behold the breathtaking panorama
of the Holy City. Our
pilgrimage
will
proceed to
the Church of Ascension, descend to Gethsemane with its ancient
olive grove, and there visit the Church of Agony, where tradition
holds
that Jesus prayed.
We will enter Jerusalem through the Dung Gate, and walk to the
holiest site in the whole Jewish world, the Western Wall (Wailing
Wall) of
Herod's temple.
Beyond the wall lies the 35-acre temple area purchased by King
David (2 Sam. 24:18-25). On this site now stands the magnificent
Dome of
the Rock
(the
third holiest shrine in all Islam) and the El Aksa Mosque. From
the temple area,
we make our way to St. Stephen's Gate, St. Anne's Crusader Church,
Pools of Bethesda, the Sister of Zion Convent (to see the Pavement
where Jesus
stood
as he was being tried by Pilate), Ecco Homo Arch, and then follow
the Via Dolorosa to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre and the ancient
Cardo.
This
afternoon we
will pass by Rachel's tomb on the outskirts of Bethlehem, and visit
the Church of the Nativity and Shepherd's Field. You will be fascinated
by
your visit
to a model of Jerusalem near the Holy land Hotel (1 to 50 scale
model of Herodian Jerusalem as it would have appeared in Jesus'
time),
Israel's Knesset, the
huge bronze Menorah, and Yad Vashem. Dinner and overnight in Jerusalem. DAY
09 – QUMRAN / EIN GEDI / MASADA / JERUSALEM
Leaving Jerusalem,
we will descend down to the Dead Sea and the wilderness of Judah.
Our first stop will be Qumran and the possible
settlement
of the first century sect known as the Essenes, the authors of
the Dead
Sea Scrolls.
Following the road south along the western shore of the Dead Sea,
we will stop at Ein Gedi where David hid from King Saul, and everyone
will have
an opportunity
to put her/his foot in the Dead Sea, the lowest spot on the earth.
Continuing south, the next stop is Masada, where we will ascend
high upon the wilderness
mountain by way of the cable car to the fortress built by King
Herod. Here we survey the ruins of the fortifications, waterworks,
synagogue,
temples
and palaces.
DAY 10 - JERUSALEM / ALLENBY BRIDGE / JERASH / AMMAN
We leave the blessed city
of Jerusalem for our return to Amman. After border formalities, depart for
the Greco Roman City of
Jerash (Gerasa
in ancient
times), known as the Pompeii of the East for its extraordinary
state of preservation. As they approach the city, visitors are
greeted
by the imposing
triple arched
gateway built to honor the emperor Hadrian's arrival at Jerash
in A.D. Return to Amman for dinner and overnight.
DAY 11 – AMMAN
/ U.S.A.
Morning transfer to the airport for our return flight
home. The close of an unforgettable tour, we bring with us lasting memories
of the
Old and
New Testament,
a renewal of our faith, and a greater understanding of the life
and ministry of our Lord.
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