Your spiritual pilgrimage begins as you depart the USA on an international overnight flight.

Visit Nazareth, Jesus’ boyhood home (Matthew 2: 23). Travel to Capernaum, the center of Jes Celtic Christianity in Scotland 2024 us’ ministry in the Galilee. Visit the synagogue that stands on the site where Jesus taught. Recall his teaching and preaching the gospel of the kingdom (Matt. 4: 13, 23). With Bible in hand, cross the waters of the Sea of Galilee by boat. Along the way, participate in a special on board worship service. At Kibbutz Nof Ginosar, you’ll learn about the “ancient boat,” a rare example of the kind of boat in which Jesus would have sailed. Travel to the Mount of Beatitudes, where Jesus preached to the people (Matt. 5-7). At the River Jordan, you can remember your baptism in the Yardenit Baptismal Site.

Visit the Haas Promenade and enjoy a panoramic view from the south of Jerusalem, the Old City walls and the hill called Mount Moriah, where Abraham was commanded by God to offer Isaac as a burnt offering (Gen. 22: 2, 4). View the Kidron Valley and the Valley of Gehenna. Stand atop the Mount of Olives as Jesus did and enjoy a remarkable view of the “Golden City” of Jerusalem, including the Temple Mount and Dome of the Rock. Forty days after his resurrection, Jesus ascended into heaven from the Mount of Olives (Acts 1: 9 - 12). Pray in the Garden of Gethsemane as Jesus prayed (Matt. 26: 36 - 44). On Mount Zion, visit the House of the High Priest Caiaphas, where Jesus was imprisoned for a night (Matt. 26: 57 - 65). Stand in the Upper Room, revered as the place of the Last Supper (Mark 14: 12 - 26). View the site of King David’s Tomb.

Visit the Southern Wall Excavations of the Temple, including the Teaching Steps and the Western Wall. Walk the Cardo, the ancient main street of the Old City, once lined with shops, now partially restored. View the Pool of Bethesda (John 5: 1-31), where Jesus performed the Sabbath miracle, and sing a hymn in the Church of St. Anne. Visit Herod’s Antonia Fortress, where Jesus was brought before Pontius Pilate (Luke 23: 1 - 11). Walk the Via Dolorosa, “the Way of the Cross,” and stand in reverence at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.

Overnight: Jerusalem

Visit Yad Vashem, the Holocaust Museum. View the Knesset, Israel’s Parliament. Visit and worship at the Garden Tomb, a possible site of the garden of Joseph of Arimathea and experience the reality of the Resurrection. After lunch, those taking the Cairo Extension will transfer south to a Dead Sea hotel for dinner and overnight.

Those not taking the extension would remain in Jerusalem with the afternoon free for exploring on their own.