UNDERSTANDING ISRAEL AND THE MYSTERY OF PEACE
Kingdom Faith has arranged two tours to Israel during 2008. The tours will be led by one of Kingdom Faith’s Elders, and organised by Julia Fisher.
We will travel around the Holy Land using the Bible as our guidebook; walking in the footsteps of Jesus and the prophets; understanding the past, present and future role of Israel in God’s purposes On the way we will visit some of the congregations and humanitarian aid organisations KF is working with, including prayer ministries. Everywhere we go we will focus on what God is doing in Israel and Middle East in the area of reconciliation between Jew and Gentile (Arab). In addition we will try to understand modern Israel and the spiritual, social and political pressures she faces.
The tours will visit key sites throughout the land. Although exact itineraries will be finialised nearer the time, here is an overview of places the tours plan to visit.
Caesarea (built by Herod; Paul was tried here; and Peter visited home of Cornelius), Mt Carmel (Elijah), plain of Megiddo (also known as the Valley of Jezreel) where excavations have uncovered a fortified city built by Solomon, Nazareth and Cana, and Mount Tabor (Mount of Transfiguration).
Boat ride across Sea of Galilee from Tiberius to Ginosar, Visit Ancient ‘Jesus’ Boat, Mt of Beatitudes, Capernaum, Tabgha (where Jesus appeared to his disciples after the resurrection and singled out Peter to ‘feed my sheep’), and close by the possible site of the multiplication of the loaves and fishes.
Upper Galilee and Golan Heights: Banias, Dan, Mt Hermon, Katsrin.
Mount of Olives, Gethsemane,Western Wall, Davidson Centre, Western Wall tunnels, Southern Temple steps, Old City of David/Temple excavations.
Walking tour of Old City to include St Peter Galicantu, Mt Zion, Jewish Quarter, St Anne’s (Pools of Bethesda), Garden Tomb.
Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial, Ein Gedi, Qumran, Dead Sea.
Bethlehem and/or Jericho.