The Sea of Galilee

• CAPERNAUM– KNOWN AS THE “HOME OF JESUS.” AFTER OUR SAVIOR LEFT NAZARETH, THIS SITE IS RICH WITH MIRACULOUS ACCOUNTS FROM THE GOSPELS.

• MT. OF BEATITUDES– THE TRADITIONAL SITE WHERE JESUS SPOKE TO THE MASSIVE CROWD JUST NORTH OF THE SEA OF GALILEE IN HIS MOST FAMOUS SERMON.

• PETER’S PRIMACY– A PEACEFUL SITE ON THE NORTHERN SHORE OF GALILEE WHERE JESUS RESTORED PETER AFTER HE DENIED HIM THREE TIMES.

• FOOD TRUCK LUNCH– ENJOY LUNCH FROM A PRIVATE FOOD TRUCK NEAR SEA OF GALILEE.

• MAGDALA– A FIRST-CENTURY VILLAGE THAT IS A UNIQUE CROSSROADS OF ISRAEL’S HISTORY AND THE LAUNCH OF JESUS’ CHURCH ON THE SHORES OF GALILEE. IT’S ALSO THE HOMETOWN OF MARY MAGDALENE.

• SUNSET BOAT RIDE- PRIVATE BOAT RIDE ON THE SEA OF GALILEE WITH LOCAL WINE AND APPETIZERS ON BOARD.

• MEGIDDO– ONE OF THE CHARIOT CITIES OF KING SOLOMON FROM 1 KINGS 9. HERE, YOU CAN SURVEY JEZREEL VALLEY, WHERE THE BATTLE OF ARMAGEDDON WILL OCCUR, AS SEEN IN REVELATION 16.

• MT. ARBEL– THIS MOUNTAIN OVERLOOKS THE VERY PLACE WHERE MUCH OF JESUS’ EARTHLY MINISTRY TOOK PLACE. AFTER A SHORT HIKE, TAKE IN A STUNNING VIEW OF THE SEA OF GALILEE.

Western Galilee Region

• CAESAREA– THE BOOK OF ACTS COMES ALIVE AS YOU TOUR THE ROMAN HEADQUARTERS IN ISRAEL DURING THE 1ST CENTURY. PETER, PHILIP, AND PAUL SPREAD THE WORD OF GOD HERE.

 •MT. CARMEL– THE SITE OF THE OLD TESTAMENT SHOWDOWN BETWEEN ELIJAH AND THE PROPHETS OF BAAL IN 1 KINGS 18.

• MT. CARMEL WINERY

• NAZARETH VILLAGE LUNCH

Mediterranean to Galilee

• MT. OF OLIVES– THE HIGHEST OF THE THREE RIDGES SURROUNDING JERUSALEM, FROM HERE JESUS WEPT OVER THE CITY. JESUS ALSO WAS STANDING ON THIS MOUNTAIN WHEN HE ASCENDED TO HEAVEN, WHERE HE WILL RETURN FOR HIS SECOND COMING.

• GARDEN OF GETHSEMANE– REFLECT AT THE SITE WHERE JESUS PRAYED AND AGONIZED BEFORE HIS ARREST.

• LION’S GATE OR STEPHEN’S GATE– READ FROM ACTS 7 AT THE TRADITIONAL SITE OF THE MARTYRDOM OF ST. STEPHEN – ONE OF THE MOST BELOVED GATES IN JERUSALEM’S OLD CITY.

• ST. ANNE’S CHURCH– NEAR THE LION’S GATE, THE CHURCH IS ONE OF THE FEW THAT REMAINED STANDING AFTER THE CONQUEST OF JERUSALEM BY SALADIN. HERE WE WILL ALSO VISIT THE POOLS OF BETHESDA, THE LOCATION WHERE JESUS HEALED THE PARALYZED MAN IN JOHN 5.

• THE CHURCH OF THE HOLY SEPULCHER- WALK THROUGH THE ANCIENT CHURCH THAT BECAME THE EPICENTER OF CHRISTIANITY SINCE THE 300’S

• ZION GATE

• THE UPPER ROOM

Jerusalem

• GOLAN WINERY WITH LUNCH

• GOLAN HEIGHTS– VENTURE DEEP INTO THE GOLAN HEIGHTS AND SEE ONE OF THE MOST CONTESTED AREAS BETWEEN ISRAEL AND SYRIA.

• MT. BENTAL– TRAVEL FURTHER INTO THE GOLAN HEIGHTS AND SEE WHERE ISRAEL HAS BATTLED THREATENING NATIONS FOR CENTURIES. HERE YOU CAN LOOK INTO SYRIA AND AFTER THE SUN GOES DOWN, & SEE THE LIGHTS OF DAMASCUS.

