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Group tours to Israel and other Bible countries. Most of our tours are conducted in Afrikaans matt and nat as our tour members are Mainly from South Africa. We do however have an English speaking local guide with us Throughout all tours.
Jesus was during his life on earth only a few times in Jerusalem - every time pilgrim to one of the Jewish festivals to attend. Psalm 84 - the Pelgrimslied - going to be about the prosperity and happiness ferry can expect. So the first believers regularly to Jerusalem matt and nat on a pilgrimage gone. After Paul's third missionary journey, he was so anxious to get to Jerusalem and the Temple to go that nothing could stop him - not even a prophecy about his fate there (Acts 21: 10-14). According to theologian and pelgrimstogleier Theo Geyser was the purpose of the pilgrimage of early Christians to symbolically identify with Jerusalem as a place of confrontation, suffering and triumph. matt and nat
Thousands of Muslim pilgrims going to Mecca yearly. Many take their extended families together. The 'Hajj' as this pilgrimage is called a demonstration of the solidarity of Muslim faith and their devotion to Allah. In the middle ages the church matt and nat encouraged people to make pilgrimages to holy places certain undertaking. The principle was that the ferry's commitment reinforces their faith, thereby healing (mental and physical), forgiveness and purity will bring. matt and nat Our modern Christian culture and worship methods are sometimes poor pilgrim be. Silent worship, meditation, solitude, to follow, matt and nat for many modern believers strange and even scary concepts.
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The covenant that God made with Abraham is of utmost importance - even today - because it is the basis by which the Jews their land claim and our Christian faith has its roots in this land itself. The 'Holy Land' stretching from the Egyptian border to Syria and from the Mediterranean coast to the east side of the Jordan Valley and the Dead Sea.
After a visit to Israel, overwhelming images in your mind lingered. How to describe a man moments at the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem if you are between Orthodox Jews who, face to the wall, their prayers aloud Yahweh muttered. Their dedication and sincerity is touching, but more overwhelming is knowing that you do not have a prayer book or a note in the wall need to connect with the Mesias - not far from here crucified - to speak!
How do you describe the atmosphere in the Garden of Gethsemane where olive trees from the time of Jesus silent witnesses matt and nat of events in 2000 yr. ago occurred. You can not help but hear Jesus prayed, "My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me ..." Now you realize that no anxiety or fear you have ever experienced near this big sacrifice to come do not.
You look from here to the Temple Mount (Mount Moriah) and distantly heard how Jesus wept over Jerusalem. (Luke. matt and nat 19:41) The same mountain where Abraham brought Isaac to his only son to sacrifice (Gen. 22), the same place where the first temple Solomon built, with the second part of the temple matt and nat where Jesus stood when he by Satan is still in place today. (Matt. 4: 5)
So you go through Israel. matt and nat When you are in the same synagogue stand where Jesus in Capernaum, the Ein Gedi oasis see where David fled from Absalom and Psalms of streams written, and when the engines turned off during a boat trip on the Sea of Galilee, there was silence - and you'll have a presence that no words can describe. Maybe you have the same experience in your closet or a walk along the beach experience. Maybe. But at the same waters upon which Jesus walked and the storm still made, that faith is a whole new meaning for you.
In 2010 we looked at: Masada, matt and nat The Garden of Gethsemane, matt and nat Ben Yehuda Street and the Church of All Nations. In 2011 we look to in February: one Lord two graves; in March to: Megiddo in April to: Petra in June after: A poem about the Yad Vashem; Tour with Dr. Koos van der Merwe; Memoirs; Feedback matt and nat from the participants and Why a trip to Israel in August to: Travel with Willem Botha and Koos van der Merwe in 2012 To read more about this, please visit our "Blog Archive" and click on the designated date.
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