Dr. Dale Peterson Group

Mission to Israel

October 27th - November 7th, 2014

Day 1: Monday, October 27th, 2014: Travel Time

Depart the USA.

Day 2: Tuesday, October 28th, 2014: Arrive in Israel. Welcome Home!

Ascend the Judean Hills towards Jerusalem, Our Immortal Capital! Along the way, drive

through the Tribe of Dan country to the Philistines wheat fields between Zorah and Eshtaol,

where Samson burnt the fields with fire tide to Foxes Tales Judges 15:3-6 Samson went out

and caught three hundred foxes. He tied their tails together in pair, and he fastened a torch

to each pair of tails. Then he lit the torches and let the foxes run through the fields of the

Philistines. He burned all their grain to the ground.

Visit the Elah Valley, where David slew Goliath assemble with Sling Shots and cotton made

pockets with 5 Stones to Worship the Lords Victory given to David hand.

Visit She’haraim, the city where King Saul and David’s brothers were camping, facing Goliath

and the Philistines. It is where David arrived and received King Saul’s blessing to fight

Goliath.

Continue on the biblical-era ascent to the Land of Judah on the biblical way that leads toward

Bethlehem and Jerusalem. Here we will leave the bus for a short walk along the carved

stone steps from biblical times, at the same point where the ancient convoys used to stop on

their way to the Holy City. Here, we will bless our visit to Israel with Salt Bread and Water.

Arrive in the Holy City of Jerusalem! Participate in the traditional ‘shehechiyanu’ prayer at

the Goldman Promenade, overlooking the city of Jerusalem. It is here that Abraham 4000

years ago told his son Isaac take your donkey and lets go yonder, to Mount Moriah to be

sacrifice. David and his 37 ‘mighty men’ planned the conquest over Jerusalem, and 3000

years after at this same place, the 6-Day War was planned and Jerusalem’s Gods glory have

been redeemed. Study the parallels between these two "turn of History” battles.

Check-in to our hotel in Bethlehem.

Dinner and overnight in Bethlehem.

Day 3: Wednesday, October 29th, 2014

Greater Jerusalem – Follow the 6-Day War of 1967 on the Footsteps of Adam and Eve

Abraham Isaac, Jacob Joshua, Samuel, David and Jesus.

Visit the Mount of Olives. Gather at Miphtakh, where the Red Heifer was burnt to ashes - -

a method used by the priests to purify the Altar with Essobe and cedar branches. At this

special place, we will worship as the entire House of the Lord/Temple and the entire city of

Jerusalem and Bethlechem are spread out in front in an amazing panoramic view. From the

north Naiyot B’ramah’, Shoulder (Mount) Prophet Samuel Prophets Center to

the Rama Shoulder Mount of Ramat Rachel, the home of King David family in the south;

"And the Lord (that is in His Temple/ ‘beit ha mikdash’- in Yerusahalayim, shall dwell

between His Shoulders (‘bein ktaifave Shachen’).” Deuteronomy 33:12. (The ‘two

shoulders’ are the two ‘Rama’). Note: Mount Samuel – Naiyot B’ramah in, I Samuel: 19-22

and Ramat Rachel in Jeremiah 31:15

Visit Naiyot B’ramah Prophet Samuel Prophets Center and the burial place of the Prophet

Samuel. Gather for a Dedication of (Har Shmuel) Prophets Center, at his city, Naiyot

B’ramah. Gather for a grand Worship ceremony at Mt. Samuel,

Visit the biblical town, the Mikveh (ritual bath) of Hanna (Samuel’s mother), a major Baptism

for Healing. Prophet Samuel Mount is overlooking the country of the Tribe of Benjamin and

Judah. Mount Samuel is currently known by its Arabic name, ‘E-Nebi Samuel’ and is within a

National Park. It is located on a hill, 3027 feet above sea level, in the northern district of

Jerusalem, overlooking the city of Gibeon in Benjamin to the north, and Jerusalem,

Bethlehem and Judah country to the south and Jerusalem with Gods Temple in the Heart.

Continue to Kabur Banei Yisrael in Benjamin (north of Jerusalem) by Gibeah of King Saul

in Benjamin. Kabur Banei Yisrael it’s the Burial place of the Patriarchs and Matriarchs the

leaders of Israel connected to the center of Shiloh’s Temple. The first center – The first

Temple site in the Promise Land, built by Joshua. Kabur Banei Yisrael is the burial site, for

the Family of Kish and King Saul was chosen and appointed by God as His holiest place, to

bury the priests of the Abiatar the High Priests by their Home at the Beit El Biblical Lussa and

Gofnah Gods Priestly Center.

