For centuries, Jews dreamed of returning to the city of Jerusalem, the city beloved of God and the symbol of their triumphant return to the Promised Land. “Next year in Jerusalem” was the cry of generations of Jews.
Christians also pictured Jerusalem as the center of the world, the most important location on Earth. Even in medieval times, Christians would create world maps with Jerusalem at the center.
Yet for most people, the thought of actually seeing Jerusalem was simply a fantasy. Jews wandered the earth in exile, Christians were driven out of the Middle East following the end of the Crusades. For most of Western history, seeing Jerusalem was as unlikely as traveling to the moon.
Not anymore. Israel has returned to claim the inheritance God promised. And the 2016 WND Israel Tour will feature an awe-inspiring journey to Jerusalem itself.
But your opportunity to take part in this pilgrimage won’t last much longer. Registration and deposits for the tour must be completed by June 10.
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The trip will take place from Nov. 10-20 and travelers can get all the details online at WNDIsraelTour.com or by calling Coral Tours toll-free at 1-866-267-2511.
“One of the most intense, breathtaking, profound, exciting and ‘beyond’ of experiences one can ever have is to go up the mountains and see for the first time the Holy City of Jerusalem,” said Messianic rabbi Jonathan Cahn. “And even if one has seen it before, it still always seems as if the first time one is beholding it. For that reason, as we plan out the upcoming pilgrimage to Israel we seek as always to make this moment as special as possible.
“The Bible says that there is no place on earth like Jerusalem. Jerusalem is the City of God, the City of Peace, the Eternal City, and the Holy City. The love that God has for Jerusalem and the love Messiah has for Jerusalem is hard to fathom. Messiah actually wept for it. It’s the city of our salvation, where Messiah died for us, and where He rose. The Psalm declares, ‘Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is Mount Zion.’ The rabbis write that God gave to the world ten measures of beauty, nine of them to Jerusalem.”
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Jonathan Cahn is best known the author of “The Harbinger,” the New York Times bestseller that captured the imagination of the nation. He heads the world’s largest Messianic congregation in the world at The Jerusalem Center and is widely admired for his series of Scriptural teachings, many of which are now available on DVD. He also made the New York Times bestseller list again with his book the “Mystery of the Shemitah” and is the inspiration for the films “The Isaiah 9:10 Judgment” and “The Harbinger Man.”
Cahn will be leading this unique tour through Israel, providing spiritual instruction along the way. He urged potential guests not to miss this opportunity, as the emotional impact of simply seeing the city cannot be overestimated.
“In terms of natural resources, Jerusalem doesn’t have much, not what most of the world’s major cities have – no great natural resources, no great riches, and no great strategic or military value – just a city on mountain rocks in between pasture land and desert,” he commented. “But there’s something about it, something unlike any other place in the world, something you can’t quite put your finger on, but there’s no place like it on earth. It’s the City of God.”
By joining the 2016 WND Tour, Cahn explained, guests will be joining a pattern of pilgrimage that stretches back over millennia. Indeed, they will be participating in their own biblical epic.
“Some of the Psalms are called ‘Songs of Ascents,’” he said. “That’s because they were to be sung on the way to Jerusalem. Since Jerusalem is situated on the mountains, the only way you can get there is by going up, in a journey of an ascent. In Hebrew, any journey to Jerusalem is called an ‘Aliyah,’ a journey of ascending. So to go on the pilgrimage to Israel is also to be on an Aliyah. It all reaches its crescendo as we head to Jerusalem. And the day of journeying to Jerusalem is itself an Aliyah.”
Cahn described the journey pilgrims will take.
“It begins with a desert safari in the wilderness of Israel,” he said. “Then we go to Masada, the ancient fortress that marks Israel’s last stand against the Romans. Then we swim in the waters of the Dead Sea. This is the lowest place on the planet. So the Scriptures speak of ascending the ‘Holy Hill of God.’ This was the Holy Hill. And so the perfect place to begin the Aliyah, the ascending journey.”
The ascent participants in the tour will experience is both a spiritual and physical ascent, building to a spectacular climax.
