Shalom Jerusalem Tours International

21/01/2024

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The depths of YHVH's love is unfathomable. The scripture gives us a glimpse of His boundless love. We cant measure the Love of YHVH and our minds cant comprehend YHVH's Amazing plan for mankind. It is the love of YHVH that holds the power to sustain and transform us. When we move our focus and look beyond what is currently going on in the world, we will realize the final increasing Redemption plan of His Amazing love is transformative

We are created in YHVH's image and it is by His Spirit that we have the ability in us, that we can mirror the same love that YHVH has.

Yeshua HaMashiach came to be the perfect example, showing us the light and salvation of YHVH. But the greatest of all is "love".

John 15:13
“Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for *one’s friends*.”

1 John 3:1
“See what great love the Father has lavished on us, *that we should be called children of YHVH*! ```And that is what we are!``` The reason *the world does not know us* is that *it did not know Him*.”

The Holy Spirit revealed to us the power of YHVH's love for us, a gift that we should not take for granted.

Psalm 86:15
“But you, YHVH, are a compassionate and gracious Elohim, *slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness*.”

YHVH is the Father who embraces Mercy and Truth.

1 Corinthians 13:1-2
"If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing.

1 Corinthians 13:13
“And now these three remain: *Faith, Hope and Love*. But the greatest of these is Love.”

We serve a faithful GOD who helps guide us through the Holy Spirit. He is merciful and HIS LOVE HOLDS THE POWER TO SAVE us even from our darkest pains and our worst decisions.

Psalm 86:13
“For great is Your love toward me; You have delivered me from the depths, from the realm of the dead.

Ephesians 6:10
“ Finally, be strong in YHVH and in His Mighty Power.”

Our Heavenly Father and great I Am, thank You for every saving life. Thank You for showing us the way of life is to love. Thank You for giving us joy in this day by walking by Your Spirit of love. Thank You Yeshua HaMashiach that you have already overcome the world and shown us the love of YHVH. Please guide us in this day by increasing the love in our Spirit to draw near to those who does not have Your love. Please empower us with Faith, Hope and love so that we can walk by Your perfect image. Help us to mirror the reality of what love is. Please fill our homes with Your presence and stay with us in every step we take. Please guard our thoughts from evil and distruction. Let our Yes be true and our no be to evil. Help is to forgive others the same way we want to be forgiven. Let us experience Your Mercy and Grace, giving Your Holy Name all the Glory. Let Your Kingdom come and will be done on earth as in heaven.

Be blessed and stay blessed 🌷

20/01/2024

21/12/2023

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Our Heavenly Father and great I Am. Every morning we experience Your Great faithfulness. Every new day start with freshness and the beauty of Your creation. Our God Allmighty thank You that You Never change. Thank You for Your compassion that does not fail Your children. As we enter this new day please keep us by Your side, let Your Spirit in us grew stronger. Thank You for new Mercies each day of our lives. We are greatful for all that Your hand had provided and blessed us with. Our Heavenly Father as we live in times such as this, we seek our Shalom with You. YHVH You bring the harvest, set the sun, the moon and stars in their course. You our Elohim forgive our sins and give us peace that the world cannot give.
Therefore we pray that Your Kingdom come and Your will be done on earth as in Heaven. Please fill us with
strength to endure and renew our minds to continue in hope and trust in You. We pray for the Peace and victory of Israel. May all the nations come to Glorify Your Name as their feet stand in Zion. May the laughter of children fill the streets and joy every home. We praise Your Name YHVH. HalleluYah!

Be blessed and stay blessed 🕎

10/12/2023

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1 Peter 2:6-10
For it stands in Scripture: “Behold, I Am laying in Zion a stone, a cornerstone chosen and precious, and whoever believes in him will not be put to shame.”Now to you who believe, this stone is precious.
But to those who do not believe, “The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone,”And, “He is the stone that makes people stumble, the rock that makes them fall.” They stumble because they do not obey YHVH ’s word, and so they meet the fate that was planned for them.But you are not like that, for you are a chosen people. You are royal priests, a holy nation, God’s very own possession. As a result, you can show others the goodness of God, for he called you out of the darkness into his wonderful light.Once you had no identity as a people; now you are God’s people. Once you received no mercy; now you have received YHVH’s mercy. Beloved, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from the desires of the flesh, which war against your soul.Conduct yourselves with such honor among the Gentiles (Pagans) that, though they slander you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify YHVH on the day He visits us.

Our Heavenly Father and great I Am. Thank You for every sparing life, Your Grace and Mercy. We give all Glory and Praises to Your Holy Name. We pray for Your Salvation and Redemption for all Your people. We bring in Spirit every soldier fighting for Israel and Ukraine. We pray for saving lives and release of all innocent people who is suffering under the hands of evil. Please intervene and let Your power take justice against all evil. Our Father who are in Heaven.Holy be Your Name. Let Your Kingdom come and will be done on earth as in heaven. Please give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses and sins against Thee and others. Please remove all evil upon this earth and let all knees bow and tounge confess that You alone is God. We pray for Your Love to endure and Your Peace to cover the earth. Let Your Power power reign. Amein HalleluYah

Be blessed and stay blessed 🌷

30/11/2023

Deuteronomy 6:4
“Hear, O Israel! YHVH is our GOD, HE is one!

