Tracing The Tabernacle + The Messiah Israel Study Tour

with Kurt + Shoshanah Schafli

Itinerary

(Changes according to the political situation possible)

red colour = if time permits

• Arrival: Ben Gurion airport (try to get a flight to arrive around noon)
• Transfer to Eilat
• Welcome dinner with a Swiss family in Eilat
• Accommodation: Hotel in Eilat @ The Red Sea

 

• Timna Park: 1:1 Tabernacle
• Underwater Observatory
• Accommodation: Hotel in Eilat @ The Red Sea

• Tel Arad: Miniature Temple from king Hezekiah’s time Modern Arad: Visit with artist Rick Wienecke explaining his "Fountain of Tears", a link between the Holocaust and the crucifixion of Jesus
• Massada: Symbol of the last Jewish resistance against the Romans
• Accommodation: Hotel @ The Dead Sea

Wednesday, March 16th 2016

• Valley of David: Hike around the springs of Ein Gedi (Kibbutz)
• Baptism Site: Jordan river close to Jericho
• OTJericho - Tel es-Sultan: Jericho’s history – Joshua’s walls
• NT Jericho: Herodian Desert Fortress
• Modern, Palestinian Jericho: Visit with Tass Abu Saada, ex-PLO fighter, now director of „Seeds of Hope“
• Accommodation: Hotel @ The Dead Sea

• Qumran: Museum and caves of the famous “Dead Sea Scrolls”
• Kibbutz Sde Eliyahu: Pioneer of biological agriculture and pest control, - Grapes – Pomegranates – Dates
• Beth Shean: Roman Scitopolis; Saul’s armor; Solomon’s Palace conquered by Pharaoh Shishak (Stele)
• Capernaum: Archaeological dig with the antic Synagogue of Jesus’ time and the House of Peter
• Accommodation: Hotel @ The Lake Genezareth

• Hazor: Joshua killed it’s Canaan king with the sword! (Joshua 11:10). UNESCO-World-Cultural-Heritage Center
• Tel Dan: OT altar and the place where king Jeroboam set up a golden calf to worship
• Banias: Source of the Jordan river and Caesarea Philippi, location of Peter’s confession
• Accommodation: Hotel @ The Lake Genezareth

• Lake Genezareth: Boat Ride (To experience the disciples + Jesus in the boat – or the catching of fish etc.)
• Gush Chalav: A Christian Village at the border with Lebanon. (Aramaic Maronite Christian Community Israel) Visit with Shadi Khalloul, responsible for the recruitment of Arabic Christian for the IDF and President of the Christian Aramaic Association. Discussion about the position of Christians in Israel and The Near East
• Lebanon Border Visit: Explanations about the relationship between Israel and Lebanon
•  If possible, visit with Israeli Soldiers responsible for keeping the peace in this region
• Accommodation: Hotel @ The Lake Genezareth

• Nazareth Village: Reconstruction of a 1st Century Village – Jesus’ time
• Megiddo: An important archaeological site (Canaanite Altar, Solomon’s Stables), since 2005 an UNESCO-World-Cultural-Heritage Center and most probably the location of the Biblical Armageddon of Revelation.
• Caesarea Maritima: The pride of king Herod the Great and pivotal town in NT history! (Agrippa I & II, Peter + Paul, Cornelius a.m.)
• Accommodation: Hotel Eshel Hashomron in Ariel

• Mount Gerizim: Mount of Blessing – Meet the Samaritans, closely related to Judaism + their Pesach ritual
• Shechem: Tomb of Joseph (If access allowed), Jacob’s Well (John 4, Jesus + The Samaritan Woman)
• Shechem – Nablus: Modern Palestinian Town
• Tel Balata, the biblical Shechem, Abraham (Genesis 12) and other OT events
• Antic Sebastia: Before the Roman time Capital of king Ahab in Samaria
• Biblical Garden in Ariel (Replica of the Mishkan / Tabernacle)
• Accommodation: Hotel Eshel Hashomron in Ariel

• Shilo: Exhibition “Until The Coming of Shilo” (Genesis 49) and archaeological park of the biblical Shilo. The tabernacle stood here for 369 years. (Distribution of the Promised Land for 7 of the 12 tribes)
• Beth-El: Location of Jacob’s dream (ladder) and where king Jeroboam placed a 2nd golden calf. Meet an interesting Rabbi from Germany, now living in Beth-El. (If possible get a glimpse of the Ai active dig)
• Gezer: OT town with an amazing water systems and a Canaanite & a Solomonic Gate. (Gezer Calendar)
• Lachish: Joshua and Sennacherib were there – last town for the defense of Jerusalem
• Jerusalem: Mt. Scopus (View on night-time Jerusalem, the green lights have significance…)
• Accommodation: Moshav Yad Hashmona, close to Jerusalem

• Jerusalem, City of David: The Jebusite town David conquered – The Bible confirmed through archaeology – The Millo (revetment wall strengthened by king Solomon) – Tombs of the kings - Hiskia Tunnel (2700 years old, built to protect Jerusalem’s water supply) – Pool of Siloam - Herodian Street
• South Temple Area: (Davidson Center) – The Hulda Gates, entrance to the temple mount during Jesus’ time (Explanation of the Water libation ceremony + Yeshua’s claim to be that “Living Water”)
• Jewish Section of Jerusalem, Hurva Synagogue: Destroyed by the Arab Legion in the independence war 1948 – only recently rebuilt and made accessible to the public
• Nehemiah’s Wall: A piece of the rebuilt wall after the return from the Babylonian Exile
• Kotel Tunnel: Walk alongside the huge Temple Wall stones of the 2nd Temple (Underground Western Wall extension)
• Accommodation: Moshav Yad Hashmona, close to Jerusalem

• Mount of Olive: Vantage point for Ezekiel’s vision. (Ez. 11: 1) Location from which Jesus ascended into Heaven. (Panoramic View of the old city of Jerusalem and the Kidron Valley and many tombs)
• Garden Gethsemane: Here Jesus spent his last night, wishing “the cup would pass Him by” – confirming that the Father’s will be done!
• Kidron Valley + Lions Gate: During Jesus’ time the “Sheep Gate” through which the sheep entered Jerusalem to be sacrificed in the Temple courts
• Via Dolorosa: à Pool of Bethesda (N Temple Mikvah) à Antonia Fortress à Church of the Holy Sepulcher · Besuch des Tempelinstituts in der Jerusalemer Altstadt.
• The new Gabbatha with the Judgment Gate
• Accommodation: Moshav Yad Hashmona, close to Jerusalem

• Hebron: Abraham’s Machpelah Cave (If not possible for „political reasons“ we shall visit the Jerusalem Museum with the model of Jerusalem at Jesus’ time and the Isaiah Scrolls from Qumran)
• Herodion: King Herod’s Tomb
• Garden Tomb: Worship + Devotion
• Accommodation: Moshav Yad Hashmona, close to Jerusalem  

• Yad Hashmona: Worship Service with the Messianic Congregation, The Lord’s Supper taken the way Jesus and his disciples would have celebrated it; Biblical Garden
• Mt. Zion: Upper Room, David Statue, House of Caiaphas
• Bethlehem: Shepherd Field, Church of Nativity
• Transfer to Tel Aviv
• Accommodation: Hotel in Tel Aviv.

Sunday, March 27th 2016

• Transfer to the airport Ben Gurion
• Flight home

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