“It usually ends up being around sunset as the buses make their way up the mountains,” Cahn recalled. “As they go, each bus has worship music playing focused on Jerusalem. As you go, you can sense the continual ascent, higher and higher, as the expectation also rises.
“And then after passing over one of the mountains, as in a sudden vision, you see the Holy City, on top of Mount Moriah, illumined in gold, and centered on the golden light of the Temple Mount. We get out of the bus, stand on one of the overlooks of Mount Scopus, and behold the center of the world, the city of our salvation, the Holy City.”
Cahn said everyone who participates in this feels a great sense of completion.
“Some stand in silence in awe, others cry, others praise God. You’ve completed the Aliyah. You’re finally home.”
Cahn promises those who participate in this incredible journey will never be the same again. But the opportunity to join this once in a lifetime pilgrimage is running out. When June 10 arrives, it will have vanished entirely.
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The itinerary includes:
Day 1 November 10
Overnight flight to Tel Aviv.
Day 2 November 11
Arrive at Ben Gurion Airport near Tel-Aviv where your Coral representative will be waiting to greet and assist you.
Meet your guide and drive to the ancient city of Jaffa where the prophet Jonah set sail for Tarshish, the Apostle Peter raised Tabitha, and where Peter’s vision opened up the Gospel to people from all nations.
Drive by Independence Hall in Tel Aviv. Worship the God of Israel on the shores of the Mediterranean in a special service to usher in the Sabbath in the land of Israel. Experience the Sabbath and a Sabbath dinner in the Holy Land.
Dinner and overnight: Hotel in Tel Aviv.
Day 3 November 12
Drive along the plains of the Sharon and the Mediterranean Sea to the ancient city of Caesarea built by Herod the Great 2000 years ago. See the Roman theater and aqueducts.
Ascend to the top of Mt. Carmel where Elijah challenged and defeated the prophets of Baal. View the Valley of Armageddon, the destination of all end-time prophecy.
Journey through the heartland of Israel to Mt. Gilboah and see where so much of the Bible took place (Saul, David, Gideon, etc.). See the place where Gideon’s army overcame the Midianites. Ascend to the top of Mt. Arbel and behold the beautiful land and Sea of Galilee. Drive to Tiberias.
Dinner and overnight: Hotel near the Sea of Galilee.
Day 4 November 13
After breakfast, attend Sunday morning service near the Sea of Galilee. See Gedara where Messiah healed the demoniac.
Drive to visit Sepphoris, an ancient city that Joseph and Messiah, as carpenters, may have helped to build!
At Kibbutz Misgav stand on Israel’s northern border with Lebanon, see the Hula Valley and the Good Fence. Drive to Tel Hatzor (Joshua 11:13) where Joshua destroyed Canaanite Hatzor and the Israelites resettled.
At the northern shore walk the ancient city of Capernaum, the town where Messiah ministered and drew His Disciples (Matthew 4:13). Visit the excavation of the house of the apostle Peter and the ancient synagogue of Capernaum.
In the evening, experience a special candlelight service on the very ground of the ancient synagogue of Korazim where Messiah actually stood and ministered!
Dinner and overnight: Hotel near the Sea of Galilee.
Day 5 November 14
Enter an Israeli army base. Drive to the city of Cana of Galilee, where Messiah performed his first miracle at the wedding (John 2: 1-11) and there renew the consecration to your beloved with vows in a special ceremony under the olive trees of Cana.
Stop for an overview of Nazareth. Stand on the Mt. of Precipice where Messiah would have stood and see the Valley of Jezreel. See Migdal, the home of Mary Magdalene.
Journey on the road to Damascus – for lunch you will be able to experience the St. Peter fish from the Sea of Galilee. Spend a special time with the Lord on the northern shore of the Sea of Galilee where Messiah called His disciples. End the day with a boat ride on the Sea of Galilee.
Dinner and overnight: Hotel near the Sea of Galilee.