Continue to the Rama of King David, at Kibbutz Ramat Rachel (south of Jerusalem) where

we will see the Judah Kings’ Palaces, built by Rekhaboam, King Solomon’s son. He brought

about the big war and separation between the two nations of the Lord: The 10 Tribes of

Israel and the two Tribes (Judah and Benjamin). Follow the footsteps of so much of the Bible

history - -Abraham, Sara and Isaac, Jacob, Rachel, Boaz and Ruth, Jesse, David’s mother

(nitzeveth bat ad-el), Prophet Elijah, Mary and Joseph and Jesus- - as we go to

the Shepherd’s Field Valley in –Efrata which it’s by Bethlehem in Judah.

Visit the Cave of John the Baptist at Kibbutz Tzuba known in King David time as the Baal

of Judah it was the place where Prophet Elijah fought the Baal and where he met with King

Ahaziyah messengers and told them to return back to their King to let him know that the

Prophet said that he will die.

Visit the Valley of Rephaim, where David defied the Philistines at Ba’al Peratzim Visit and

worship at the Katamon St Simon monastery at Baal Peratzim

Follow Mary to Elizabeth and then to Katisima, in the cross ways valley between the Ramah

hill and the hill of Prophet Elijah where the Fire of God consumed the captains of 50th coming

to arrest the Prophet 2 Kings 1:8-9. It is Elijah the Tishbe. Then the king sent unto him a

captain of fifty with his fifty, and he went up to him and behold, he sat on the top of an hill.

And he spake unto him. Thou man of God, the king hath said, Come down. And Elijah

answered and said to the captain of fifty, if I be a man of God, then let fire come down from

heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty, And there came down fire from heaven, and

consumed him and his fifty.

Katisima of Mary’s time the place where she stopped to rest, it is the same place known as

Tzel Tzach where Rachel gave birth to Benjamin and ‘rested in peace’ (died) while She

called his name Ben Oni which mean, God’s Seeds within me. Take time to worship at this

Holy place, the beginning of the Funeral last Journey that Israel carried Rachel to Her

chosen by God burial place Genesis 35:16-22, And Jacob set a pillar upon Her grave that is

the pillar of Rachel’s grave unto this day. And Israel encamped to mourn Rachel, and spread

his Mourn Tent at the inn beyond the Tower of Eder.

Follow in the footsteps of Israel, Rachel, all the children of Jacob, Boaz and Ruth the

Moabite, King David, King Saul, Prophet Samuel, Prophet Elijah, Zerubabel, Ben Shaltiel,

Prophet Ezra, Prophet Nehemiah, Mary and Joseph, Jesus, The Maggi’s, the Maccabees

and the Roman who all walked on that same ancient pathway on the border line between the

Tribes of Benjamin and Judah to the Shepherds Field of Ephrata.

Visit the site where Boaz and Ruth the Moabite met at the Threshing Floor and where the

Lord God’s Mashiach Beit David is going to come from, Mica 5:2 But you, O Bethlehem

Ephrata, are only a small village in Judah. Yet a ruler of Israel, in the Hebrew Text written, A

King and A Priest, will come from you, one whose origins are from the distant past. The

people of Israel will be abandoned to their enemies until the time when the woman in labor

gives birth to her son with God. Then at last this fellow countrymen return from exile to their

own land. And he will stand to lead his flock with the Lord His God. Then his people will live

there unturned, for he will be highly honored all around the world. And he will be the source

of our peace.

Prophet Elijah’s Hill its striate on the Border Way facing the Tower of the Flock where the

Mashiach of the Lord God is going to arrive from. Prophet Elijah’s name is the Mevaser the

one who will announce the coming of the Lord. Malachi 4:4. Look, I am sending you the

Prophet Elijah before the great and dreadful day of the Lord arrives.

Dinner and overnight in Bethlehem.

Day 4: Thursday, October 30th, 2014

Jerusalem – God’s Capital City.

Sift through the sands of the remains of the destructed Temple at the Temple Mount

Antiquities Salvation Operation at Park Tzurim. The main activity here is a search for

archaeological finds from amongst the earth removed from the Temple Mount by the Muslim

authorities (to build a mosque at the site known as Solomon's Stables).

Visit the Yad Vashem the Holocaust Memorial and Museum, include the Children Memorial

and the Valley of the Lost Communities.

Enter to the Old City walls through the Damascus gate. Walks through the biblical Cardo and

the Old City Bazars to the Via Delarosa way of the station of the cross.

Visit the Litho Stratus courtyard pavement of the Antonia Fortress. It is here that the

Roman soldiers played with Jesus the ‘basalinda’ game (the ‘basileus’/ ‘king’), mocking Him

and crowned Him with the Evil king of the trees the Atad Crown of Thorns.

Matthew 27:27 Some of the governors soldiers took Jesus into their headquarters and called

out the entire battalion They stripped him and put a scarlet robe on him They made a crown

of long, sharp thorns and put it on his head, and they placed a stick in his right hand as a

scepter. Then they knelt before him in mockery, yelling, hail King of the Jews, and they spit

on him and grabbed the stick and beat him on the head. When they were finally tired of

mocking him, they took off the robe and put his own clothes on him again. Then they led him

away to be crucified.

