WALK AND LIVE THE STORY LAND OF THE BIBLE TOUR

Land flowing with milk and honey. Promised land. Holy land, Canaan land. The land, Joshua, Moses’ successor as leader of Israel, was poised at the River Jordan to enter and take possession of Canaan, an unremarkable stretch of territory sandwiched between massive and already ancient civilizations. It would have been unimaginable to anyone at the time that anything of significance could take place on that land. This narrow patch had never been significant economically or culturally, but only as a land bridge between the two great cultures and economics of Egypt and Mesopotamia. But it was about to become important in the religious consciousness of humankind. In significant ways, this land would come to dwarf everything that had gone before and around it.

The Message, Eugene H. Peterson, 2002, NavPress

[It is our prayer that the] journey that [you have] encountered, has stimulated, and awakened the very roots of your faith! Israel, Jordan, and Egypt make up what we know today as the Holy Land. It is difficult to avoid the striking mix of the ancient and modern. In Jerusalem, ultra-Orthodox Jews wearing clothes that were fashionable in Eastern Europe 300 years ago mingle with Christian pilgrims armed with state-of-the art digital cameras. In the wilderness of the Negev Desert, Bedouin tribesmen speak nonchalantly on mobile phones, while in Galilee, Palestinian farmers lead oxen to fields that lie in the shadow of huge biotechnology plants.

Eyewitness Travel, 2007

May you travel home with a richer, fuller understanding of who the Risen Savior is and the part He plays in your day to day life.