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Norman and Barbara invite you to join us SONS OF ABRAHAM & ANZAC TOUR

BEER SHEVA AND BALFOUR CENTENARIES 17TH OCTOBER - 4TH NOVEMBER 2017 SONS OF ABRAHAM & ANZAC TOUR ISRAEL BEER SHEVA AND BALFOUR CENTENARIES 2017

JOIN US FOR THE TRIP OF A LIFETIME

Take part in the once in a lifetime 100th anniversary commemoration of the courageous charge of the Australian lighthorse at Beer Sheva and honour all who fought including the brave Allied forces under Britain. A statue to the strategic role of NZ fighters and an ANZAC Museum will be opened and you can visit the Park of the Australian Soldier and attend all ceremonies including the re-enactment of the charge by the Australian Lighthorse Association (ALHA). This charge opened the way for the freeing of from the 400 year rule of the Ottoman Empire and the establishment of a Jewish Homeland.

We are not celebrating war but are celebrating the fulfilment of Biblical prophecy. (Amos 9.14- 15; Ezek 37:10-14)

A key reason for this tour and the Sons of Abraham conference which is part of it is responding to a dream and vision by Ps Barbara Miller that we need to come into Israel through the brothers, Jew and Arab, and work for peace (shalom and salaam) between believers in Messiah. See our conference report of a similar conference held in Sydney. www.reconciliationandpeace.org

See this site also for 2017 conference details and registration.

ABOUT YOUR HOSTS

Pastors Norman and Barbara Miller’s ministry has a strong focus on reconciliation, justice, prayer and worship. Norman is also an Aboriginal artist and Barbara is a mediator and author. They founded the Centre for International Reconciliation & Peace Inc. as a para-church ministry in 1997 after planting a church in Cairns, Australia in 1996. It is called Tabernacle of David. From 2005-2012, they were the leaders of the Bethany Gate under the Jerusalem House of Prayer for All Nations and co-hosted the Bethany Gate & All Pacific Prayer Assembly of over 2,000 people in Cairns in May 2006 timed to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the proclamation by Ferdinand de Quiros over the Pacific of “the South Lands of the Holy Spirit”.

They have ministered in Israel, Turkey, England, Canada, the USA, Zimbabwe, Guatemala, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, NZ, PNG, Vanuatu and Solomon Is and have hosted yearly Psalm 24:7 conferences in Australia. Norman and Barbara led an ANZAC/Lighthorse team of 14 Australians and 7 New Zealanders to Israel in 2010 to commemorate the Oct 31 events in Beer Sheva. They laid wreaths at the newly completed statue to the NZ Mounted Rifles at Ben Gurion School in . This commemorated the battle of Ayun Kara.

Email [email protected] Barbara 0466 076 020 SONS OF ABRAHAM & ANZAC TOUR ISRAEL BEER SHEVA AND BALFOUR CENTENARIES 2017 ITINERARY Day 1 TueSDAY 17TH OCTOBER 2017 Day 5 SATURDAY 21ST OCTOBER 2017 Arrive airport @ Ben Gurion on Enjoy a boat ride on CX flight 675 at 7:40am. Lake Galilee. Meet and assist. Meet your guide and start your Capernaum, Jesus lived touring. here and preached in Ness Ziona, see statue to NZ Mounted Rifles the synagogue, see Peter’s house. Ramleh Cemetery where ANZACS are buried. Tabgha, where Jesus Rishon LeZion, visit a local pastor and see tribute to performed the miracle of the loaves and fishes and NZ re battle of Ayun Kara. the site of his 4th resurrection appearance. See apology in Rishon LeZion Archives re Arab village Mt of Beatitudes where Jesus gave the Sermon on of Surafend by our ANZAC Christian tour of 2010. the Mount. Overnight: Tel Aviv Overnight: day 2 WEDNeSDAY 18TH OCTOBER 2017 ND Visit places where Abraham built altars - Shechem Day 6 SUNDAY 22 OCTOBER 2017 (Nablus) and Beth El (Ramallah). Experience a tour of the Golan Heights with a view Beth El also place of Jacob’s dream, a stairway to of the Syrian Israeli border and an explanation of heaven. the Sykes-Picot agreement that still holds in the area today! Shiloh, the site of the Tabernacle when the Israelites arrived in the Holy Land. Pray at/near border with Lebanon and Syria. Beit El, a Jewish community where the Yeshiva Mt Hermon, site of God’s covenant with Abraham, operates the Arutz Sheva news website which Psalm 133 refers to it. operates out of studios here. Tel Dan - Israel was described as Dan to as Dan was the northern most of the 12 tribes. Overnight: Tel Aviv Banias/Caesarea Philippi. The great confession and Day 3 THURSDAY 19TH OCTOBER 2017 the transfiguration both occurred nearby (Matt 16:13). Tel Aviv Prayer Tower. Overnight: Tiberias Afternoon with Mt Carmel pastor. The prophet Elijah had his famous encounter with the prophets Day 7 MONDAY 23RD OCTOBER 2017 of Baal here. Baptism in Jordan River. An opportunity to be ANZAC cemetery and see picturesque sights, re-baptised in this famous place. hanging gardens and beaches. Belvoir Castle, a Overnight: Haifa Crusader fortress. Semakh (Tzemach) Day 4 FRIDAY 20TH OCTOBER 2017 another successful village recreates the Nazareth Jesus lived Lighthorse charge. in and his parables come to life. ALHA event at Sea of Galilee, the site of much of Jesus’ ministry and miracles. Galilee 3pm. Cana where Jesus performed his first miracle. Allenby Bridge named after General Allenby who led the Battle of Megiddo. Megiddo, also called Armageddon, Australians fought here. Pray at/near border with Jordan. Transfer to Jerusalem Overnight: Tiberias SONS OF ABRAHAM & ANZAC TOUR ISRAEL BEER SHEVA AND BALFOUR CENTENARIES 2017