Visit the Home of ST Ann (Mary’s mother) the birthplace of Mary, Jesus mother. It is also

known as the pool of the Fuller’s to prepare the Goats for God Sacrifices, Beit Hesda the

‘house of Mercy and its Pool, is where the lambs were washed and sheared prior to going to

the Temple to be sacrificed. It is also the site where Jesus performed his Miracle of Healing

the Lame man. Enter the Church of St. Ann, from the Crusader era, for worship, enjoy the

beautiful acoustics.

Continue outside of the Old City walls, through the Turkish time Lion’s Gate, which also

known as the St. Steven’s Gate (the first Christian martyr, stoned to death at the same place

where Jesus was crucified, buried and rose from his grave) three days after. Walk eastward,

as Jesus walked when carrying the cross, along the Garden of Gethsemane the garden of

Joseph of Aramatea with its wine press (in Hebrew, ‘gat’) at the Garden of Gethsemane (‘gat’

= press, for ‘shemen’ = oil), on the northeast side and on the Slope of Mount Moriah.

Visit the Garden of Gethsemane Cave where Jesus and His Disciples spent their last night.

Visit the burial place of Mary Jesus Mother at the north east of the Garden of Eden,

Mikedem. Walk through the Garden of Gethsemane. Take time for some prayer. Continue

along the Kidron Valley as we walk along the tombs of Absalom (King David’s son), the

High Priests’ tombs of the House of the Lessers King David’s Priestly House. The Tomb of

James Jacob (Jesus’ brother), then continue to the Tomb of Prophet Zachariah and

of Hagai. Arrive at the Upper Room, above the burial place of King David, where Jesus and

His Disciples had their Last Supper, which was a Jewish ‘Seder’ meal. In this same place,

50 days after Jesus’ Seder meal, His Disciples met again (at Shavuot / Pentecost) to

announce the birth of ‘Christianity’. Assemble here for a worshipping ceremony. We will

discuss the Holy Day of Shavuot and Pentecost and the Birth of Christianity.

Visit Ir David – the biblical-era ‘City of King David’ on Mount Moriah. Visit the Palace site

of ‘Metzudat Tzion’, the Fortress of Zion, which was the royal residence at the time of King

David at the True Mount Tzion. Tour the Gihon Spring - Beit Hama’ayan - the House of the

Gihon Spring. Walk through the underground walkway into the Canaanite Fortress from the

20th century B.C.E. - Abraham’s time. It is also known as the site where King Solomon’s

coronation took place. Walk through the ‘tzinor’ (water pipe/gutter) on which Joab Ben

Tzeruyah climbed into the city of biblical-era Jerusalem. Visit the newly unearthed Mikveh -

the High Priest ritual bath. It is the "Gihon Spring” mentioned in the Bible as a spring that

fed the Garden of Eden, also known as the Virgin’s spring. Proceed to the Pool of Siloam,

recently unearthed, and then along the remains of the ancient shopping arcade where Christ

used to walk and where he did his great miracles. Visit the newly excavated Jebusites city of

Malkitzedek and its Altar build for Peace Offering with Abraham. In this place looking at the

40 feet in height, walls, one can understand what the Jebusites of Salem were saying; even

the blind and lame could keep you out. . But David captured the fortress of Zion, now called

the City of David. 2 Samuel 5:6_7. These were the tow Miracles Jesus performed in

Jerusalem, 1000 years after.

Ascent on the newly excavated Ascents of Degrees to the Temple, the House of God. Walk

underground on the same biblical stairs found with shops filed with money of the Money

Changers where Jesus turned their tables out, and where Jesus healed the born blind man.

Arrive at the Ophel the biblical Ascent southern steps in front of the Prophet Hulda entry

Gates to the Temple. Assemble here for a Grand Worship Ceremony.

Visit the Western Wall take time for reflection and prayers

Time for shopping in Jerusalem.

Dinner and overnight in Bethlehem.

Day 5: Friday, October 31st, 2014

The Garden of Eden: The Foundation ‘Rock’ of God, the Garden of Eden and its Four

Springs of the Lord’s Living Water.

Visit Tzedekiyah Cave. Assemble at the stone quarry, which was used by King Solomon’s

masons to build the Temple. Enter Mt. Moriah and under the Temple’s threshold, below the

Holy of the Holiest, where, according to the Bible, the Gihon Spring will flow as a giant river

all the way to the Spring House of the City of David, through the Judean Desert into the Dead

Sea. All the people will come to drink from the Living Water at the Dead Sea. (Prophet

Ezekiel Chapter 37).

Study: The Dry Bones vision and Ezekiel’s Vision. Worship here! Join together worship

singing and praying for the Lord at "Tzedekiyah’s Tears”, which is the beginning of the Gihon

Spring.

Follow the Garden of Eden’s ‘Four Springs of the Living Waters’ (as written in Sir 24:21,

Prov. 13:14 and Isaiah 51:1-3); ‘Those who drink of me will thirst no more,’ John 4:14.

