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visiting Israel in person is a whole different experience for those who believe in Jesus and want to experience the Bible first hand coming here is an eye opener that changes your life that's right today on insights Israel in the Middle East we discover what it looks like to travel through this land the Heritage the history the experience that only the Holy Land can give someone definitely so come visit us here in our home there's simply no other country like the land of Israel this country packs in it an incredible amount of history of archaeology of holy sites and of spiritual significance but those traveling to this land and through this land have more than just the ancient there's a modern state of Israel the incredible technology The Innovation the amazing Cuisine the adventures the desert that are also worth visiting I can't think of a single other country in the world that carries so much significance so much history so much spirituality and also offers the modern the exciting the vibrant the young lifestyle that this country has to offer today we're setting out on an adventure an adventure through the holy the ancient and the modern that the state of Israel has to offer let's do this yeah we're Tech technically on the brink of the desert and the view is exceptional that was amazing for me to experience how Elijah and David and and Jesus and the Israel Israelites had wandered through that Wilderness they go to the beach they have the Falafel within 2 hours they can be up in Capernaum the headquarters of Jesus's Ministry to experience God I would trade any year of graduate school I ever had for an 8-day trip to the land of is really absolutely to that degree and I studied at some good schools [Music] today I'm off to the old city of Jerusalem a Timeless magnet for Millions worldwide I'm meeting Pastor Alan Jackson who is currently leading a group on pilgrimage to Israel you've come to Israel many many dozens of times and led people through the trip to this country dozens of times why do you do that and what is the transformation you see in the groups that that makes you go through this every time but I'm a pastor I've served the same congregation for 40 years and I've been bringing tours to Israel for almost that entire time because I have watched the impact it makes in their lives you know I can talk to them about the Bible when I'm at home but if I bring them to Israel I watch the Bible change for them it becomes a living book yeah I can't think of a better investment I can make in the lives of people my job is to grow people and Israel is a very important part of their story even if they don't know it so anytime I can come I'll grab a group of people put them on a plane and off the Jerusalem we had but more than that the accommodations are beautiful when I first came to Israel many years ago it was a developing country yeah when I was at the University we said they would deliver the mail if the donkey felt like coming down your street it's not that anymore you're not just a first world country you're a global leader in comfort and convenience they have the finest fruits and vegetables in the world they fill the vegetable markets of Europe the hotels are outstanding this is visiting the the finest expressions of technology in our world that happens to have a window into Antiquity which is just simply unparalleled unlike other destinations a trip to Israel has the capacity to ignite and fortify pretty much anyone's faith if you're a Biblical literalist and you come here it will give you a confidence beyond anything you'll ever get in a library yeah if you're a skeptic it will open the the doors of your mind to the possibility that maybe this stuff really did happen it wasn't a Disneyland creation when they come to have an experience what they don't expect is to meet God and I watched that happen over and over again and their hearts are open to God in a new way we're sitting at the southern steps and just around the corner they've excavated along the walls of the Temple Mount when I was at the University here that was speculation we hadn't seen it yet we were pointing at the dirt thinking well maybe every time I come it's like my Bible is being exposed again and it's affirming what we've taken by faith when I visit Israel and I see how God continues to uncover the story and affirm it if you're willing to look at it with the eyes of Faith you go home stronger with a greater commitment to your faith than when you came I don't think the people at at home understand the tremendous pressure that is up on them to Discount the authority of scripture you know they try to convince us it's myth that it's just intended to be metaphorical learning but once you have the experience you don't need the argument because you know the truth and if we can help the people have the experience they don't even have to debate any longer they've experienced the [Music] truth so how did you first young Allen connect to this country my first trip to Israel I was in the sixth grade it was 1970 my parents had made a trip the year earlier and they were so impressed by it that they went home and brought my brother and I back the next year it it made such an impact in my heart I floated in the Dead Sea I saw the Jordan River I walked the streets of Jerusalem I mean I wasn't old enough to process theology or to get all the names or