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Join Pastor Steve Saxe & Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd Holy Land, Jordan and Egypt with Jennifer Johnson

Dec. 26, 2019 - Jan. 11, 2020

For more information, please contact: Jennifer Johnson 864-616-4019• [email protected]

www.eo.travel • 800-247-0017 Holy Land, Jordan and Egypt

Day 1 – Thu Dec 26 – Depart USA Day 6 – Tue Dec 31 – Samaria, Jacob’s Well, Valley of Elah, Emmaus Your journey begins as you depart the USA. & Israel Museum Visit Samaria, the capital of the Northern Kingdom, and home to Day 2 – Fri Dec 27 – Arrive Tel Aviv Ahab and Jezebel. See Sychar, home of Jacob’s Well, where Jesus You will be welcomed by our representative and transferred to your encountered the Samaritan woman (John 4). You’ll stop at the hotel for dinner and overnight in Netanya. Valley of Elah, where David defeated Goliath (I Samuel 17). Travel to Emmaus and recall how the resurrected Jesus appeared to two of Day 3 – Sat Dec 28 – Caesarea on the Sea, Mount Carmel, Nazareth His disciples (Luke 24:13). Gain a better understanding of Jerusalem and Cana (Galilee) at the time of Christ with a look at the First Century Model of the Walk to Elijah’s Cave in Haifa. Visit the Roman Aqueduct and Theatre City of Jerusalem, now housed at the Israel Museum. This museum at Caesarea, a center of early Christianity and where Paul was also contains many archeological artifacts, including the Shrine of the imprisoned for two years (Acts 10). Look over the Jezreel Valley Book of Isaiah discovered among the Dead Sea Scrolls. Check in to from Mount Carmel, site of Elijah’s victory over the prophets of your Jerusalem Hotel for dinner and overnight. Baal (I Kings 18). Continue to Nazareth and visit the Church of the Annunciation (Luke 2). Walk to the Mount of the Precipice, where an Day 7 – Wed Jan 1 – Jerusalem angry crowd from the synagogue attempted to throw Jesus off a cliff Visit Bethany, the home of Lazarus, Mary and Martha. Here Jesus (Luke 5:28 - 30). Visit the Franciscan Wedding church at Cana, where visited on several occasions, and raised Lazarus from the dead (John the first miracle of Christ is remembered (John 2). Check in to your 11). Pass Bethphage, where the disciples were sent to find the donkey Galilee Hotel for dinner and overnight. for the Palm Sunday entry into Jerusalem (Luke 19). Stand on the Mount of Olives and enjoy a remarkable view of the Golden City of Day 4 – Sun Dec 29 – The Galilee (Galilee) Jerusalem. Forty days after His resurrection, Jesus ascended into Enjoy a scenic drive to Capernaum, center of Jesus’ ministry in the heaven from this place (Acts 1:9-12). Walk the Palm Sunday Road Galilee (Matt. 4:13, 23). Experience a special onboard devotional to Dominus Flevit, the place where Jesus mourned for Jerusalem service as you sail across the Sea of Galilee. See a 2,000 year-old sailing because “the days will come upon you when your enemies will... vessel that was discovered and preserved at Kibbutz Nof Ginosar. dash you to the ground.” (Luke 19:41.). Visit both the Church of All This rare find is the type of boat which Jesus and the disciples would Nations and the private garden area across the road for a time of have used. Walk the Mount of Beatitudes, contemplate the text of contemplation in the Garden of Gethsemane (Matt. 26:36-44). This the Sermon on the Mount that Jesus preached there (Matt. 5-7). afternoon, walk the City of David Excavations down to the Pool of Visit the Church of the Fish and the Loaves in Tabgha, the traditional Siloam. Explore Hezekiah’s Tunnel, an amazing engineering feat that location of the feeding of the 5,000 (Luke 9:10-17). As you pray in the was dug from each end and met in the middle! (Note: Those who are Chapel of the Primacy, remember how Peter professed his devotion claustrophobic may want to meet the group at the other end of the to the risen Christ three times (John 21). Walk the recent excavations tunnel!) of the town of Magdala, connected with Mary Magdalene. Day 8 – Thu Jan 2 – Jerusalem Day 5 – Mon Dec 30 – Northern Israel (Galilee) This morning, walk portions of the Temple Mount, conditions You’ll journey north to Caesarea Philippi, where Peter proclaimed, permitting. Explore the Southern Wall Excavations, including the “You are the Christ” (Matthew 16). You will also visit the ancient Teaching Steps and the Western Wall. Remember how Jesus healed remains of Tel Dan and the altar built by King Jeroboam I (I Kings 12:25- on the Sabbath when you visit the Pool of Bethesda (John 5: 1). Sing 30). See Mount Hermon from here. Walk the streets of Bethsaida, a hymn in the Church of St. Anne and experience its rich acoustics. one of the “cities of woe” mentioned by Jesus in Matthew 11 and At Herod’s Antonia Fortress (Luke 23:1), see where Jesus was where Jesus chose five of His disciples (Matt. 4: 18-21; John 1:39-51). brought before Pontius Pilate. Walk the Via Dolorosa (“the Way of