‘Those who drink of the water that I will give him will become in them a spring of water,

gushing up to eternal life.’ This is the meaning of the name ‘Gihon’ (‘le Agiah’ means ‘to

gush forth’, likes a beating heart).

We will start at the Tzedekiyah cave, looking into the ‘heart’ of the Temple Mount, under the

Holy of the Holiest of the Temple’s threshold, beneath the Foundation Rock of Creation, from

these waters of the Lord in the Garden of Eden, from which the Four Holy Rivers, the Pishon,

the Gihon, the Perat, and the Hidekel, are gushing.

After visiting Tzedekiyah’s Cave, we visit the Pishon Springs at Mei Naftoakh, the opening

spring of Living Water. This river and its springs, Mei Naftoakh and Motza (Hayamim) are at

the biblical border between the Tribes of Judah and Benjamin at the north west of the Moriah

land of the Jerusalem district below Naiyot B’ramah on the Prophet Samuel Prophets town.

It is where the Matzah Shemurah, the specially preserved unleavened {Matzah} bread was

being baked at the eve of Passover. This river goes west, to the land of Havilah (Europe),

i.e. the Western World. In Hebrew, it is written, ‘Where the land of Bedolach”, which means

a ‘stone made of the almond’, and being used for medicine and healing. It was wrongly

translated in the English text to mean a ‘clear crystal stone’. We will study the ‘Almond Tree’

as it relates to the Priestly Rode of A’aron and to the Cross of Jesus growing in the Garden

of Gatshemene the biblical גינת האגוז .Giant haegoze The Almond nuts Grove from the Song

of Song 6:11. I went down into the grove of nut trees and out to the valley, to see the new

growth brought on by spring.

The Perat is the third river on the north east of the Moriah country and the Jerusalem district,

mentioned in the Book of Genesis. It’s the spring that Prophet Jeremiah who lived at Anatote

said do not trust a broken cistern but only a spring of living waters. It flows northward from

Beit El (the House of God), Ephrat). These springs are near Jeremiah’s village Anatote, and

this is where Jesus and his disciples used to live upon arriving to Jerusalem. On the same

cliff above the Perat spring we will visit the only Monastery in a cave named after Haritun the

Monk, from the third century who established here the Hermits movement in the cave used

by Jesus, which spread all over the world.

Today the new Anatote is a musician’s village which enables the visitors to take part in a

musical worship ceremony.

King Saul, Jonathan, King David and Solomon used this place to rest. One of the most

importuned biblical battles was up in the springs of Perat cliffs; it’s where Jonathan ascended

during the battle with the Philistines climbed through the cliffs Boteztz and Sane. . . Jonathan

had not heard his father’s command, and he dipped a stick into a piece of honeycomb and

ate the honey. 1 Samuel 14:2-31. At the third century BCE, Haritun, the Founder of the

Hermits movement to the desert built a unique monastery in the rock. We will pay a visit and

study the story of Christ and His Living Waters. This river goes north to the direction of Mt.

Hermon, Mt. Amana, and Mt. Covenant, where Abraham had the ‘Cutting of the Parts’

covenant and Jesus ascended the Heavens on the Transfiguration.

The fourth river’s name is the Hidekel. In Hebrew, ‘hi’ means ‘life’ and ‘dekel’ means ‘date

palm’. The Living God of Righteousness. The date palms were brought to the Temple to

bless the Lord upon his arrival to the Temple. On the Eastern Gate, facing east were two

date palms, carved into the outer structure of the gate, facing east, awaiting for our Lord,

coming from the East.

We will drive south from Jerusalem, and the city of Bethlehem, deep into the Tribe of Judah

the Moriah country, to the newly built city of Ephrat and the El Biar and the El Aruba Springs

feeding the Three Pools of King Solomon. Near Ephrat, at the village of Artas, we’ll visit one

of the most beautiful ‘gardens in the valley of the Virgin Lady’. The valley gets its water from

the Hidekel (The Living date palm Tree) spring of El Aruba and El Biar, attribute to Jesus

Crist, which flows to the East, and feeds the world from the "Garden of our Virgin Mary”.

Today, there is a beautiful monastery in the Valley, which tends to the gardens and the pools

in the Artas Valley.

King Solomon, the son of David, knew that these Holy Waters were important, especially for

the House of God build by his Priestly House of David, who was watching the sacred Ez

Lael (‘goats for God’, to be sacrifice at the Temple Altar) at the Tower of the Flock, the

biblical Migdal HaEder, Mica 4:8, 5:2. King Solomon considered the construction of this

entire country and its Living Waters feeding the Temple at Jerusalem as he Raise up the

tabernacle of David that is fallen, and close up the breaches thereof and the ruins, and I will

build it as the days of old, Amos 9:11-12,

We will drive to Teqoah the home of Prophet Amos Amos 1:1-2.The words of Amos who was

among the Shepherds Nokdime נוקדים of Teqoah . . .It is now like a house in ruins, but I will

rebuild its walls and restore its former glory. And Israel will possess what is left of Edom and

all the nations I have called to be mine. I, the Lord, have spoken, and I will do these things. . .