the Kings or the dates but I began to build an appreciation for what was happening here and I understood at a very early age that what I was hearing in The Narrative of the world didn't line up with my experience even as a child and that still holds true today in your mind you again you you see people walk through this journey in the land what are the messages that are changing in their hand as they're traveling through you know when they come the first time they think they're coming for the Rocks but what happens really quickly is they understand the lands about the people and their story and once once they understand that it becomes very personal to them every group that's ever come goes home with a commitment to pray for the Peace of [Music] Jerusalem in America we tend to worship at the altars of comfort and convenience that encroaches in our churches as well and when I come to Israel it's a sacrifice to live in the land without your sacrifices I have no story to tell I have no Messiah I have no scripture I have no prophets and when I see the sacrifices you're making I've got to go home and understand which sacrifices I have have to make to make an impact in the world where I live our Lord our King was an observant Jewish rabbi and until you have stood in the midst of the Jewish people and understand what it means to be Jewish in the world just a little bit there's no way we can fully understand but if we can come watch and try to understand what that means it helps us understand the king that we worship so I would encourage parents you know if your children are old enough to be baptized to process their faith they're old enough to understand the land of [Music] Israel we have got an incredible offer for you today this show sponsor alab box has a unique offer for only the viewers of this show 10% off on your next purchase if you get a annual or a one-time subscription so what is alab box alab box takes the incredible creations of Israeli Artisans food gifts decor and brings it to your home not only that they do it for times a year for a flat annual rate so use TBN at the checkout out at the alab box.com website to get your promo [Music] today so Rachel this is your first time in Israel yes it is and you came with Pastor Allan who's been bringing people more times than he can remember right how's the experience been it's been amazing it's really been surreal when I first came here I I expected you know to see the sights the Sea of Galilee and the places where Jesus walked but what I really feel like God has been drawing my attention to is just the history and the experiences of the people of Israel and what they've been through and and what that means the land was desolate for so many years that they were disconnected from that and are just recently returning and so being able to to come here to to be witness to that to be witness to prophecy actually being fulfilled currently that's very important to be able to actually reflect upon that and witness has there been one sit where you visited the way you looked at Israel the Bible the combination of those stories together really transformed for you yes it's very unexpectedly the desert in the desert you're completely dependent upon God you were able to just exist and be and there was more opportunity to actually abide in Christ and to dwell and meditate upon God and His word that I definitely think is lacking from where I'm from it's fascinating to witness the deeply personal yet impactful ways in which Israel leaves its mark on each and every visitor so Brendan this is your first time in Israel yes sir how's it been it's been incredible it's been I would say lifechanging it's opening my eyes to the Bible I mean I can not have asked for a better experience when I first started out I did no research I thought it was more of a third world country and then the thing that shocked me the most was the Sea of Gile and places where Jesus was and how beautiful it was I could not imagine how beautiful what were you expecting I don't know I was expecting TR not taking offense at that yeah I know I'm sorry I hope I'm not offending you but you know I I was I was expecting it to be kind of like Gloom and you know not a very beautiful water maybe a darker color than it was and you see where Jesus was standing and looking over the see of Galilee it was absolutely stunning to me was something that was incredible to me do you think other people should come to tour Israel 2,000% yeah anybody that's a Christian I would say everybody you want to come and see this with your own eyes I mean you know our country in the United States of America is very young you see something that's 100 years old and you're mesmerized oh my God 100 years ago and then you come here and it's thousands of years ago and I think it increased your faith with countless destinations to choose from making a decision can be tough and yet One Thing Remains clear the magic that Israel offers is unparalleled I would say whatever sacrifice you have to make to visit the land of Israel whom you go with how you go is secondary if you will go with an open heart towards God and the spirit of God I have seen it in the lives of thousands of people my own included repetitively God will bring change so what does 10 years from now look like 15 years from now God willing 15 years from now I'm still bringing tours um I'll be amazed at what God is uncovering that what he's