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PETRA CHURCH ISRAEL TRIP 2018 3 -12 March 2018 (Sat – Mon) PETRA CHURCH ISRAEL TRIP 2018 3 -12 March 2018 (Sat – Mon) Flights: To Israel TK55, 3MAR Singapore 00:05 Istanbul 06:25 (est. 11 hours 30 mins) TK784, 3MAR Istanbul 07:45 Tel Aviv 08:50 (est. 2 hours 5 mins) From Israel TK789, 11MAR Tel Aviv 21:00 Istanbul 00:25 TK54, 12MAR Istanbul 02:25 Singapore 17:45 Cost: S$3,980, including airport taxes, fuel surcharges at S$600. • Single supplement: additional S$900. • Travel insurance is compulsory at your own cost. You will have to submit the insurance certificate at a later date. • No visa required for Singaporeans. Visa is required at your own cost for citizens from countries such as China, Indonesia, Malaysians and Philippines. Registration requirements: • Registration form (complete with all details) • $500 deposit • Passport photo • Photocopy of passport Itinerary (Subject to changes) Day 1 Saturday – 3 Mar 2018 • Independence Hall, Tel Aviv Originally the Dizengoff House, the Independence Hall is the site of the signing of Israel's Declaration of Independence. It is located on the historic Rothschild Boulevard in Tel Aviv, Israel. From 1932 to 1971 housing the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, it is currently a museum dedicated to the signing of the Israeli Declaration of Independence and the history of Tel Aviv. PETRA CHURCH ISRAEL TRIP 2018 3 -12 March 2018 (Sat – Mon) • Carmel Market, Tel Aviv The Carmel Market, or Shuk HaCarmel, is the most famous of all Tel Aviv’s marketplaces. In recent years, it’s even joined the ranks of Tel Aviv’s trendy spots for bars, restaurants, coffee shops and chef-owned food stalls. It’s no wonder Shuk HaCarmel is Tel Aviv’s largest and most-centrally located shuk: From hand-made Jachnun, a traditional Yemenite dish, to boutique cheeses, and from one-off cotton clothes to designer threads, HaCarmel has it all. • Travel to Tiberius and check into hotel. Day 2 Sunday – 4 Mar 2018 • Tabgha Tranquil Tabgha, on the north-western shore of the Sea of Galilee, is best known for Christ’s miraculous multiplication of loaves and fish to feed a multitude. But it is also remembered for Jesus’ third appearance to his disciples after his Resurrection, when he tested and commissioned Peter as leader of his Church. Tabgha is at the foot of the Mount of Beatitudes, about 3km south-west of Capernaum. The name is an Arab mispronunciation of the Greek Heptapegon (meaning “seven springs”). Several warm sulphurous springs enter the lake here, attracting fish especially in winter. PETRA CHURCH ISRAEL TRIP 2018 3 -12 March 2018 (Sat – Mon) • Mount of Beatitudes The Mount of Beatitudes is the setting for Jesus’ most famous discourse, the Sermon on the Mount. Overlooking the northwestern shore of the Sea of Galilee, it offers an enchanting vista of the northern part of the lake and across to the cliffs of the Golan Heights on the other side. The exact site of the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5:1-7:28) is unknown. Pilgrims commemorate the event at the eight-sided Church of the Beatitudes, built on the slope of the mount and accessible by a side road branching off the Tiberias-Rosh Pina highway. The Mount of Beatitudes is also understood to be the place where Jesus met his apostles after his Resurrection and commissioned them to “make disciples of all nations” (Matthew 28:16-20). • Capernaum Capernaum is an ancient fishing village on the north shore of the Sea of Galilee in Israel. It is home to a celebrated Byzantine-era synagogue as well as the house where Jesus healed a paralytic and Peter's mother-in-law. Many familiar Gospel events occurred in this village. Capernaum is where Jesus first began to preach after the Temptation in the wilderness, Jesus healed a centurion's servant without even seeing him, Peter's mother-in-law; the paralytic who was lowered through the roof, and many others who were brought to him. Moreover Jesus set out from Capernaum when he calmed a storm on the Sea of Galilee. • Overnight in Tiberias. PETRA CHURCH ISRAEL TRIP 2018 3 -12 March 2018 (Sat – Mon) Day 3 Monday – 5 Mar 2018 • Gamla Known sometimes as the “Masada of the North,” Gamla is most famous for its strong defense against the Romans in the Jewish Revolt in AD 66. The site is bordered on all sides by deep wadis of the Golan Heights and is approachable by only one footpath from the northeast. The earliest settlement was in the Early Bronze Age and the site was reinhabited by returning exiles from Babylon. Herod the Great settled Jews here to populate his border cities. • Mt Hermon Mount Hermon is located in the highest point in Israel. Mount Hermon is mentioned a few times in the