• Glorify God and enjoy (or have joy in) Him forever. (Job 22:21, Psalm 73:25-28, Psalm 86, Psalm 118:17, Isaiah 45:25, Jeremiah 9:23-24, Matthew 5:16, Romans 11:33-36, I Corinthians 1:31, Galatians 2:19, Colossians 1:10, I Peter 5:11, Revelation 4:11)
• Glorify the risen Christ (Hebrews 13:21)R) Fear, reverence, and kneel in awe of the living Lord (Deuteronomy 6:1-13, 10:12, 28:58, 31:13; I Samuel 12:24-25; Proverbs 1:7; Psalm 31:19, 111:10, 2:11-12; Ecclesiastes 12:13-14; I Peter 1:17, I Peter 2:17; Hebrews 4:1, 12:28; Revelation 14:6-7)
• Gain evidence of the Spirit of God living in the Christian. The pilgrimage is an opportunity for growth as the more the pilgrim knows, the more he/she realizes that he/she does not know and consequently hungers and thirsts for more. (Hosea 6:6, Colossians 1:10-15, I Peter 3:15, II Corinthians 3:12)
• Realize the substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things (God's will in history as evidenced in the lands of the Bible) not seen. If time, money and opportunity afford, it is a journey of faith. (Hebrews 11:1, James 4:13-14)
• Be restored or strengthened in the preeminence in preaching the gospel as the only means of salvation. (I Corinthians 1:17-20, Romans 1:15-16, Isaiah 55:11, Hebrews 4:12)
• Shepherd and serve the flock of God as an under-shepherd to "the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls." Opportunities for ministry of the gospel. Learn about your flock in a manner unlike any other. Your flock will probably not go otherwise. (II Peter 2:25, Acts 20:28, II Timothy 4:1-5)
• Improve one's teaching abilities - an effective Bible teacher uses the geography of the Bible lands as a framework for presenting historical information. The Bible can truly become alive on a trip to these lands. (Genesis 13:10, II Kings 20:20, John 9:7, II Timothy 3:16)
• Support the Living Stones that live in the Holy Land. (I Peter 2:4-8)

Few depart on a journey whether to the grocery store or around the world without some objective.
Walking by faith, the Christian pilgrim on this journey to the Holy Land hopes to be blessed with
the fruit of the Holy Spirit to:

• Love holiness and godliness and not the desires of the flesh/world like money, learning, wisdom, health, etc. (Psalm 23:6, Psalm 65:4, II Thessalonians 2:16-17, Ephesians 5:9)
• Obtain a greater understanding that Christ is the fulfillment of all Old Testament prophecy and reigns as Prophet, Priest, and King. (Genesis 3:14-15, Numbers 21:7-9, Isaiah 61, John 1:1-9,Titus 2:11, Hebrews 9:10-14; Ephesians 1:18-23)
• Be Convicted of Christ's sacrifice on the cross for his/her sin. Repent! (Job 42:5-6, II Corinthians 7:10, Psalm 25:18, Isaiah 55:6-11, Joel 2:12-13, Romans 10:9-13)
• See more clearly the need of Jesus Christ (Ezekial 18:20, Jeremiah 13:23, Matthew 7:18, John 5:40, John 6:44, John 20:31, Colossians 3:3, Romans 1:18-25, Ephesians 2:12-19)
• Obtain a greater realization of God's grace and Christ's sacrifice for the sin of fallen man. The sin of the Christian is forgiven, and the guilt of sin is removed by the blood of Christ. Take comfort and strength in the cross. (Ephesians 2:8-9, Romans 4:5, Psalm 85:1-2, Romans 3:10,19,23-27, Romans 5:17-19, I Corinthians 1:30, II Corinthians 5:21, Philippians 2:6-9, Philippians 3:7-9, Hebrews 10:9-18)
• Facilitate a grounding in the Word of God and with the knowledge that Jesus is Lord. This knowledge is certain and believed in the pilgrim's walk on this earth. (Hosea 6:6, Psalm 119:93-105, Proverbs 12:1, II Corinthians 2:14, Colossians 1:10-15, I Timothy 2:4-5, I Peter 2:2-3)
• Realize in this life that he/she is more than a conqueror through Christ. (II Corinthians 2:14)