And he said. The Lord will roar from Zion and utter his voice from Jerusalem, and the

habitations of the Shepherds shall mourn, and the top of Carmel shall wither. Behold, the

eyes of the Lord God are upon the sinful kingdom and I will destroy it from off the face of the

earth . . . I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob, saith the LORD. For In that day will l

raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen.

Amos said to Amaziah, the priest, I, was no prophet, neither was I a prophet’s son, but I was

an herdsman, and a gatherer of Sycamores fruits. And the Lord took me as I followed the

flock, and the Lord said unto me, go, prophesy unto my people Israel .Now therefor hear thou

the word of the Lord. Thou sayest, Prophesy not against Israel, and drop not thy word

against the house of Isaac.

The two Prophets Jeremiah and Amos were living on the edge of the Desert and by the two

most important springs of Gods living waters one Jeremiah in Anatote in the land of

Benjamin and Amos in Teqoah in the land of Judah. Both were Shepherds of God.

Visit Herodian, the man-made mountain which King Herod had built, and upon which he had

a fortress built so that he could overlook and control the entire Lands of Moriah which include

all of Jerusalem, Samaria, Judea, and the Scapegoat Mountain all the way to the Dead Sea,

but more the House of the Priestly family of King David and the Birth Place of Gods

Mashiach at the Shepherd’s Field of Ephrata in Judah. In the Heart of this Land stands the

Tower of the Flock on the border ancient way between Benjamin and Judah, the way where

Prophet Samuel have sent King Saul and said 1 Samuel 10:2 When you leave me today, you

will see two men beside Rachel’s Death place in Hebrew written the word Metah מתה Death,

and not as it has been mistranslated Rachel tomb burial place, at Tzel Tzach, on the border

of Benjamin, and Judah . . .At Herodian Pro Ehud Nether excavated the Tomb of King Herod,

it shed a new understanding of the birth of Jesus.

At Herodian we will assemble for a grand gathering, a summation of the day with a worship

ceremony. Herodian as all we need from an ancient synagogue within the Herodian palace

with a large seating place, a perfect acoustics all in a none parallel biblical history.

Kabbalat Shabbat and Kendal lighting ceremony at the Western Wall – Shabbat Shalom

Dinner and overnight in Bethlehem.

Day 6: Saturday, November 1st, 2014

Depart Bethlehem and drive to Arad, within the Be’er Sheva Valley, on the southern foothills

of the Judean Mountains. The city of Arad was mentioned as the symbol of God’s

punishment to Moses and the Children of Israel when they took their first "short cut” through

the Philistine Land, which God had forbidden them to do, and the Canaanite people of Arad

defeated the Children of Israel "unto Hormah”.

Visit the massive Canaanite walled city with its hidden well and water cistern. Biblical Arad is

one of the most unique and well-preserved cities in Israel. On top of the mountain, another

smaller city and fortress from David and Solomon-era have been excavated. It is the only

city that has been completely unearthed from the Davidic dynasty. The biggest surprise was

a Judaic temple from King Solomon’s time which was found, completely preserved. It is a

perfect example for teaching us what and how Solomon’s Temple in Jerusalem would have

looked like. There is an ultimate connection between the Tabernacle Tent found at Timna

and the temple found at Arad.

We follow with a visit to Ben Gurion’s burial place (Sde Boker) overlooking the Zin Valley

where the children of Israel walked on their journey to the Promised Land. Learn about

David Ben Gurion, the founder of Zionism and modern Israel, and his connection to the story

of the Exodus and the Nation of Israel’s leader, Moses.

Drive northward to the city of Mitzpe Ramon in the Negev high mountains, with its amazing

Ramon Crater. Visit Makhtesh Ramon, the giant crater, an exceptional geological formation

from the Days of Creation. This crater is the largest of Israel’s three natural craters which

are among the most striking in the entire world. Enjoy a visit to the Mitzpe Ramon visitor

center, overlooking Mount Sagi and Mount Karkom, the Mountain of God (Mount Sinai),

where the Holy Ark of Covenant was first built in the Tabernacle Tent and where the 10

Commandments were received from God and given to the people of God as an everlasting

Covenant.

Dinner & Overnight in Eilat Hotel on the Red Sea

Day 7: Sunday, November 2nd, 2014

Timna National Park and Eilat on the Red Sea.

Drive to the Timna Crater, and the encampment of Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law. It is where

Moses, Tzipora (his wife), and their children used to live. From here, Moses walked to the

‘Mountain of God’ (Sinai), with Jethro’s flock - - as a shepherd - - and met with God at

the burning bush. From here in Timna, Jethro came with Moses’ Children to Mt. Sinai, to

meet with Moses and join with the Children of Israel, carrying a new name, "Re-u-el”

(‘Shepherd of God’); we will worship here at Timna as we visit the very special re-creation of

the Tabernacle Tent with members of the Messianic believers from Timna and Eilat. Time

for celebration and worship at Timna.

