Today we will go to the Valley of Elah where David killed Goliath, the Giant of the Philistines. We will then pass by Rachel's toimb on the outskirts of Bethlehem and visit the Church of the Nativity where Jesus was born and the Shepherd's Field where the angels made the announcement of His birth (pictured from our last trip). We will then travel south to the Herodium, the mountain fortress and palace of Herod overlooking Bethlehem. From there it is off to Mt Zion. We will visit the Upper Room where Jesus spent those last momentous hours with His disciples before His passion and where the Holy Spirit came upon the disciples at Pentecost. We will visit the tomb of King David and the house of Caiphas, where Jesus was tried and where Peter denied the Lord. From there we will go to the Israel Museum which includes a 1:50 scale model of Jerusalem at the time of Herod the Great. We will also visit the Shrine of the Book Museum where the Dead Sea Scrolls are displayed.
WHAT A DAY!