Tour to Israel 2018
With Author and Messianic Rabbi (Teacher) Jonathan Cahn
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First evening and morning in Netanya overlooking the Mediteraenean Sea
My personal assistant at Ceasarea. Brother Bob captures an ancient toilet demonstration
Looking for prophets of Baal while Mr. Selfie is with Jonathan on Mount Carmel
Overlooking view of the Sea of Galilee for teaching from Mount Arbel.
At Tel Dan we see an ancient altar and make a discovery of evidence for the four spoke chariot wheel Ron Wyatt and sons found in the Gulf of Aqaba. I'm pointing to
the Charioteer Vase, found in a Mycenean tomb there. The vase
depicts a Canaanite four spoke wheel being used from the second half of the 14th Century BCE coinciding with the 18th Dynasty placing the Exodus at around 1446 BCE.
Ron had set the timeline after his find in the Gulf of Aqaba
of the Red Sea.
Then it's off Four Wheeling on the Golan Heights
At Bethsaida we find an abandoned Syrian military outpost since 1967
At Capernaum for worship in an ancient synagogue
At Magdala; a chance to walk and talk with Jonathan
That night worship and communion at the ancient synagogue of Chorazim
The next day we had teaching from Nazareth overlooking the Jezreel Valley
On the mountain of Sepphoris we overlooked Cana the area where the Lord performed His first miracle at the wedding. After hearing teaching on the
traditional Hebrew bridegroom and bride under the Chuppah; couples renewed vows and danced to Havah Nagila.
Lunch of Saint Peter's fish and then boarding boats on the Sea of Galilee.
Baptized in the Jordan and brother Bob baptizing as in his prison ministry.
Teaching at Gideon's Spring and then swimming at Sachne;
one of the springs in the land of Gideon.
From the springs we head South to a bedouine camp in the desert wilderness.
Alright, Who gets the pink saddle? Jonathan turns out to be a cowboy
Following the Manilla bus flag to our evening's exotic five star accomodations.
Sunday morning worship in the Biblical midbar/wilderness on the backside of Masada
Because of flash flooding we had to take the southern route to the Dead Sea Highway.
While descending the mountains towards the North we got a picture of the outskirts of Zohar's Fortress;
an interesting place with ashen formations I'd like to further explore someday.
First stop was the Dead Sea.(hats optional) Then a gondola ride to the top of Masada.
While everyone went up, I had to go into the remains of Gomorrah. Hottest place I've ever been and explains Jude's scripture
about this event being brought into remembrance as an example of eternal fire for this generation.
On the way to Jerusalem we make stops for teaching at En Gedi and Qumran.
Arriving at Jerusalem at night we get our first view of the city from Mount Scopus.
First morning in Jerusalem we ascend to the Temple Mount. Lot's of beauty and antiquity.
Bob and Diane (right) try to figure out whose face is on the mosque. Spectacular views and powerful on site prophetic teaching.
After the Pool of Bethesda we visited the Holocaust Museum which cannot be denied.
To visit Bethlehem, it's into Palestinian Authority territory and a great lunch.
We pass the shepherd's field for tourists and duck to enter the Church of the Nativity.
From the church we go to the real fields around Bethlehem for a night service.
In the morning on the Mount of Olives we praise the Lord for fulfilling of His Word toward
the Jewish nation and pray for the peace of Jerusalem and the new American embassy.
We then visited David's palace and entered the old city to the Church of the Holy Sepulcher.
At the Western Wall we placed our loved ones' names between the stones and then went to steps where Jesus once entered the city.
At evening we went to the Eastern Gate where Jesus will once again enter the city. We then went to
Gethsemane for communion where Jesus prayed for God's will to be done. Amen!
In the morning we planted trees in the Samarian hills and afterward went to the location of the house and courtyard of Caiaphas for teaching on the trial of Christ.
We enter the Garden Tomb area and visit the tomb to find it still empty. Above and to the left of the tomb door is the sheared off remains of the lead sheathed iron bar used by the guards of the Pharisees
to seal the stone making the sepulchre sure.
Between the tomb and Skull Hill is the place where Jesus was crucified. It is left of the path against the Calvary Escarpment. A deck has been built over the site known simply as the Deck complete with
camera for viewing what goes on there. The place of the crucifixion is marked by carved niches in the escarpment once high above the ground level of it's day as shown in early dig photo and can still
be witnessed behind the girls.
After a time of reflection we proceed to the Skull Hill observation deck complete with old picture of Skull Hill also called Gordon's Calvary.
Biblical scholar British General Charles Gordon identified this place as the Altar of God in the 1800's. We then view from the deck back to crucifixion
site along the Calvary Escarpment remembering additional identifying verses 41 and 42 from John's Gospel, Chapter 19. "Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden;
and in the garden a new sepulchre, wherein was never man yet laid.
There laid they Jesus therefore because of the Jews' preparation day; for the sepulchre was nigh at hand."
Our last stop is Abraham's overlook where Jonathan teaches on the commissioning by Jesus
to the disciples to go out from Jerusalem to the world with the Good News! We see Prime Minister Netanyahu pass by on the way back to the hotel.
At the Farewell Dinner and the following morning we say goodby to new our friends from Israel. Our guide Avi, bus driver Joseph and some of the boys!
After the long flight back we recouped overnight in New York City where,
I believe the Lord confirmed our trip with a new Greek Brother in Christ.
"For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek:
for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him.
For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved."
(Romans 10:12,13 KJV)
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