Sun, fun and relaxation on the Red Sea! Enjoy some time for swimming, SCUBA or

SNUBA at the Coral Reef National Park. Eilat is also a great place for shopping, as Israel’s

Free Trade Zone, with no V.A.T. (value-added tax).

Walk along the sea, enjoy an ice coffee and have a relaxing day!

Dinner and overnight at Eilat hotel

Day 8: Monday, November 3rd, 2014

Ascend to the Tzin valley along the scorpion ascent; we will visit at Biblical Tamar on the

Tzin Canyon, crossing the Arabah Wilderness filled with natural springs and lush vegetation

in a ‘desert’ setting. Visit the city from the time of Abraham the time of Moses and the

Judges, to the time of David and Jesus. It is our one chance to see the oldest Acacia tree on

Earth. It is from this species of tree that the wood was used to make the Holy Ark of the

Covenant. View the ancient well, of the Israelite-era the city gate and the Edomite temple

that have been found in excavations on this site.

Arrive at the Sodom Cave (of Sodom and Gomorrah); it is possible that it was used by the

Holy Family as they fled to Egypt and later served as a worship center in early Christianity

Moses and the Children of Israel walked here Abraham and Lot fought here. We, too, will

worship here Between the Negev Hill and the Hill of Moab at the Plain of Sodom South of the

Dead Sea at the Arabah the Wilderness of Tzin overlooking to Zoara the Town of Lot in the

East and the Zered River where Moses ascended to the Hill of Moab!

Visit the Masada (matzada) stronghold and study the meaning of ‘kidush ha Shem’: a death

that sanctifies God’s holy name. Visit the Matzada fortress on the top of the mountain, with

its palaces, store rooms, water cisterns and bath houses. Gather in the ancient synagogue

with its Geniza for the Torah Scrolls which turn the Synagogue into A Gathering Prayers

Upper Room take time for worship.

Continue along the Dead Sea to Ein Bokeq and to our hotel on the Dead Sea. The Dead

Sea is in the Syrian-African Rift Valley and is the lowest place on Earth (1300 feet below sea

level) and has 9 times the salinity of the Earth’s oceans!

Take time to enjoy the special healing waters of the Dead Sea and some spa time; you will

learn that Israel has changed the ‘Death’ to a ‘Blessing’, and it should be called the "Sea of

Life”! Enjoy shopping at the ‘Sea of Life” store for Dead Sea products to bring home with

you.

Dinner and overnight at Dead Sea hotel.

Day 9: Tuesday, November 4th, 2014

Drive north via Ein Gedi, where King David hid in the canyon by David’s waterfall.

We arrive at Qumran, where we will visit the caves of the Dead Sea Scrolls,

the Scriptorium where the scrolls of the Bible were written. Tour the ritual bath near where

John the Baptist used to live.

Drive along the city of Jericho to Katzer el Yahud, where Jesus and John the Baptist used

to worship. Take time to stand in and along the bank of the Jordan River, where Christ was

baptized.

Visit the Gil Gal; this ancient place of worship is opposite the Yabock River (which is on the

Jordanian side of the Jordan Valley overlooking the ancient city of Shechem and Mount

Ebal). It is where Israel after he met with God at Penu’el and wrestle with the angel of God

crossed the Jordan River at the Adam crossing came to Gil Gal to meet with Esau. The Gil

Gal it’s the location of the 12-stone Monument ordered by Moses and executed by Joshua

and 12 priests of the 12 tribes of Israel, who took boulders from the Jordan River, to build

that stones monument upon crossing into the Promised Land with the Children of Israel. This

is the place where Esau was awaiting Jacob, his brother. It is here that Jacob fell on his

brother’s shoulder and where they made peace by breaking and then sharing bread. At this

site the Tabernacle Tent was resting for 11 years until it was moved to Shiloh. King Saul

used it as a holy ritual place. It is here that Samuel anointed Saul as king, and King David

used it as a holy site and a base (prior to building the Temple in Jerusalem) to execute his

conquest against the Midianite and Philistines the Ammonite’s and the Moabites on the east

side of the Jordan River. The Gil Gal known as the hill of circumcision Gibeaht Haarlot

Prophet Elijah the Tishbe in Ramot Gilead in Jordan and Prophet Elisha spent time at this Gil

Gal. The two and half tribes of Israel who lived on the East side of the Jordan Build at the Gil

Gal a most important Tower of Witness Gal Ad, Joshua 22/ 10 33.Thise Gal Ad stands at this

Holy Gil Gal to remind all who believe in the God of the Bible who live out of Israel the

Promised Land that they have the same rights and responsibility for their Home in Israel

equal to the Israelis who leave in Israel. It is the Lord’s Field, where the Bible says that

Jesus plowed a furrow with his own hands. This field at the Gilgal produced the first grains of

wheat and wine for blessings, which were used at the Temple in Jerusalem at the Passover

and Pentecost sacred meals before God. Attend a special ceremony at the Lords’ Field by

the circle of stones – the Gilgal. The acoustics are very alive at this place, and it is

overlooking the Adam-Crossing, of the River Jordan, where the Children of Israel entered to

the Promised Land. We will have a procession on this same ground, blowing the shofarot. At

the Gilgal, the Lord stopped giving manna to the Children of Israel. It was the first time since

they came to the Promised Land that they had to produce their own bread.