Day 6 November 15
Start the day at the baptismal site Yardenit in a special baptism in the waters of the Jordan River. Drive to Bet Shemesh, the land of Samson (Judges 13).
Stand in the Valley of Elah and re-live the battle of David and Goliath. Continue south to Philistine country and stop at Tel Lachish, one of the most important cities in the Hebrew Scriptures.
Journey through the wilderness of Judea to a very special wilderness experience in a Bedouin tent city at Kfar Hanokdim, where you will experience a camel ride and an unforgettable night in Bedouin tents. Partake in a Bedouin dinner and worship under the stars of the wilderness.
Dinner and overnight: Bedouin Tent in Kfar Hanokdim
Day 7 November 16
Experience a wilderness safari by jeep or safari truck to the mountain fortress of Masada. Ascend by cable car.
Explore the ancient excavation of Herod’s Palaces, the bathhouse, the storerooms, the ramp, and the oldest synagogue in the world. Continue on to Springs of En Gedi in the desert oasis where King David dwelt with God.
For lunch you will be served lunch boxes to be eaten at the wilderness. Continue on to the shore of the lowest place on planet Earth and experience what it is to “float” on the Dead Sea.
Drive by the caves of the Dead Sea scrolls. In the early evening ascend the mountains to take in a view of Jerusalem. Behold the Holy City from the ridge of Mount Scopus.
Dinner and overnight: Hotel in Jerusalem. After dinner attend the lecture of Mr. Joseph Farah and an outside guest.
Day 8 November 17
Ascend the Temple Mount to stand in the actual ground where once stood the Holy Temple of God, the Outer Courts, the Court of the Priests, the Holy Place, the Holy of Holies.
Walk through Yad Vashem, the Holocaust Museum and Memorial. See the Kidron and Hinnom Valley and visit the ancient City of David, David’s palace and the Pool of Siloam where Messiah healed the blind man.
There will be time for shopping before we leave for the hills of Judea, near the biblical city of Modin, the home of the Maccabbees, where you will be able to take part of prophecy by planting a tree in the Holy Land at Neot Kdumim.
Worship the Lord on the hills overlooking the little town of Bethlehem under the stars by night.
Dinner and overnight: Hotel in Jerusalem. After dinner take part in a biblical night adventure of discovery as you walk under the Temple Mount through the Rabbis’ Tunnel!
Day 9 November 18
Enter today the Walled City of Jerusalem via the Lion’s Gate, through which end-time prophecy was fulfilled and Israel regained Jerusalem. Stand by the actual Pool of Bethesda where Messiah healed the crippled man. Enter St. Ann’s Church.
Continue and stand on the traditional ancient pavement where Messiah was taken before Pilate. Walk the streets of the Old City through the ancient colorful bazaar (the Shuk) and through the ancient Cardo to the Jewish Quarter. Time for shopping.
Approach the holiest site in the Jewish world and pray at the Western Wall. Usher in the biblical Sabbath in Jerusalem with a special service on the actual steps of the Temple where Messiah Himself walked.
Take an unforgettable prophetic journey in between the Temple and the Mount of Olives to the Eastern Gate, the Golden Gate, through which Messiah will walk. Experience the coming of the Sabbath at the Western Wall as observant Jews gather from all over to worship. Experience a once-in-a-lifetime service among the olive trees at the Garden of Gethsemane by night.
Dinner and overnight: Hotel in Jerusalem.
Day 10 November 19
In the morning ascend the Mount of Olives for a breathtaking panoramic view of the Old City. Explore the top of the Mount of Olives to view the wilderness, Lazarus and Bethany.
See the house of Caiaphas where Messiah was taken and put on trial. Stand in the upper room and pray in the traditional dwelling where the disciples received the Holy Spirit.
End the day with a special service at Calvary/Golgotha and the empty garden tomb.
Seal up your pilgrimage with a special farewell dinner of celebration.
Leave for the airport for your flight back to the USA or stay overnight and fly the next day.
Day 11 – November 20 – Sunday: Tel Aviv – USA
Your flight departs around midnight or in the morning. Arrive in the USA the same day.
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