Welcome on board of our El Al flight to Tel Aviv!
Take Off at Zurich Airport
Over Croatia
Fasten your seat belt! Approaching Ben Gurion Airport, Tel Aviv
Touch Down in the Holy Land!
Welcome to Eretz Israel!
A rainbow in the Ben Gurion Airport Departure Hall!
SHALOM SHALOM!
Matthew 24:34: "I tell you the truth, this generation will certainly not pass away until all these things have happened."
Bus taking us from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
Arriving in Jerusalem: View from Mount Scopus to the Old City.
Our bus taking us on a sight seeing tour in the early morning.
Johannes Wirth (l.) and Ben S. (2nd from left), our tour guides
On Mount Moriah, site of Temple Mount in Jerusalem.
On the Temple Mount.
The Al-Aqsa Mosque on the Temple Mount.
The Dome of the Rock on the Temple Mount.
View from the Temple Mount to the Mount Of Olives.
A painting of the Wailing Wall (Western Wall) (Klagemauer).
Jews praying at the Wailing Wall / Western Wall (Klagemauer).
Hey - wait a sec! This is not a Jew! Don't worry, it's a born again christian - he is praying to the same God as the Jew!
Prayer Requests put into the Wailing Wall.
Jews praying in a hall beside the Wailing Wall / Western Wall (Klagemauer).
An older picture of the Temple Mount Area, before being restored.
The Jewish Temple was completely destroyed by the Romans under Titus in 70 A.D.
This was the main street leading to the Temple.
This picture shows how the Second Temple looked when Jesus ministered in Jerusalem.
Another picture of the Second Temple. (Found in the Internet).
The pinnacle of the Temple where Jesus was tempted by Satan.
Again the main road to the Temple, destroyed by Roman soldiers in 70 A.D.
The original stairway leading to the Temple.
Tour guides Ben S. (l.) and Johannes Wirth (r.).
This frieze above is from the Arch of Titus in Rome and depicts the triumphant Roman soldiers carrying off the seven-branched menorah and other spoils captured from the Temple in Jerusalem. It reveals the dreadful crushing of the Jewish revolt in 70 A.D. by Titus.
Another view of the Wailing Wall. On top of it the Temple Mount with the Dome of the Rock. In this very place the Third Jewish Temple will soon be rebuilt!
Soldiers of the Israel Army.
Girls with guns, queueing for lunch.
Tourists and soldiers live in harmony.
View from the Curch of the Redeemer to the Old City with the Mount of Olives in the background.
View from the top of the Church of the Redeemer (Erlöserkirche), Jerusalem.
View from the Mount of Olives to the Temple Mount.
The Golden Gate, bricked up in 1530 A.D. to prevent Jesus' final marching in to the Temple.
Read Psalm 24:7-10 and think if it is a problem for Jesus to enter the Temple Mount...!
Not my picture... a photomontage. But again: Read Psalm 24:7-10 !
Not my picture... a photomontage of the Third Temple on the Temple Mount.
A picture of the Old Jerusalem.
The Church of the Redeemer in the christian quarter of the Old City in Jerusalem.
In the Old City of Jerusalem.
A happy citizen of Jerusalem ( .... ? ..... :-)
View from the Dominus Flevit Church to the Temple Mount. This is the place where Jesus wept over the future of Jerusalem. Read Lk. 19:41.
Our group listening to pastor Johannes Wirth.
Johannes Wirth in action.
Entering the Garden of Gethsemanee.
Jesus' fight in the Garden of Gethsemanee.
In the Garden of Gethsemanee.
The Damascus Gate, Jerusalem
In the Arab Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem. The writing of the street name in Hebrew is demolished.
This was the Pool of Bethesda in Jerusalem.
Tour guide Werner Rüegg in action.
At the Damascus Gate.
In the Garden Tomb area.
A garden tomb, like the one of Jesus, where he was for three days only.
But Jesus' tomb is empty! He is risen!
Taking the Lord's Supper in the Garden of the Tomb.
On the Way to Bethlehem
Bethlehem
The Herodium is 3 miles southeast of Bethlehem and 8 miles south of Jerusalem.
In Bethlehem.
Matthew 19:24: "Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God."
Religion. Tradition. Institution. Church. Death.
The Gospel! Life!
In the market place of Bethlehem.
Peace?
A wall to protect Israel from terrorists.
At the checkpoint.
Passing the checkpoint.
Walking down to the Kidron Valley in Jerusalem.
Another view of the Mount of Olives, Jerusalem.
At www.jhopfan.org
Getting ready for the desert.
Let's go!
In the Judean Desert.
That's not BS but Coffee!
A cistern in the desert.
Monastery in the Judean Desert.
Preparing lunch in the desert.
The Dead Sea
Preparing our bedrooms in the desert :-)
At the campfire, listening to texts from the Bible and singing worship songs!
... after a night under open skies! ... well, the sky was actually covered and I couldn't count all the stars when looking up. Abraham could!
This is your final wake up call! Breakfast is ready.
Johannes preparing his famous scrambled eggs "Rührei al Giovanni"!
An accident happened in the desert after stormy rainshowers on the very same day when we were there. Just a couple of hours later.
Desert tour guide Odette.
Where has the path gone ?!
My wife Kathrin enjoying our bumpy ride.
Relaxing in the Dead Sea!
At the Novotel, Dead Sea
Novotel, Dead Sea.
Leaving the Dead Sea.
En Gedi Desert, where David hid from King Saul.
En Gedi Oasis.
The Dead Sea.
On the Israel / Jordania border line.
The River Jordan leaving the Sea of Galilee.
On Mount Arbel.
Nof Ginosar.
The Sea of Galilee.
Johannes Wirth and Werner Rüegg.
The so called Peter's Fish (Petrusfisch)
A cat waiting to get some Petrusfisch
Our guides taking us on a Boat Trip on the Sea of Galilee.
Some young people of our group
Hotel Nof Ginosar.
At the Pniel Messianic Jewish Church near Tiberias.
Hula National Park
The Jordan River.
Banyas. Also called Caesarea Philippi.
At the sources of the Jordan river.
The Sanctory of Pan, Banyas.
On the Golan Heights.
On the Golan Heights, viewing over to Syria.
A military excercise on the way to Tiberias
Along the Israel / Jordania border line.
On Mount Carmel.
Eliah and his victory over Baal's priests. Read 1 Kings 18:21.
In Haifa
Haifa
Haifa Harbor.
Acco.
A painting of the crusaders in Acco.
At the Nof Ginosar Kibbuzim
Baptism at the Sea of Galilee
In the Megiddo Valley (Armageddon)
Taking Off at Ben Gurion Airport, Tel Aviv
Bye bye Israel!
Flying over the Rheinfall, Neuhausen, Switzerland
Final approach into Zurich Airport.
Eretz Israel - We will come back!