Overlooking the Adam-Crossing, of the River Jordan, where the Children of Israel entered to

the Promised Land. We will have a procession on this same ground, blowing the shofarot. At

the Gilgal, the Lord stopped giving manna to the Children of Israel. It was the first time since

they came to the Promised Land that they had to produce their own bread.

Visit Beit Shean, the biblical site in which King Saul and his son, Jonathan, got killed. It is

where David came to punish and execute the soldiers whom had helped the King to die on

his sword. From here, David continued to Yavesh Giliad on the East side of the Jordan River

to bring the bodies home to Israel. (We will be visiting Yavesh Giliad when we will drive

along the Jordanian side of the Jordan Valley). Visit the Roman Decapolis and Byzantine

city, its temple and Cardo and the magnificent Roman theater.

Drive to the Ein Harod Spring Its where Prophet Gideon trained the 300 people to fight the

northern Midianite. Cross the Jezreel valley also called the Har Magedom Valley where

Prophet Deborah defied the Canaanite Siseria.

Dinner and overnight at hotel on the Sea of Galilee.

Day 10: Wednesday, November 5th, 2014

Follow Elijah, Moses and Jesus! Experience God on Mount Hermon, the Covenant

Mountain, where Abraham had the Covenant of the Cutting of the Parts and from which

Moses, Elijah and Jesus ascended to God.

Start our day at the 2000-year-old ancient boat at the Nof Ginosar Museum.

Embark on a voyage on the waters of the Sea of Galilee as we board our Worship Boat,

with time for worship and song!

Arrive at Capernaum, the village of Jesus. Visit the archaeological sites there, with the

artistic architectural elements: the six-cornered Star of David, the ‘Rosetta’, the Holy Ark of

Covenant on a carriage, and more. Visit the 4th-Century synagogue and the ‘traditional’

home of Simon Peter.

Continue northward to Tel Dan. Walk through the Biblical City of Dan. View the city gate

made of mud bricks (the earliest biblical-era city gate in Israel), from Joshua’s time. Sit by

the gate of King Achab (son of King Omri), where the kings used to judge the people. This is

the city of the Tribe of Dan who conquered the Canaanites and changed the name from that

of the "Leshem” (which means ‘lion’ in Hebrew) to the "Dan”. The name "Jordan” comes

from Yored-Dan (‘go-down Dan’). At the site of Tel Dan, visit the 2900 year-old temple built

by Jeroboam ben Nebot. Two temples were built by the Northern 10 Tribes country, "Israel”

(the southern country was now called Judah, and the Jerusalem Temple was their center of

worshipping). One temple was built at Bet-El, the other at Dan. This temple is a unique

example from the First Temple Time, overlooking Mt. Amanah/Mt. Hermon, the covenant

mountain.

Visit the Dan Nature Reserve. Assemble by the Dan Spring, the main source of water

flowing into the Jordan River, the most blessed and conflicted geopolitical place in the Holy

Land of Israel. Praise the Lord as you’ll look up the hill to Mount Hermon, where God made

a promise to Abraham, the ‘cutting-of-the-parts’ covenant, to multiply and grow his nation like

the stars in the sky (the Covenant - Amanah). It is here on the Mount Amanah that Jesus

met Moses and Elijah after Jesus and Peter were visiting Caesarea Philippi (at the Banias

Spring) and then ascended to the heavens while all of His disciples fell on to the ground from

the fear of the Lord God. It is the place of Jesus’ Transfiguration. The biblical/Hebrew name

for that Covenant is "Brit Ben Habetarim”.

Visit Caesarea Philippi at the Banias Spring on the foothill of Mt. Hermon. The place was

known as ‘Paneas’, named after the Hellenistic half-man/half-goat "Pan” who caused "panic”

by playing his flute. It was a Pagan worship site in King Herod’s time. Jesus came there to

teach the Words of the Lord and to heal the people. Simon who called Jesus "The Living

God” accompanied him and Jesus, in return, called Simon "the Foundation” (the rock- -

Pietra = Peter) and, "…on you a new church of the Lord is to be built”. From here they

climbed the Mount (Mount Am’Manah/Mount Hermon) where Jesus’ Transfiguration took

place.

On this site, archaeological excavations have unveiled the ruins of the Temple for the Goatgod,

Pan, a temple for Augustus, the Roman Patron of King Herod. On the lower East side

of the complex, a one-of-a-kind church was found marking the site where Jesus and Simon

Peter were standing, teaching and healing the world. We will assemble at the church for a

prayer and worshipping, blessing the world with prayers.