• Gain a greater understanding of the values of pilgrimage and correlation to the Christian's pilgrimage on this earth. The pilgrim is to walk in His footsteps on this temporal earth with a view of the eternal Kingdom of God. (Genesis 47:7-10, Psalm 122, I Peter 2:11, Hebrews 11:13-14)
• Gain a greater understanding of the illustrations of Christ and the writers of the Bible (Psalm 125:2, Matthew 13)
• Have an educational experience and a view of the enlightenment of the mind in the process of salvation and spiritual formation in the living soul. (Psalm 73:21-26, I Timothy 2:4-5, I Corinthians 2:14-16, I Corinthians 8:2)
• Sense a greater understanding of God's faithfulness to His children, a sense of the vastness of God's creation and common grace, and a heightened awareness of God's other attributes. (Deuteronomy 7:9, Lamentations 3:22-26, I Corinthians 1:9, I Thessalonians 5:24, Hebrews 10:23, I Peter 4:19)
• Gain a foretaste of God's heavenly kingdom when considering the correlation of it to God's earthly promised land which you are now visiting. There is also a greater realization of the grace of God expanding His kingdom to the Gentiles through the spread of the gospel in the New Testament. (Leviticus 11:45, Leviticus 27:30, Isaiah 57:13, Zechariah 2:12, I Corinthians 13:12, Revelation 3:12, Revelation 21:2)
• Gain a greater understanding of the preeminence of the word of God. (I Peter 1:25, II Timothy 3:16, I Thessalonians 2:13, Romans 1:16-19, Hebrews 4:12, Isaiah 66:2, I Corinthians 1:17-20, Mark 16:15)
• Add a new or renewed excitement to read the word of God. The pilgrim will not read the word of God the same again. (II Kings 22:8-23:27)
• Understand the depth of the accuracy and completeness of the word of God. (Psalm 119:11, II Peter 1:20,21, Revelation 22:18-19)
• Be reminded of God's goodness in the places associated with various Biblical accounts. (Psalm 33:5, Psalm 52:1, Psalm 107:8, Psalm 119:68, Nahum 1:7, Matthew 20:15, Romans 2:3-11, I John 1:5)
• Understand that the knowledge and experience one gains on the pilgrimage are best applied and should not just be stored away. The living gospel is not a call to inaction but to discipleship and to be like Christ. It is a call to personal repentance, prayer, meditation, reading and studying the word of God, obedience to God's statutes and precepts, serving the Lord, outward exhibition of the fruits of the indwelling of the Holy Spirit, and perseverance through the trials and afflictions of this life. (Mark 16:15, John 8:2, Isaiah 55:11, I John 2:2-6, I Peter 2:21-22; II Peter 1:2, Hebrews 2:1-3)
• Baptize in the name of the Lord and preach with the authority of Jesus Christ. (Acts 2:37-41, I Corinthians 1:21, Acts 26:15-18, Matthew 10:32-33)
• Understand that God has revealed Himself to man through His word and through historical events. True Christian faith cannot be divorced from God's history. C.H. Dodd affirms in the History and the Gospel, "Some religions can be indifferent to historical fact, and move entirely upon the plane of timeless truth. Christianity cannot." See the remains of the Bible where some of the history can still be seen. (Deuteronomy 4:5-9, Deuteronomy 29:29, Exodus 33, Judges 6, Job 23:3, I Peter 2:2)
• Gain a greater understanding of the the ordinances of God from the Old Testament and Jewish culture and worship. (Leviticus 1-7; Leviticus 16-17; Leviticus 20:22-27, Deuteronomy 31:16, Deuteronomy 32:46-47)
• Know the geography of the Bible and the important role that this plays in the sensory and emotional impact of the Bible. G. Earnest Wright - "Geography, history, and the religious message are so inextricably bound together in the Bible that the religious message cannot be truly understood without attention to the setting and conditions of the revelation." (Deuteronomy 34:1-4)
• Enjoy fellowship in Christ with other pilgrims. (Psalm 89:7, Psalm 111:1, Psalm 133, Acts 2:42, I John 1:3-7, Ephesians 3:14-21, Ephesians 4:1-11)