Day 8 TUESDAY 24TH OCTOBER 2017 Day 12 Saturday 28TH OCTOBER Efrat or Jerusalem, meet with Centre for Jewish- Visit pastor in Bethlehem, Christian Understanding and Cooperation. Jesus’ birthplace & see Hebron where Abraham built an altar, Tomb of sights.Golden gate Patriarchs and Mamre, place of covenant. where Jesus entered on Palm Sunday and where Mt Moriah (Temple Mount) where Abraham was Messiah will enter. prepared to sacrifice Isaac, site of Solomon’s Temple and crucifixion of Jesus, place of covenant. Western wall, last remnant of holy temple, pray at the wall. Garden of Gethsemane (if time permits) where Via Dolorosa, retracing the steps of Jesus to the Jesus prayed and was crucifixion. arrested. Church of the Holy Yad Vashem – visit the Sepulchre, the William Cooper Plaque two holiest sites in in the research building (subject to time constraints Christianity - the site and confirmation). where Jesus was crucified known as Calvary or Christchurch Heritage Museum, first Protestant Golgotha, and Jesus’s church in Middle East. empty tomb, where He was buried and resurrected. ALHA Lighthorse event Jerusalem late afternoon/ The Garden Tomb is an alternative location. early evening. Arab markets (allow shopping time) Overnight: Jerusalem Armenian Quarter (allow shopping time) Mt of Olives - Jesus taught the Lord’s prayer here, Day 9 WEDNESDAY 25TH OCTOBER 2017, wept over Jerusalem and this is the site of his Day 10 THURSDAY 26TH OCTOBER 2017 ascension and second coming. The British defeated the Turks here Dec 1917 so no fighting occurred TH & Day 11 FRIDAY 27 OCTOBER 2017 in Jerusalem itself before the triumphant entry of the Allies with Allenby walking, reminiscent of Sons of Abraham Jesus entering on a donkey Palm Sunday. ANZACS Conference accompanied him. King of Great Glory Mt Scopus Jerusalem War Cemetery, ANZACS Congregation, Jerusalem buried here Overnight: Jerusalem Overnight: Jerusalem SONS OF ABRAHAM & ANZAC TOUR ISRAEL BEER SHEVA AND BALFOUR CENTENARIES 2017

Day 13 Sunday 29TH OCTOBER Day 15 Tuesday 31ST OCTOBER Following JNF ANZAC Trail, about 100 kilometres Beer Sheva commemorations. Service at long, which retraces and commemorates the route Commonwealth. Cemetery & Turkish Memorial. the ANZAC horsemen took when they liberated Beer Opening Ceremony of ANZAC Museum. Sheva. Tel Sheva (Tel el-Saba) to see battlefield & for ANZAC Memorial in Be’eri Forest. Ceremony by NZ Embassy. ANZAC Sign at Tel Gamma, Gerar (Wady es Sheriah). Opening NZ Monument. Besor Dam built by ANZACs. 12md Join ALHA as they salute the Kiwis. Besor park (Eshkol Re-enactment of Charge by ALHA. National Park Shellal) Park of the Australian Soldier. - At Shellal ANZAC troops Old Turkish Railway Station Museum. discovered during the Abrahams well city. World War I Second Battle of Gaza a Overnight Arad Guest House beautiful floor mosaic depicting a variety of animals,part of the ruins of a Day 16 Wednesday 1ST NOVEMBER Byzantine church. The mosaic is now displayed in the Arad Fountain of Tears - artist’s dialogue of suffering Australian War Memorial in Canberra. between Jesus’ seven last statements before His Golda Park (Bir Asluj). death and WWII Holocaust survivors. The name Turkish Patish Ruins. comes from Jeremiah 9:1 Overnight Arad Guest House. Yatir Forest – See the plaque and trees planted to honour Aboriginal Australian William Cooper who led the only known private protest worldwide against TH Day 14 Monday 30 OCTOBER Kristallnacht, the start of in 1938. He Visit pastors in Beer Sheva and Bible House. has a plaque and trees in the Martyrs Forest near Jerusalem also. Pray at Tel Sheva the place of the first covenant or peace treaty between and the Philistines, first Dead Sea float if time. Abraham and then Isaac made it with Abimelech. – see the bullet holes in this city near the Beer LaHair Roi (if located) where God saw Hagar border with Gaza and pray. and heard the cries of Ishmael. , visit pastor. Ashdod was allotted to the 7pm Combined Worship Service at Yeshua’s tribe of Judah. After capturing the Ark of the Inheritance congregation Beer Sheva. Covenant from the Israelites, the Philistines took it to Ashdod and placed it in the temple of Dagon. Overnight: Arad Guest House Overnight: Tel Aviv SONS OF ABRAHAM & ANZAC TOUR ISRAEL BEER SHEVA AND BALFOUR CENTENARIES 2017

