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My hubby went to Israel on a ten day tour with a Catholic group a few months ago. I did NOT want to go as I don’t like to fly. And I like to control where I stay, which would have been wayyyyy too expensive. :)

They were marched double time all over the place and he loved it. He felt sorry for the older people on the trip, it was very rough on them. He said it was a fantastic trip, and if not for being on the tour they (our friend who traveled also) would never have been able to manage to visit even a quarter as many places. He swan in the dead sea, and rode a camel and they tried to sneak into some place on the border that was pretty much FORBIDDEN and got really close to being in real trouble. Great tales. He loved it and has his holy land tour complete.

I had zero interest in going, but I encouraged him to do it as I was worried that with all the craziness going on over there it may all get destroyed or something.

That's great, I am glad he enjoyed his trip. But the fact remains, NONE of what they showed him in regards to Jesus are the true locations. They were fabricated to make money off of unsuspecting tourists.

The Bible is not complicated. It tells us exactly where everything took place in regards to the ministry of Jesus, His crucifixion (Mt of Olives), death & resurrection. The Bible also tells us exactly who rules over the land, from the Babylonian captivity to the return of Christ, and no where in there does it say that Judah retakes the land and rules it before Christ returns to restore the throne of David.

And especially important in all of this is the biblical location of the Tabernacle of David as it is the Tabernacle of David that is restored, not the Temple of Solomon.

Lam 2:6 He has laid waste his tent like a garden, laid in ruins his meeting place; the LORD has made Zion forget festival and Sabbath, and in his fierce indignation has spurned king and priest.

Amo 9:11 “In that day I will raise up the tent of David that is fallen and repair its breaches, and raise up its ruins and rebuild it as in the days of old, 12 that they may possess the remnant of Edom and all the nations who are called by my name,” declares the LORD who does this.

Act 15:16 “After this I will return, and I will rebuild the tent of David that has fallen; I will rebuild its ruins, and I will restore it, 17 that the remnant of mankind may seek the Lord, and all the Gentiles who are called by my name, says the Lord, who makes these things 18 known from of old.”

Shalom