Israel Study Tour with The Church at Rocky Peak

April 22 - May 3, 2018

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Day 7

In the wee hours of the morning the team woke with the moon still shining over the Sea of Galilee. It was time to leave the Kibbutz and head over to Jerusalem. On the way we drove through the West Bank, which is the biblical territory of Judea and Samaria. We landed at our first destination Qumran which is in the Northern part of the Dead Sea. We started by learning about the history of the Zealots, Pharisees, Sadducees, and the Essenes, which led into a discussion about John the Baptist and his teachings on the importance of repentance. Later we learned that the scroll of Isaiah was discovered at Qumran and it’s the oldest part of the Bible that has ever been discovered as well as a scroll that has similar teachings as the book of Revelations. These are called the Dead Sea scrolls.

We then landed in a national park called En Gedi which translates to spring of goat. This is the sight where David hid from Saul and where he cut his robe. We continued on to a beautiful spring where Michael taught about the importance of friendship. We then drove over to Masada which is about 700 steps to the top. Unfortunately because of the rain we were unable to make this trek so we all took a gondola ride to the top. At the top of the mountain we learned about Herod the Great and the three different palaces that he built along with a fortress. After this sight we continued ventured on to Jerusalem for our last 3 days in Israel.






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