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

Our representative will welcome you at the Tel Aviv Airport and transfer you to your hotel in Jerusalem. There, you will enjoy dinner before retiring for the night.

In Bethlehem, visit the cave where Jesus is believed to have been born (Luke 2:1-7) and the Church of the Nativity. Gaze out over the Shepherds’ Field, where angels first proclaimed the Good News. Stop in Jericho to view the ruins of the city conquered by Joshua (Joshua 6:1, 2, 20). In the distance, you can also see the traditional site of the Temptation of Jesus, as described in Matthew 4:1-11. Recall Jesus’ baptism by John the Baptist at the traditional site of Jesus’ Baptism in the Jordan River at the Qasr el Yahud Baptismal Site. Return to your hotel in Jerusalem.

Ascend by cable car to Masada, Herod’s legendary mountaintop fortress, which became the last desperate stronghold of the Jewish Zealots against the Romans. You can still look down on the remains of the Roman camps and the siege ramp below. Travel to Qumran, where the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered in 1947. Visit the Dead Sea, the lowest spot on earth. Enjoy a Bedouin tent dinner at Genesis Land before traveling to Tiberias to check into your hotel.

Journey to Caesarea Philippi, where Peter proclaimed, “You are the Christ” (Matthew 16). Worship as you sail across the Sea of Galilee. Visit Capernaum, the center of Jesus’ ministry in Galilee, and visit the synagogue built on the site where Jesus taught (Matthew 4:13, 23). On the Mount of Beatitudes, contemplate the text of the “Sermon on the Mount” (Matthew 5-7). Explore the Church of the Multiplication of the Loaves and Fish at Tabgha, a traditional site associated with the feeding of the 5,000 (Luke 9:10-17). Visit the Chapel of the Primacy, where Peter professed his devotion to the risen Christ three times (John 21). In Magdala, once home to Mary Magdalene, visit a recently discovered first-century synagogue. Return to your hotel in Tiberias.

Visit Nazareth, Jesus’ boyhood home (Matthew 2:23), and Nazareth Village, a recreation of village life at the time of Christ. Look out over Tel Megiddo (also known as Armageddon) to view one of the most significant archaeological sites in Israel. Today’s final stop is Caesarea, a center of early Christianity where an angel visited Cornelius, the first Gentile believer (Acts 10), and where Paul was imprisoned for two years before appealing to Caesar. Check into your hotel in Jerusalem.

Stand on the Mount of Olives and enjoy a remarkable view of the Golden City of Jerusalem. Forty days after His resurrection, Jesus ascended into heaven from this place (Acts 1:9-12). Walk to the Garden of Gethsemane and pray beneath the ancient olive trees, as described in Matthew 26:36-44. On Mount Zion, visit the Upper Room, revered as the site of the Last Supper (Mark 14:12-26), and St. Peter in Gallicantu, the home of the High Priest Caiaphas, where Jesus was held after His arrest (Matthew 26:57). Explore the Davidson Center and the Southern Wall Excavations, including the Teaching Steps and the Western Wall. Return to your hotel in Jerusalem.

This morning, enjoy a walking tour of the Old City of Jerusalem along the Cardo, once the city’s main thoroughfare. Remember how Jesus healed on the Sabbath when you visit the Pool of Bethesda (John 5: 1-18). At Herod’s Antonia Fortress (Luke 23:1), see where Jesus was brought before Pontius Pilate. Walk the Via Dolorosa (“the Way of the Cross”) and remember the Lord’s sacrificial love at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Share communion at the Garden Tomb in celebration of His Resurrection. Enjoy a free afternoon exploring Jerusalem before preparing for your return flight to the USA.

Return to the USA.