Day 17 Thursday 2nd NOVEMBER Day 18 friday 3rd NOVEMBER CONTINUED Morning – rest, shopping or swim in the Visit a pastor in , a seaside tourist town and . have a swim. Afternoon - anniversary of in Tel Overnight: Tel Aviv Aviv, light and sound show. Overnight: Tel Aviv Day 19 SATURday 4TH NOVEMBER Transfer to the airport in good time for your flight on Day 18 friday 3rd NOVEMBER Cathay Pacific home via Hong Kong. See ANZAC sites Tel Aviv and /Yafo and hear of Cathay flight CX674 departs Tel Aviv Ben Gurion the 3 battles that took place there. Airport at 12.45pm lunchtime. Visit a pastor in Jaffa. It is the oldest seaport in the Check-in will be required three hours’ prior to world where Jonah, told by God to go to Nineveh scheduled departure at 9.45am. instead flees from “the presence of the Lord” going to Jaffa or Joppa and sailing to Tarshish, the opposite direction.

Inclusions exclusions • Airport meeting & assistance on arrival • Conference registration USD$95 per person • 15 full days in modern air conditioned motor coach • Regular Bus or guide services during Jerusalem (no regular bus service 25-27 October) conference 25-27/10 • Transfers to/from conference and hotel • Any conference costs – halls, audiovisual (25-27 October) equipment, drinks or snacks • 15 full days’ licensed English speaking guide (no guide service 25-27 October & 04 November) price** • 1 evening out on 30 October • 1 departure transfer USD$3,285 per person (based on twin share) • 18 nights’ twin share accommodation Single supplement: USD$1,495 • Breakfast and dinner daily in hotel Tour only not including flights • Festive farewell meal in a Middle Eastern restaurant • All entrance fees as per the itinerary ** Itinerary may be subject to changes and • All TIPS & gratuities security clearances ** • Pilgrims gift packs • Mobile phone for the tour leader SONS OF ABRAHAM & ANZAC TOUR ISRAEL BEER SHEVA AND BALFOUR CENTENARIES 2017

background

Walkabout (Ps 48:12), walk where Jesus or Yeshua walked, pray on the borders of Israel, meet local congregations, Jew and Arab.

We will be praying at Abraham’s well and Tel Sheva in Beer Sheva, Gerar, the Tomb of the Patriarchs in Hebron and all the places that God made covenant with Abraham and/or he built altars to the Lord - Mt Hermon, Beth El, Schechem, Hebron & the Temple Mount. Not many tours do this but this tour is very strategic so don’t miss out. We will visit sites re William Cooper, Aboriginal Australian, honoured by Yad Vashem.

We will attend the 100th anniversary of the Balfour Declaration by the British Parliament supporting a Jewish homeland in Palestine. It is in Tel Aviv 2 Nov and will be attended by the President and Prime Minister of Israel. We visit strategic ANZAC locations throughout Israel including Jaffa/Yafo, Rishon LeZion, Nes Ziona, Armageddon, Allenby Bridge, the ANZAC trail from Gaza to Beer Sheva and cemetries in Haifa, Mt Scopus & Beer Sheva. In Semakh and Jerusalem we will connect with ALHA events.

FIND OUT MORE Email [email protected] Barbara 0466 076 020 International Reconciliation and Peace - www.reconciliationandpeace.org See this site also for 2017 conference details and registration.

Vicky Gonda 02 9371 8166 Email [email protected] Israel Travel Centre - www.israeltravelcentre.com.au