Some departure dates may begin in Jerusalem. Touring itinerary is subject to change based on local conditions and tour occupancy rates. Itinerary continued... the Cross”) and remember the Lord’s sacrificial love at the Church of Day 14 – Wed Jan 8 – Mount Sinai to Sharm El Sheik the Holy Sepulchre. Sing praises in the Upper Room (Luke 22) and go Rise early to climb to the summit of Mount Sinai to watch the across the street to Caiaphas the High Priest’s house (John 18) and walk sunrise (or sleep in). Visit the Monastery of St. Catherine, home through some of the ancient rooms. Visit the Garden Tomb for a time of to ancient texts and the Burning Bush. Travel to Sharm El Sheik reflection and prayer. He is Risen! on the Red Sea coast for dinner and overnight.

Day 9 – Fri Jan 3 – Qasr el Yahud, Jericho and the Mount of Temptation, Herodion and Bethlehem Day 15 – Thu Jan 9 – Cairo Pass through the Jordan River Valley to the baptismal site of Qasr el Morning flight to Cairo. Explore the world’s largest collection of Yahud, where tradition says Jesus was baptized by John the Baptist. ancient Egyptian artifacts at the Egyptian Museum and see the Travel to Jericho (the oldest city in the world) and visit the ruins of the Treasures of King Tut (when not on tour around the world). This ancient city conquered by Joshua (Josh. 6:1, 2 & 20). In the distance, evening, sail the Nile on an authentic Egyptian Felucca. Dinner you can see the traditional site of the Temptation of Jesus (Matt. 4:1-11). and overnight in Cairo. Take the Gondola to the Mount of Temptation, where tradition holds Jesus was Tempted Three times (Matthew 4). Explore one of the most Day 16 – Fri Jan 10 – Cairo exciting archeological digs in Israel, the Herodion, the palace-fortress Visit the Pyramids of Giza, one of the only existing Wonders of the and final resting place of Herod the Great. In Bethlehem, visit the cave Ancient World. Nearby, view the Great Sphinx of Giza, the largest where Jesus was born (Matthew 1:18-25) and the Church of the Nativity. and most well-known Sphinx. Dinner and overnight in your Cairo Gaze out over the Shepherds’ Field, where angels first proclaimed the Hotel. Prepare for your flights home the following morning. Good News. Day 17 – Sat Jan 11 – Return to USA Day 10 – Sat Jan 4 – Qumran, Masada Stop in Qumran, where the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered in 1947 by a Bedouin shepherd. Enjoy a visit to Masada, the spectacular mountaintop A MESSAGE FROM YOUR HOST fortress built by Herod that later became the final tragic stronghold of the Jewish rebellion against the Romans. Ride the cable car to the top to explore the fortress and look down upon the remains of the Roman Jennifer Johnson camps and siege ramp below. Continue to cross the border into Jordan. I invite you to join me on this Holy Land Check in to your Dead Sea hotel and have time to float in the Dead Sea. program that will expand our knowledge of the Bible and this sacred land. A journey Day 11 – Sun Jan 5 – Madaba, Mt Nebo – to Petra following in the footsteps of Jesus will Start today in Madaba, the City of Mosaics, to visit the Church of Saint change the way you read the Bible, and George with its sixth-century, Byzantine, mosaic map showing Jerusalem you will learn why scholars refer to it as and other holy sites. Visit Mount Nebo, where Moses caught a glimpse the “Fifth Gospel.” Please consider this of the Promised Land (Deut. 34). On a clear day, you can see all the way brochure my personal invitation to be a across the Jordan Valley and the Dead Sea, to the rooftops of Jerusalem part of this adventure in faith and join and Bethlehem. Continue to Petra for dinner and overnight. me in experiencing a once in a lifetime journey as we walk where Jesus walked! Day 12 – Mon Jan 6 – Petra – Cross border into Eilat This morning explore the Red Rose City of Petra. Its entrance passes Save the date and bring a friend! through a long, narrow gorge known as the Siq and can only be accessed by carriage, horseback or on foot. Once inside the city, marvel at the Jennifer Johnson intricate detail of a city that was cut into the cliff sides of rose-colored rock. Continue to cross the border in to Israel for dinner and overnight in Eilat. STARTING AT Day 13 – Tue Jan 7 – Eilat to Sinai Follow the Ancient Caravan Route through the Sinai Peninsula to St. $3848* Catherine’s, at the foot of Mount Sinai. 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