• KURSI- KURSI HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED BY TRADITION AS THE SITE OF THE “MIRACLE OF THE SWINE”, WHERE JESUS HEALED ONE OR TWO MEN POSSESSED BY A LEGION OF DEMONS BY DRIVING THEM INTO A HERD OF PIGS.

The Golan

• TEL DAN NATURE RESERVE– HIKE IN NORTHERN ISRAEL AND WALK ALONG THE HEADWATERS OF THE JORDAN RIVER. THIS IMPRESSIVE ARCHEOLOGICAL SITE HAS REMAINS OF ANCIENT CANAANITE AND ISRAELITE CITIES. VISIT THE VERY SPOT WHERE ISRAEL FELL INTO IDOLATRY UNDER KING JEROBOAM.

• CAESAREA PHILIPPI– THIS IMPORTANT SITE IN JESUS’ MINISTRY IS WHERE HE TOOK THE DISCIPLES TO GIVE THEM THEIR MARCHING ORDERS WITH “UPON THIS ROCK, I WILL BUILD MY CHURCH AND THE GATES OF HELL WILL NOT PREVAIL AGAINST IT.”

Upper Galilee

• MASADA– SEE THE HERODIAN FORTRESS WHERE THE ISRAELITES MADE THEIR LAST STAND AGAINST ROME AFTER THE FALL OF JERUSALEM. THIS IS ALSO WHERE DAVID WENT WHILE ON THE RUN FROM KING SAUL.

• EN GEDI- RUTH AND NAOMI WALKED UP THE RUGGED MOUNTAIN TO BETHLEHEM, WHERE BOAZ WOULD MARRY THE MOABITE, WHO BECAME A FOLLOWER OF THE GOD OF ISRAEL. THIS SITE HAS A SPECTACULAR WATERFALL AND CAVES WHERE DAVID HID FROM KING SAUL, AS RECORDED IN 1 SAMUEL 23.

• QUMRAN– THE LOCATION WHERE THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS WERE FOUND WHICH CONFIRMED THE LEGITIMACY OF THE HEBREW SCRIPTURES WE READ TODAY.

• DEAD SEA FLOAT– THE DEAD SEA IS THE LOWEST  LAND ELEVATION AND THE LOWEST BODY OF WATER ON THE SURFACE OF EARTH. IT IS 10 TIMES SALTIER THAN THE OCEAN!

The Dead Sea

• TEMPLE MOUNT– EXPLORE MT. MORIAH WHERE ABRAHAM WAS PREPARED TO SACRIFICE HIS SON ISAAC AND WHERE JESUS WAS CRUCIFIED FOR OUR SINS. ISLAM’S DOME OF THE ROCK AND AL-AQSA MOSQUE ARE PRESENTLY ON THE SITE. 

• WESTERN WALL TUNNELS- GO UNDERGROUND BELOW THE TEMPLE MOUNT TO SEE SOME OF THE FOUNDATION STONES OF THE 1ST AND 2ND TEMPLES.

• SOUTHERN STEPS– SIT ON THE SOUTHERN STEPS WHERE JESUS TAUGHT THE LAST WEEK OF HIS EARTHLY LIFE AND WHERE THE CHURCH WAS BORN ON PENTECOST.

• CITY OF DAVID– DAVID LEFT HIS CITY OF HEBRON, AND WENT UP TO JERUSALEM IN ORDER TO UNITE ISRAEL AROUND ONE CAPITAL CITY. THIS IS WHERE HE SETTLED.

• HEZEKIAH’S TUNNEL– BRING A FLASHLIGHT AND WATER SHOES AND EXPLORE THE WATER SHAFT BUILT BY KING HEZEKIAH.

• TAKE A JEEP RIDE TO THE HILL OF THE SCAPEGOAT TO  DINE IN THE JUDEAN DESERT. COMPLETE WITH AN AWARD-WINNING ISRAELI CHEF. ENJOY THIS ELEGANT “KIBBUTZ TO TABLE” AS YOU DINE ON HOLY GROUND.

City of David in Jerusalem

• THE CHURCH OF THE NATIVITY- THE TRADITIONAL BIRTHPLACE OF JESUS. COMMISSIONED BY CONSTANTINE, THE CHURCH IS BUILT OVER THE RUINS OF THE SITE BELIEVED TO BE WHERE JESUS WAS BORN.

• THE SHEPHERD’S FIELDS– SEE THE PLACE WHERE SHEEP ARE STILL RAISED JUST LIKE IN JESUS’ DAY WHEN THEY SUPPLIED THE TEMPLE SACRIFICES.

• GARDEN TOMB– BELIEVED BY MANY TO BE THE AUTHENTIC BURIAL SITE OF JESUS. PRIVATE GARDEN RESERVED FOR COMMUNION.

• YAD VASHEM – TAKE A SOMBER VISIT TO ISRAEL’S OFFICIAL MEMORIAL TO THE VICTIMS OF THE HOLOCAUST.

Bethlehem & Outside the Old City