Worthy To Be Praised
02 May – 09 May 2025
Genesis 12:1-3
Now Adonai said to Abram, “Get yourself out of your country, away from your kinsmen and away from your father’s house, and go to the land that I will show you. 2 I will make of you a great nation, I will bless you, and I will make your name great; and you are to be a blessing. 3 I will bless those who bless you, but I will curse anyone who curses you; and by you all the families of the earth will be blessed.”
Day 1: Departure from Johannesburg (Friday 02 May 2025)
Johannesburg – Tel Aviv
Our journey begins as we depart on overnight flight.
Day 2: (Saturday 03 May 2025)
Tel Aviv, Jaffa, Mt Carmel, Jezreel – Megiddo Valley
The Bible stories come alive as we start our journey reading the Scriptures. We take a drive to Joppa the oldest port of Israel. We visit the charismatic and beautiful city of Jaffa the oldest port city in the world that dates back thousands of years and is where St. Peter had his vision on the rooftop of the House of Simon the Tanner and raised Tabitha from the dead. Jonah set sail to Tarshish from Jaffa and King Solomon built his port on the Mediterranean there. After enjoying the few over the Mediterranean sea we will drive to Mt. Carmel where Elijah challenged King Ahab and the prophets of Baal. We drive through the Jezreel Valley to Megiddo, the Armageddon Battlefield, where archaeologists have unearthed 20 levels of civilization.
Meals: Breakfast, and Dinner. Accommodation
Day 3: (Sunday 04 May 2025)
Haifa, Akko , Gan Hapsalim, Mt Precipe, Nazareth, Cana, Mt Tabor – Transfiguration
We experience Haifa for a panoramic view. We drive to Akko to cover ancient history of Akko. The city was first mentioned in the Bible as part of the tribe of Asher’s inheritance, and then reappeared as Ptolemais in the book of Acts. Caesar Augustus brought his army to Akko while pursuing Mark Antony, and feasted here with Herod the Great. King Richard the Lion heart made Akko the capital of his Crusader Kingdom after the fall of Jerusalem in the 12th century. Napoleon tried to capture the city from the Ottomans, but failed to penetrate the massive sea walls. We visit Gan Hapasalim. This morning we visit Mount Precipice, where Yeshua escaped the attempt of throwing him off the cliff. We visit Nazareth Village Nazareth where Yeshua spent his boyhood years before beginning his ministry at the age of 30. We travel to Cana of Galilee where Yeshua performed His first miracle at the wedding. We are ascending Mt. Tabor for a spectacular view, the place of transfiguration and ascension of Yeshua.
Meals: Breakfast, and Dinner. Accommodation
Day 4: (Monday 05 May 2025)
Mount of the Beatitudes, Ancient Boat, Sail on Galilee Boat, Tabgha, Capernaum
We enjoy special time at the Mount of the Beatitudes, the site of the Sermon on the Mount and for a beautiful view of the entire Galilee. We continue our journey with a spectacular finding of the ancient Boat located at the Nof Ginosar Kibbutz. We enjoy relaxing Cruise on the Sea of Galilee and devotional on board brings to life the experiences of Yeshua and the fishermen disciples. We visit the ancient Yeshua Boat located at the Nof Ginosar Kibbutz before we end the day with a relaxing cruise on the Sea of Galilee and devotional on board brings to life the experiences of Yeshua and the fishermen disciples. We visit Tabgha the site of the multiplication of loaves and fishes. We descend for a visit to Capernaum which form what has been called the “evangelical triangle” because most of Yeshua’s miracles in Galilee were performed in these cities. Capernaum (The Town of Yeshua) we will visit the ruins of an ancient synagogue, where we’ll view the ruins of a 1st century synagogue and likely a location that Yeshua taught and a view of Peter’s home.