hidden for people a decade from now that we haven't seen yet God willing um I'll visit the land of Israel as long as God continues to give me breath [Music] today with us we have ruven donon who's the director of sell Academy the educational branch of sell ruen what a great honor Shalom the slogan of the ministry of Tourism for years in here in Israel was visit Israel and never be the same right do you really believe it's true I do I do we have seen it with our work mik for over 30 years in this industry and we see lives transformed all the time one of the favorite lines that many of our pastor friends tell us they say listen ruven one visit to Israel is like a year in seminary beautiful Psalm 34 tells us God tells us taste and see that the Lord is good amen God wants us to experience his goodness so he gave us a land not an easy land the land of Israel is is right on the land bridge between Africa Asia and Europe that's why we have the greatest bird migration coming through here twice a year 50 million birds shik fly over our heads coming to visit the land coming to visit the land they are the original pilgrims and they come to taste and see that the Lord has provided A Feast for them and so the invitation goes to all of God's people to come and see where the words were spoken where the Miracles took place to relieve if you would the biblical story it makes your faith real you know I met a lady that came on a tour and she told me you know I raiseed Penny after Penny to come to see the land yeah and she said now that I saw the land I'm ready wow to go home it was like the dream of her life Wow the thing that she needed to do I believe it I like Simon righteous Simon who stood in the temple right over the hill to bless the baby Yeshua and he says now that I have seen the salvation of the Lord I may depart in peace in sell Academy the educational arm of sell tours you have an episode on every site in Israel I think we have like 52 different sites which site speaks to you the most oh that's a bad question the southern steps wow by hula gate by the by the Temple Mount and I'll tell you why because of all the places in Israel that are dear to our hearts because of the biblical Motif and especially the places where Yeshua our Lord the Son of God walked Among Us in the flesh we only know of two for sure spots where we know he stepped on these Stones one is in magdala in the ancient synagogue that was dug up in the last few years and the second place is right here at the southern steps of the Temple Mount because these steps were discovered and une Earth this is the original structure and let's be honest I think people are coming here and it's like a magnet there's something here that ATT touch them do you have any ideas of new itinerary new things that they can see that they didn't see on the first regular pilgrimage you got to take the fign to capernum we have got to go up to the Mount of Olives and to the Temple Mount Anda and Bethlehem and so on yes these are the musty sites that that you got to see them but once you've been there a couple of times we love to take our friends to off the road places where other biblical Miracles took place where Abraham tended sheep in the netive in the southern regions or when Lot's wife turned into a pillar of salt right below us here behind this mountain range we just shot one of our educational videos for SEL Academy on Mount Kabir which is in Northern Samaria it is that place where Father Abraham entered the land of promise for the first time in Genesis chapter 12 and 13 this is where he received the first promise from God I will give you that land and we not very many Israelis make it there but we love to take our pilgrims perhaps even you next time the friends are in Israel to those biblical spots we want to see the Next Generation standing with Israel and supporting Israel we need to bring them here that they experience and they see the miracle of the return of the Jewish people to the land absolutely what do you think I believe that Israel is one of God's greatest gifts to the church in this generation we have to pass the ban and we tell you pastors friends Ministry leaders teachers doctors professors pass the batan to the younger Generations there's a story to be told in Israel puts the backbone puts strength in the heart of God's people Israel is a source of blessing amen and all those who come can drink from that cup of God's faithfulness amen ruen donon what a great honor pleasure thank you thank you very much and to you our friends come see and taste how good the land is and don't forget to pray for the Peace of Jerusalem while Israel boasts many celebrated destinations also known as the a region is a lesser known gem located in the southern Judean desert it is characterized by its breathtaking Landscapes agricultural communities and Rich historical significance we're sitting here at a place that from what I can tell is one of the most impressive archaeological sites in this country and yet I would say not enough people come to this site if I asked you what is the significance of visiting this site in this region what would that sound like first I would say that uh I agree about the first part that not enough people are visiting the place because it's isolated it's distant it's far away those who come are very impressed they explore something that they never knew would exist susia was a thriving Community between the