ISRAEL & JORDAN – Young Adult Budget Worship Tour January 2020

Arrive Tel Aviv, Israel. Bethlehem, birth place of Jesus — Mt Olives, panoramic view of the Old City — Dominus Flevit, the path of Palm Sunday — Gethsemane — Western Wall for opening Sabbath.

Overnight—Jerusalem.

Pool of Bethesda, where Jesus healed the paralysed man — Sabbath worship at the Seventh-day Adventist church — Shrine of the Book, which houses the famous Dead Sea Scrolls — Garden Tomb — Western Wall, closing Sabbath.

Overnight—Jerusalem.

Qumran, the site of the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls — En Gedi, where David hid from Saul and wrote many of the Psalms. Hike into the National Park to the waterfall — Masada, the spectacular cliff-top fortress where 960 Jewish zealots chose death at their own hands rather than surrender to the overwhelming Roman forces — Dead Sea experience.

Overnight—Jerusalem.

Wadi Qelt, hike the old road from Jerusalem to Jericho — Jericho, where the Israelites entered Canaan — City of David, archaeological site dating from the time of Abraham — Hezekiah’s tunnel, walk through to the Pool of Siloam.

Overnight—Jerusalem.

Holocaust Museum — Via Dolorosa, traditional path to the site of the crucifixion — Church of the Holy Sepulchre, likely site of the resurrection — free time in the Old City — Tower of David Sound and Light Show.

Overnight—Jerusalem.

Temple Mount, view the Dome of the Rock and site of Solomon’s Temple Travel to Galilee — Jaffa, Biblical town of Joppa where Jonah ran from God — Caesarea, the seaside town in which Cornelius received his vision telling him to send for Peter at Joppa — Megiddo, famous for its battles in the time of Israel and beyond — Mt Carmel, where Elijah slew the prophets of Baal.

Overnight—Tiberius.

Bethsaida, where Jesus healed the sight of a blind beggar — Dan, where Jeroboam erected an alter to lure the Israelites away from worshipping in Jerusalem — Banias Falls Nature Reserve, walk to Israel’s most spectacular waterfall — Banias Springs, the Biblical city of Caesarea Philippi, which lies at the foot of Mt Herman, and where Herod the Great built a pagan temple to Pan.

Overnight—Sea of Galilee.

Nazareth, where Gabriel appeared to Mary, and also the boyhood home of Jesus — Mount Precipice, believed to be the site from which the angry mob tried to throw Jesus from a cliff — Nazareth Village, which depicts life as it was in the time of Jesus — Sepphoris, a town close by that although not mentioned in Scripture played a significant role in the lives of those who grew up in Nazareth in the time of Christ — Sea of Galilee, open Sabbath.

Overnight—Sea of Galilee.

Kursi, Biblical site of Gadarenes where Jesus freed two men from Satan — Mount of Beatitudes, where Jesus gave the Sermon on the Mount — Capernaum, where Jesus visited the home of Peter and taught in the synagogue — Sea of Galilee, boat ride.

Overnight—Sea of Galilee.

Samaria, where Jesus met the woman at the well — Cross to Jordan and farewell those not doing the Jordan add-on tour. Visit Amman, the Biblical site of Rabah where David sent Uriah to his death—Jerash, fabulous ruins of one of the 10 cities of the Decapolis.

Overnight—Amman.

Madaba, the Moabite city conquered by the Israelites as they made their way to the Promised Land — Mt Nebo, where Moses viewed the Promised Land before he died — Machaerus, the ruins of Herod’s fortress and the place where John the Baptist was beheaded.

Overnight—Petra, Jordan.

Petra, the ancient Edomite city that existed in the time of Christ but was lost to the world for
centuries — Bedouin Camp, overnight desert glamping experience.

Overnight – Wadi Rum, Jordan

Travel back to Tel Aviv for evening flight home.