Revealing Israel – Oct 2021

HGE in conjunction with LAKE CITY CHURCH and ANTHEM CHURCH

Oct 13 – 22, 2021 – 10 DAYS / 9 NIGHTS

NOTE: This tour was previously scheduled for Feb 10-19, 2021.

A Manger, a Cross, an empty Tomb, and a beach where breakfast was served in the Galilee! Come with us as we walk where HE walked, pray where HE prayed, and weep where HE wept!

As we visit HIS Land, we will spend time on the Sea of Galilee, visit the Garden Tomb, the Old City of Jerusalem, the Garden of Gethsemane, and oh so much more. In addition, you will have the opportunity for an updated global perspective as we take a geopolitical Jeep Tour on the Golan Heights.

While we at HOLY GROUND EXPLORATIONS invite you to be a part of visiting this LAND where it all BEGAN, we feel that ultimately, it is God’s invitation to you to visit this Land that we hope and pray will transform your lives.

Upon landing in TEL AVIV you will immediately feel you are “home.” Our first night will be spent at our hotel right on the Mediterranean Sea, not far from the ancient seaport of JAFFA.

From here we travel north to the ancient port of CAESAREA. See the ancient theatre, the Hippodrome, and the port built by Herod the Great. Then we travel east to visit MT. CARMEL (Elijah’s contest with the the priests of Baal). From up top of Mt. Carmel, we will have a panoramic view of the VALLEY OF ARMAGEDDON. As we continue east, we will travel to the top of MT. PRECIPICE and re-live Luke 4:29-30, as well as have an overlook of NAZARETH. We then arrive at our “home” for three nights on the shores of the SEA of GALILEE.

THE GALILEE is not just a sea, but the area from where Jesus called eleven of His twelve disciples. We will visit the ancient city of CAPERNAUM, sail on the sea itself, visit TABGHA as well as the newly discovered town of MAGDALA. We then will head north to visit CAESAREA PHILIPPI, TEL DAN, HIPPOS and the GOLAN HEIGHTS, where we will have our geo-political JEEP TOUR.

En route to the wastelands of the Judean desert, we head south following the Jordan River. We will stop at QASR el YAHUD, right on the JORDAN RIVER. Those wanting to be baptized or rededicated will have an opportunity to do so. It is believed that this is very close to where Jesus would have been baptized.

Our next night will be at the lowest geographical point on the earth’s surface – the DEAD SEA. It’s time to rest and recharge our batteries, allowing plenty of time for a float. While in the desert, we will be given the opportunity to visit the ancient mountain fortress of MASADA, as well as the oasis at EN GEDI where many of the Psalms were penned.

We will begin our ascent to the CITY of GOLD JERUSALEM, which we will call home for the next four nights. The experience of Jerusalem will forever be seared into your senses – the sites, smells and sounds of Jerusalem are unduplicated elsewhere. Our sites include: MOUNT of OLIVES, GARDEN OF GETHSEMANE, the CITY of DAVID, the SOUTHERN STEPS, the WESTERN WALL, the RABBINICAL TUNNELS and the PAVEMENT (where Jesus would have been scourged), and an empty tomb – THE GARDEN TOMB. Also included will be YAD VASHEM (the Holocaust Memorial). And for the first time, we have built in an entire free day for you to visit or re-visit sites, or perhaps just take a stroll and allow the plethora of memories to find their way into your very soul.

This trip will change the way you read your Bible. The words will no longer be just black and white letters on a page; they become memories that are in living color! Your feet will have, in a sense, walked the WORDS.