Meals: Breakfast, and Dinner. Accommodation
Day 5: (Tuesday 06 May 2025)
Qumran, Bethabara – Baptism, Dead Sea, Night Light Jerusalem
Today is a relaxing day. We take a journey through the Judean desert heading towards Qumran, where the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered. We visit the Baptism Site, known as Bethabara that played an important role in the life of Yeshua, as he returned there many times after his baptism. He went there after his rejection in Jerusalem during the Feast of Dedication, “He went away again beyond Jordan into the place where John at first baptized; and there he abode.” (John 10.40). Afterwards we proceed the Dead Sea where you will have a relaxing float in the Dead Sea. We return to the hotel for Dinner before we take our outing to the night life in Jerusalem.
Meals: Breakfast, and Dinner. Accommodation
Day 6: (Wednesday 07 May 2025)
Mt Zion, Last Supper Room, Tomb of King David,Walls of Jerusalem, Cardo, Jewish Quarters, Western Wall, Southern Wall, Golden Gate, Mount of Olives, Dominus Flevit, Palm Sunday road , Church of All Nations, Garden of Gethsemane
We start our day from Zion Gate and visit the Upper Room (Luke 22) the traditional site where Yeshua instituted the “Last Supper” – Matthew 26:17-30; Mark 14:12-25; Luke 22:7-23; John 13:1—17:26. Visit the Tomb of King David and walk through the historic Jewish Quarter, down the Cardo. On our way down the stairs we see the Golden Lamp Stand and enjoy prayer time at the Western Wall. We exit the Dung Gate to view the Southern Wall Excavations and the Temple Stairs. We walk pass the Mercy Gate to the Golden Gate. We head to the top of the Mount of Olives to stand where Yeshua had a breathtaking view of the city across the Kidron Valley to the Eastern Gate where the Prince of Peace will enter (Ezekiel 44) also the place where He ascended into heaven (Acts 1). We walk pass by Pater Noster Church and Dominus Flevit where “the Yeshua wept” as he beheld the Holy City and walk down the Palm Sunday Road to the Garden of Gethsemane and see 2,000 year old olive trees that date back to the time of Yeshua. We visit the Church of All Nations. We spend time praying in the Garden.
Meals: Breakfast, and Dinner. Accommodation
Day 7: (Thursday 08 May 2025)
Caiaphas House, Panoramic view, Pools of Bethsaida, St. Anne, Stations of the Cross, Golgotha, Garden Tomb
We visit the house of Caiaphas where Yeshua was kept during the night. Our day continue with the way of the cross starting at the Lions gate as we continue to the Pools of Bethsaida John 5:2-9 Now there is in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate a pool, which in Aramaic is called Bethesda and which is surrounded by five covered colonnades, also known to have supplied water to the First and Second Temples until Herod the Great’s time. These very baths are where the healing miracle of Yeshua took place. We visit the place where the soldiers plaited a crown of thorns, and put it on his head, and arrayed him in a purple robe (“behold [the] man” John 19. We continue to the Stations of the Cross starting where Yeshua was condemned to death(Mark 15: 1-15, Matthew 27:23-31), Yeshua takes up the Cross (John 19:13-17, John 19: 5), Yeshua falls for the first time (Isaiah 53: 4-7, Matthew 11:28-30). Yeshua meets his Mother (John 19: 25-27), Simon of Cyrene helps Jesus carry his Cross, (Mark 15: 21), Yeshua consoles the women of Jerusalem, (Luke 22: 28-32), Yeshua stripped of his garments (John 19: 23-24), Yeshua nailed to the Cross , (Luke 23: 33-43), Yeshua dies on the Cross (John 19: 28-37, Matthew 27: 50), Yeshua taken down from the Cross, (John 19: 38-40), Yeshua is laid in the Tomb (Mark 15: 46-47) . We end at Golgotha (Matthew 27:33, Mark 15:22, Luke 23:33, John 19:17) and the Garden Tomb. We on our way home with mind and hearts filled with a new and revived passion of Faith.
Meals: Breakfast
Day 8: (Friday 09 May)
Home
We say goodbye to our new friends and Jerusalem remains on our lips. Next Year in Jerusalem