Drive to Beit Saida in the Jordan Valley on the foothill of the Golan Heights. Beit Saida was

the capital city of the Geshur Kingdom from King David’s time. It is where Absalom, David’s

son, found refuge at his grandpa Talmai’s, the king of Geshur and the father of Ma’acha,

King David’s wife and Absalom’s mother. Simon Peter, the fisherman, had his home here.

During Jesus’ time, three of the apostles were born here. It is where Judaism and

Christianity melded together to one community of God. It was the site of the Sermon on the

Mount and where Jesus performed the "miracle of the loaves and fishes”; the multiplication.

Dinner & Overnight at Sea of Galilee hotel

Day 11: Thursday, November 6th, 2014

Visit Zippori, the center of the House of Hillel, the capital city and the site of the Sanhedrin,

for the entire country of Israel after the Temple and the city of Jerusalem were destroyed.

Zippori, just three miles from Nazareth, the home of Joseph, was the center of the Bible and

Mishnah studies and the home of St. Anna and Joachim, Mary’s mother and father. It was a

city of peace where the Judeo-Christian culture flourished - where two branches of the same

tree of the House of David gathered together and became one, preparing and waiting for our

Lord God, who has risen from death, to come again. A visit to the ancient synagogue, known

for its name, "Freedom and Redemption” can be the highlight of our pilgrimage to the Holy

Land of Israel! This synagogue from the 2nd century A.D. is dedicated to the stories of the

Lamb: Here, the lamb of Isaac, the Lamb of David (kivsat harash) and the Lamb of Jesus

Christ connect with the Passover Lamb of the Exodus from Egypt and with Abraham who fled

to Egypt, Moses who came from Egypt and the Holy Family who fled on a night journey to

Egypt.

In this city of Zippori, the Mishnah (6 books of commentaries of the Bible) was written. In the

first paragraph of the first volume of the Mishnah we learn about the bikkurim, the First Fruits,

that were brought to the Temple. On the mosaic floor of the Zippori synagogue we can see

the most beautiful display of the offering baskets (teneh) brought to the Temple in Jerusalem.

As we ascend to the upper city where Jesus’ grandparents used to live, we will pay a visit to

a beautiful villa, named for its mosaic floor of the "Mona Lisa of the Galilee”. We will also

visit the theatre that was used as an "upper room” to teach the Mishnah, built above Rabbi

Judah the President’s burial place. It will teach us much about the "upper room”. We will

walk along the Cardo where as a child, Jesus used to walk while he was visiting his

grandparents. We will pay a visit to the Nile mosaic floor that has amazing stories and

artistry.

At Nazareth the city of Joseph, Mary and Jesus where Jesus came on that Shabbat to the

Synagogue He was reading from the scroll, the book of Prophet Isaiah chapter 61. Here we

will receive one of the most important gifts; God Have issued for each one of us Our Biblical

birth Right certificate, and we will study the Isaiah Prophecy about Jesus.

Ascend Mount Karmel (in Hebrew, ‘Kerem’ (grove) ‘el’ (God) = grove of God).

Visit Muchraka, the site of Elijah’s altar. The site where God defeated the Ba’al Prophets;

I Kings 18:19, "Gather to me all Israel unto Mount Carmel and the Prophets of Ba’al four hundred and fifty and the Prophets of the groves (‘carem’ = grove of the ashera trees) four hundred, which eat at Jezebel’s table. And Elijah…said,‘How long hath ye between two opinions? If the Lord be God, follow Him; but if Ba’al, then follow him.”

I Kings 18:24, "Call ye on the name of your gods, and I will call on the name of

the Lord. And the god that answereth by fire let Him be God.”

I Kings 18:31, "And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the numbers of the

Tribes of the Sons of Jacob.”

I Kings 18:38, "Then the fire of the Lord fell and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust.”

We will stand by the burnt stones, the leftover of the broken Ba’al altars and worship "These

are the Days of Elijah” to the Lord God, overlooking the Har Magedom Valley of the final

battle, led by Jesus Christ

Drive along the Via Maris (the ancient Roman sea-side roadway) via Caesarea Maritima,

Pontius Pilate’s city, to visit the Mediterranean seaport city built by King Herod as a Roman

Imperial City.

Continue to Tel Aviv to visit Jaffa (a.k.a. ‘Yafo’), the ancient sea-port city that served

Jerusalem in ancient times and the city of the Prophet, Jonah, the city of King David, the

Maccabean Dynasty, the home place of Simon the Tanner, Tabitha and Saul-Paul the

Tarsus. Assemble on the hill of biblical-era Jaffa for a summation of our trip and a Covenant

with the Lord at the Arch of the Covenant, monument. Jaffa, it is one of the liveliest cultural

centers and artist’s center in Israel.

Enjoy a Farewell Dinner at a Yemenite restaurant.

Transfer to Ben Gurion Int’l Airport for your return flight.

Day 12: Friday, November 7th, 2014

Travel Time: Return flight to the USA.