Holy Land Tours
A 10 Day Land Of Jesus And Moses
Featuring Israel & Jordan
DAY 01 – DEPART USA
Our journey of a lifetime begins with a late afternoon
departure on via British Airways. After take-off, we will be served dinner
and breakfast.
DAY 02 – ARRIVE TEL AVIV/ TIBERIA
After a brief touchdown in Zurich,
we board our connecting flight to Tel Aviv. We arrive Tel Aviv in the early
afternoon. Upon arrival at Ben Gurion
Airport
our agent who assists us through customs and security will meet us. We
are transferred to our motor coach and continue to Tiberias for dinner and
overnight.
DAY 03 – GALILEE FULL DAY SIGHTSEEING
Nothing is quite as spectacular
as a boat ride on the Sea of Galilee, which will be the start of our day.
From here, we move to Capernaum, our Lord's
hometown for two years. The Mount of Beatitudes over looks the crystal
blue waters of
the lake and provided a perfect setting for Jesus' most famous sermon.
We continue our drive from 687 feet below sea level into the Golan
Heights. Arriving at
the base of Mt. Hermon and stop at Banyas, the Caesarea Phillippi of
the Bible, main water source for the Jordan River. Following a full day
of
sightseeing
we will return to the kibbutz for dinner and overnight.
DAY 04 – TIBERIAS
- CROSS SHEIK HUSSEIN BRIDGE - JERASH MT.NEBO – KING’S
HIGHWAY
- PETRA
Following breakfast at our hotel, we depart Tiberias today
to Jordan via the Sheik Hussein Bridge We than continue to 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. 129. We make our way to Mount Nebo where it is
believed to be the
tomb of Moses. It is a lonely, windswept hill. Protecting the ruins
of
a 4th and
6th Century church whose floor is still covered with marvelous mosaics,
is a building constructed by the Franciscans who started excavating
the site
in 1933. We continue to Petra for dinner and over night.
DAY 05 – PETRA
- AMMAN
We depart to 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
and we
then we
transfer to our motor coach and continue to Amman for dinner and
overnight.
DAY 06 – AMMAN – DEAD SEA - ALLENBY BRIDGE – JERICHO – QUMRAN –DEAD
SEA - JERUSALEM
This morning we will visit the original Baptismal
site on the Jordanian River. We will have time to have a Baptismal Service.
We now continue
to King Hussein
Bridge and leave Jordan for Israel. We drive to Jericho for lunch,
take the cable car to the monastery on the Mount of Temptation,
see the Jericho
Valley
and wilderness, and review the temptations of Jesus and then travel
to Schechem (Jacob's Well - John 4, 1-42) after which we go the
Dead Sea,
the lowest
spot on the earth. We will have time to enjoy a relaxing swim in
the Dead Sea. Continue
to Jerusalem for dinner and overnight.
DAY 07 – JERUSALEM-
MT OF OLIVE - TEMPLE MT- VIA DOLOROSA - BETHLEHEM
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 likes 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 Holyland 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.
DAY 08 – JERUSALEM - THE UPPER ROOM/ISRAEL MUSEUM / GARDEN
TOMB
We begin the day by driving to Ein Karem village, the birthplace
of John the Baptist, to see the Church of Visitation, and then
go to Mt.
Zion,
The Upper
Room, where Jesus spent those last momentous hours with his disciples
before his passion, and it was also here where the Holy Spirit
came upon the disciples
on Pentecost. From there we will go to the Israel Museum, including
the Bronfman Archaeological Museum and the Shrine of the Book Museum,
where
the Dead Sea
Scrolls are displayed. Late in the afternoon we will visit the
Garden Tomb: Communion
service if desired.
DAY 09 – JERUSALEM / DAY AT LEISURE
Today is at leisure. Time to collect
your thoughts, indulge in your whims. Revisit the places of most interest.
The Rockefeller
and Hebrew
Museums
display a wealth
of archeological treasure. Return for a last look within the
walls of the Old City, where bargaining is a must. Dinner and overnight
Jerusalem
DAY 10 – JERUSALEM / TEL AVIV/ USA
Early 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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