For the next six days I’m in Israel with a group led by Lysa TerKeurst from Proverbs 31 Ministries. Although I’ve been to Israel once before, I look forward to walking in the footsteps of Jesus, guided by an amazing Bible teacher.
I’d love to share my trip with you, sharing what God is revealing and how He’s working. You can follow along on my Facebook page or Instagram @jlikestogo. Lysa TerKeurst is also posting pictures and updates via her Instagram @LysaTerkeurst.
If you’d like to learn more about Israel and the life of Jesus, follow these links.
Places We’ll Visit
- Mount of Olives
- Old Palm Sunday Road (Mark 11:1-11)
- Garden of Gethsemane on the Mount of Olives (Matthew 26:30-46)
- Church of All Nations (Matthew 26:36; John 18:1)
- Zion Gate
- Western Wall (Wailing Wall) of Herod’s temple (Bible verses about the Wall)
- Temple area purchased by King David (2 Samuel 24:18-25) where Jesus was taken as a boy and later prophesied of the temple’s destruction (Mark 13:1-2)
- Via Dolorosa (Mark 15:16-21)
- Pools of Bethesda (John 5:1-5)
- Pavement where Pilate tried Jesus; Ecce Homo Arch where Pilate ordered Jesus brought to the Jews (John 19:5)
- Yad Hashmonah Biblical Gardens
- Shabbat Dinner
- Jordan River baptismal site (Matthew 3, John baptizes Jesus)
- Bethlehem, birthplace of Jesus
- Church of the Nativity
- Shepherd’s Field, where the angel declared Savior’s birth (Luke 2:8-18)
- Garden Tomb
- Judean dessert (1 Samuel 23)
- Ein Gedi where David hid from King Saul (1 Samuel 24:1-7)
- Qumran where the Dead Sea Scrolls were composed over 2000 years ago and discovered in 1947
- Masada, a fortress constructed by King Herod and site of last Jewish resistance to Rome in 73 AD
- Dead Sea (In the Bible, Salt Sea, the Sea of the Arabah, and the Eastern Sea)
- Caesarea where Peter shared the gospel with the Roman Centurion (Acts 9 and 25)
- Mount Carmel where Elijah prayed and God defeated 450 prophets of Baal (1 Kings 18)
- Tiberias, capital of Galilee and located along the Sea of Galilee
- Sea of Galilee
- Mount of Beatitudes where Jesus delivered the Sermon on the Mount
- Capernaum, the base of Jesus’ three-year ministry, the site of many healings, and home of Peter (Mark 1:31-38)
- Golan Heights
- Caesarea Philippi, where Jesus asked, “who do men say that I am?” (Mark 8:27-30)
I hope you’ll journey with us through these holy places as we walk the paths Jesus walked and sit in the places He sat. There’s so much to learn about our Creator and Savior by exploring these places. And you don’t have to be here in person to rest in Him and learn about His life. He’s a holy God who is omniscient and omnipresent. Who meets each of us where we are.