Bible, e.g. Deuteronomy 3:8, Psalm 133:3, Song 4:8. Mount Hermon is also mentioned in the New Testament. The Book of Matthew tells of Jesus and his disciples journeying north from Bethsaida on the Sea of Galilee to the city of Caesarea Philippi at the southern base of Mount Hermon. Mount Hermon is called ” the eyes of the state” to mark the Third Battle of Mount Hermon during Yom Kippur war, between the Israeli Army and the Syrian Army. PETRA CHURCH ISRAEL TRIP 2018 3 -12 March 2018 (Sat – Mon) • Kursi The Gospels tells how Jesus heals the madman, after sailing across the Sea of Galilee and landing in the Country of Gadarenes (Gader, south east corner of the lake). He drives out the devils into a herd of swine, who "ran violently down a steep place into the sea and were choked in the sea". At Kursi, excavations restored the ruins of a 5th-6th Century AD church and monastery, the largest Byzantine monastery in Israel, which was established on basis of the traditional site of the miracle. • Bethsaida Bethsaida, an ancient city on the north side of the Sea of Galilee, is a "tale of two cities" - an Iron age city of the land of Geshur, and a Roman city known as Julias. The area of Bethsaida was referred in the New Testament in conjunction with two of Jesus miracles: healing the blind man and the first feeding of the Multitude. It is also known as the birthplace of some of the Apostles (Andrew, Peter, Philip). • Overnight in Tiberias Day 4 Tuesday – 6 Mar 2018 • Samaria Samaria was the capital city of the Northern Kingdom, established by Omri and Ahab. It became one of the most important Hellenistic and Roman cities in the Holy Land. A temple dedicated to Augustus was constructed by Herod the Great, as well as other grand public structures. • Mount Grizim Mount Gerizim is a Holy hill, located on the south side of Shechem (today's Arabic city of Nablus). On the opposite side of Shechem is Mount Ebal. Both of these hills witnessed the mass ceremony held by Joshua after his entry to Canaan, following the return of the Israelites from the Exodus in Egypt. The ceremony took place according to the commands Moses received earlier from God - to gather the people between the two facing hills - Gerizim and Ebal - and bless the former while cursing the latter. PETRA CHURCH ISRAEL TRIP 2018 3 -12 March 2018 (Sat – Mon) • Nablus Nablus, known as the site of biblical Shechem, is one of the largest Palestinian cities with a population of more than 50,000 people. Historically, Abraham traveled through Shechem on his way to Canaan and here offered his first sacrifice to God. After the conquest of Canaan, Joshua assembled the Israelites here and encouraged them to follow the Mosaic laws. Day 5 Wednesday – 7 Mar 2018 • Hebron The city of Hebron was known to be called Kirjath-arba in the ancient times and is located in the Judean hills south of Jerusalem, It is the site of the oldest Jewish community in the world. Jews and Christians all venerate the city of Hebron for its association with Abraham – it includes the traditional burial site of the biblical Patriarchs and Matriarchs, within the Cave of the Patriarchs. The Hebron Protocol of 1997 divided the city into two sectors: H1, controlled by the Palestinian Authority and H2, roughly 20% of the city, administered by Israel. • Gush Etzion The Etzion Bloc ("Gush Etzion" in Hebrew), which today consists of 18 communities and nearly 40,000 residents, is located between Jerusalem and Hebron. Because of its strategic location, the Bloc was heavily contested during Israel's War of Independence in 1947 and 1948. Although the area was not granted to Israel under the 1947 partition plan, the commanders of the Haganah considered it an essential buffer against a southern attack on Jerusalem. • Way of the Patriarchs Way of the Patriarchs is an ancient north south route traversing the land of Israel. The name is used by biblical scholars because of mentions in biblical narratives that it was frequently travelled by Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. It is also called the Hill Road or the Ridge Route because it follows the watershed ridge line of the Samarian and Judaean Mountains. PETRA CHURCH ISRAEL TRIP 2018 3 -12 March 2018 (Sat – Mon) • Cave of Machpelah The Cave of Machpelah or The Cave of the Patriarchs, is a series of subterranean chambers located in the heart of the old city of. The cave and adjoining field were purchased by Abraham as a burial plot. • Ein Kerem Ein Karem has both Jewish and Christian history. Referenced as “BeitaKerem” in the books of Jeremiah and Nehemiah, the area was within the juristiction of the Tribe of Judah, from whom the classification of “Jew” originated.
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