years 400 and 800 CE the people who lived here approximately 3 thousands of them there were a refugees who survived somehow the destruction of the second temple 70 CE the people who arrived in susia were kohanim were priests they spoke Hebrew we see the inscription here the mosaics are there in in Hebrew like it was written today in mod than Hebrew more than letters so the way of living here was pretty similar to what we did today after the destruction of the second temple the major outcome was the establishment of the synagogues as a central point of Jewish religion they came to this place and they built very large synagogue very fancy one they were very much connected to their tradition they were very much connected to Jerusalem you're describing a fascinating story which I think doesn't exist in many places that answers in a physical place the question of what did Judaism look like after the destruction of the temple and this city is that this is the reason that susia was declared was defined as the National Heritage site because it's the only place that you can actually see how people lived in that hidden period of time of the Byzantine era the state of preservation of ancient susia and its synagogue is truly remarkable this is the entrance to the synagogue welcome to the synagogue of Susan and what's equally striking is its resemblance to synagogues in use today what you see here is a beima if you visit every synagogue in Israel you will see a Bea like that it's exactly like we have today after the destruction there were laws that were differentiated from the laws in the time of P mikdash of the temple in order to retain the traditions of the temple wherever Jews are living one of them was that we blow the shuar not only in Jerusalem which was the tradition during the temple time but we blow shaar everywhere a je Community is living these were their hopes these were their dreams to remind themselves that we are here but really really really we are part of Jerusalem I find it to be incredibly grounding that we can come back and visit and the connection to the people that came before us is so immediate it's an incredibly powerful experience I agree it's a very special place many young families have moved to the the area feeling this deep connection to the land and their Heritage sealit and her family live in shanila a quaint agricultural Community where she grows berries and has a coffee shop called the house of ptil which translates to House of berries what a place toal thank you very much it's a combination of the desert the forest around us Antiquities and your berries all in one place yes for Friday I have here a my own Market we have a cake and coffee good coffee very good coffee I sell my fruits and people come to buy fruit and vegetable I'm still deeply impressed we're here and what is technically a desert that has been incredibly formed into a forest and now you're growing berries yes of all places here these are the blueberries this is almost the end of the picking we have here 10 different types of blueberries yes in this one place yes this is the Blackberry you have to pick the big one I want to say these are the best I've ever had in the country they're absolutely amazing wow in the desert in the desert yes in the sun yes in the summer and no pesticides or anything anything like that nothing wow my final stop for the day is the atel forest not only is it Israel's largest man-made Forest but it was planted on the very edge of the desert a meeting with many for a bike ride that literally offers it all I think Israel has really Advanced over the past 5 10 years it it's just become like the mecca of bike riding especially in in this area which is the biggest planted Forest near a desert okay so actually the The Watershed the water line where this is considered a desert this isn't considered a desert is actually right here you can actually see practically a line you mentioned that Israel's become a hot spot for biking worldwide right what is it about riding a mountain bike specifically in this country that suddenly made it so popular okay so first of all I'm going to use the cliche I'm sorry I have to it's riding through history right just in this area you know this is where king of David's some of his soldiers were from even one of his generals came from this area and obviously Israel is a small country yes but geographically where it's positioned you have so many different terrains to choose from you can go up North and into the Galil and you can go right in judan Samara and you can go anywhere in the South and you have totally different climates totally different views if you can imagine now we have trees behind us but you know you go 20 km to the South and you're in the middle of the desert you have nothing yeah with a short drive short drive I think that's dri many have been waiting three seasons to find a way to incorporate bike riding into a show we finally done it let's do it thank you [Music] sir Delicacies nature sport ancient history and warm Hospitality yatil delivers a perfect day for every visitor including [Music] myself hello this is here in Jerusalem with TBN Israel this is y Pinto from TBN Israel here in Jerusalem TBN Israel is keeping viewers informed with Israel focused news culture and what God is doing in this land support TBN Israel today online at tbn.org Israel thank you
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