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ISRAEL With Michael Wilcox

Day 4: May 8: Caesarea – Bethlehem – Jerusalem Wednesday

Day 1: May 5: Amman – Galilee Sunday

This morning we will cross into Israel. After the border crossing, we will make a quick photo stop of the Qumran Caves, where the Dead Sea Scrolls were Great’s fortress of Masada which we will visit via cable car. During the Jewish revolt in 70 C.E., Masa da’s defenders committed suicide rather than be taken prisoner by the Romans. We also plan to swim in the Dead Sea. After we will drive to Galilee where we will be staying for the next 3 nights. Our journey today takes us north of the Sea of Galilee. We begin by visiting Capernaum where so many wonderful events and teachings of the Savior took place. We then stop at the Mount of Beatitudes where we will ponder the great truths delivered by Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount. Driving to the far north of Israel to Tel Dan. Here Jeroboam erected a golden calf for the Israelites to worship, marking the beginning of a road that would end with the “lost ten tribes.” The restored walls and gates give us an excellent idea of conquered the land. We will visit Banias, known as Caesarea Philippi in the days of Jesus where he asked his disciples, “Whom do ye say that I am?” At the end of the day, we will return to our hotel in Galilee. Our day would not be complete without a boat ride on the Sea of Galilee where we can discuss Jesus walking on Day 2: May 6: Galilee Monday

This morning we will head to the Mediterranean Sea where our focus shifts now to the Apostles Peter and Paul as we discover Caesarea. Here the Roman centu Christianity and Paul related his account of his vision on the road to Damascus to King Agrippa. We will visit the picturesque old Roman aqueduct and let you wade in the Mediterranean Sea. We conclude our visit to Caesarea at the Roman theatre and hippo drome where chariot races were held. We will then visit Bethlehem where we will remember the wondrous account of the Savior’s birth as recorded in Mathew and Luke and retold each Christmas. We will walk through the Church of the Nativity and sing Christmas Carols. We will have time to shop in the best Olive Wood store in Israel, Nissan Brother in Bethlehem. Our attention today is drawn to the Old City of Jerusalem. We will explore the ruins located south of the Temple Mount where you can walk the sidewalks and stairs of Jesus’ time. We will climb the Temple Mount where both Solomon’s and Herod’s temples Rock and Al Aksa Mosques now stand. We will stop at the Western Wall, the most sacred site for the Jewish faith. You can write a prayer on a piece of paper and place it into the cracks of the wall as millions have done before you. We will then travel to the new city of Jerusalem and visit the Shrine of the Book where the Dead Sea Scrolls are located, and the Model City, a reproduction of Jerusalem at the time of Jesus. The day will end at your hotel in Jerusalem. Day 5: May 9: Jerusalem Thursday

the water and stilling the storm. Day 3: May 7: Nazareth – Galilee Tuesday

Today we will drive to the top of Mt Carmel where Elijah had his historic confrontation with the priests of Baal with its dramatic conclusion. We travel on to Nazareth, home of the Savior for thirty years of his life. We will visit Mount Precipice, which has a sweep ing view of the Jezreel Valley from Nazareth dominat

tion of the Savior. We will also visit today the Arbel

Day 6: May 10: Jerusalem – Beit Lehi Friday

We will walk through Hezekiah’s Tunnel, built over 2500 years ago to secure the water supply of Jerusa

Siloam where the man born blind washed as instruct ed by Jesus and came away seeing. We will then head to Beit Lehi to experience an archeological dig early Christian mosaics, oil presses, a mikvah (a ritual bath) and the recently discovered columbary where the Temple. There is also a New Testament period stable which will give you one of the best settings for the birth of the Savior. We will also stop at the Valley of Elah where David fought Goliath on our way back to Jerusalem. Today we reach the spiritual pinnacle of our pilgrim age as we retrace the footsteps of our Savior during the last hours of his life and feel the deep apprecia God. We begin on Mt. Zion at the traditional site of the Upper Room where the Last Supper was shared with devoted apostles. We visit St. Peter in Gallican tu, the possible site of the cock’s crowing, and the Palace of Caiaphas where Jesus was tried. From there we descend into the Kidron Valley to visit Gethse mane, the Garden of the Savior’s deepest prayers. In the afternoon we will enter the Old City and contin ue the last hours of the Savior’s life. We will visit The Church of St Anne where the Pools of Bethesda were located. Here Jesus commanded the impotent man to take up his bed and walk. We visit the Convent of the Sisters of Zion, the location of the Antonia Fortress where Pilate tried the Savior. Our highlight day concludes at Golgotha and the Garden Tomb where we will have time to ponder the Resurrection and Day 7: May 11: Jerusalem Saturday

(There is no hotel included this night).

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