Matthew
12 25
“Every Kingdom divided against itself is laid to waste, and no city or house divided against itself will stand”

As One GOD for One Nation, One Country, One Believe, Being in unified as One people of Faith, Spirit, mind, heart, having the same goal and devine purpose.

The Shalom can only prevail when all have a distinctive attribute to tend to mutually associated understanding.

Leviticus 25:23 ‘The land, moreover, shall not be sold permanently, for the land is Mine; for you are foreigners and sojourners with Me

Genesis. 12:7 And YHVH appeared to Abram and said, “To your descendants I will give this land.”

Abraham walked with YHVH and he remained loyal and righteous in all his ways.

Genesis 26:3 (YHVH talking to Isaac) “Sojourn in this land and I will be with you and bless you, for to you and to your descendants I will give *all these lands*, and I will establish the oath which I swore to your father Abraham.

Genesis. 17:18-19
And Abraham said to YHVH, “Oh that Ishmael might live before Thee!”
But YHVH said, “No, but Sarah your wife shall bear you a son, and you shall call his name Isaac; and I will establish *My covenant with him for an everlasting covenant for his descendants after him.*

After Isaac we see that the land is passed down to Jacob, not Esau.

Gen. 28:3-4 – (Isaac talking to Jacob)
“And may YHVH Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you, that you may become a company of peoples. “May He also give you the blessing of Abraham, to you and to your descendants with you; that you may possess the land of your sojournings, which YHVH gave to Abraham.”

Gen. 28:13-15 (YHVH talking to Jacob)
And behold, YHVH stood above it and said,
“I Am YHVH, the GOD of your father Abraham and the GOD of Isaac; the land on which you lie, I will give it to you and to your descendants. “Your descendants shall also be like the dust of the earth, and you shall spread out to the west and to the east and to the north and to the south; and in you and in your descendants *shall all the families of the earth be blessed.*
“And behold, I Am with you, and will keep you wherever you go, and will bring you back to this land; for I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you.”

HALLELUYAH!!!!!

30/11/2023

THAT DAY THERE WILL BE NO CANAANITE IN THE HOUSE OF YHVH

Zechariah 14

The Destroyers of Jerusalem Destroyed

Behold, A day of YHVH is coming when your plunder will be divided in your presence.

For I will gather all the nations for battle against Jerusalem, and the city will be captured, the houses looted, and the women ravished. Half of the city will go into exile, but the rest of the people will not be removed from the city.

Then YHVH will go out to fight against those nations, as He fights in the day of battle.

On that day His feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, east of Jerusalem, and the Mount of Olives will be split in two from east to west, forming a great valley, with half the mountain moving to the north and half to the south.

You will flee by My mountain valley, for it will extend to Azal. You will flee as you fled from the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah.

Then YHVH my Elohim will come, and all the Holy Ones with Him.

On that day there will be no light, no cold or frost. It will be a day known only to YHVH, without day or night; but when evening comes, there will be light.

And on that day living water will flow out from Jerusalem, half of it toward the Eastern Sea and the other half toward the Western Sea, in summer and winter alike.

On that day YHVH WILL BECOME KING OVER ALL THE EARTH, YHVH ALONE, AND HIS NAME.

All the land from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem will be turned into a plain, but Jerusalem will be raised up and will remain in her place, from the Benjamin Gate to the site of the First Gate to the Corner Gate, and from the Tower of Hananel to the royal winepresses.

People will live there, and never again will there be an utter destruction. So Jerusalem will dwell securely.

And this will be the plague with which YHVH strikes all the peoples who have warred against Jerusalem:

Their flesh will rot while they stand on their feet, their eyes will rot in their sockets, and their tongues will rot in their mouths.

On that day a great panic from YHVH will come upon them, so that each will seize the hand of another, and the hand of one will rise against the other.

Judah will also fight at Jerusalem, and the wealth of all the surrounding nations will be collected gold, silver, and apparel in great abundance.

And a similar plague will strike the horses and mules, camels and donkeys, and all the animals in those camps.

All Nations Will Worship the King

Then all the survivors from the nations that came against Jerusalem will go up year after year to worship The King, YHVH Tzevaot, and to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles.

And should any of the families of the earth not go up to Jerusalem to worship The King, YHVH Tzevaot, then the rain will not fall on them.

And if the people of Egypt will not go up and enter in, then the rain will not fall on them; this will be the plague with which YHVH strikes the nations who do not go up to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles.

This will be the punishment of Egypt and of all the nations that do not go up to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles.

On That Day, HOLY TO YHVH will be inscribed on the bells of the horses, and the cooking pots in the house of YHVH will be like the sprinkling bowls before the altar.

Indeed, every pot in Jerusalem and Judah will be Holy to YHVH Tzevaot and all who sacrifice will come and take some pots and cook in them.

And on that day there will no longer be a Canaanite in the house of YHVH Tzevaot.

20/10/2023

WILL YOU STEAL FROM YOUR FATHER OR A FRIEND?
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN STEALING AND RECEIVING

John 10:10
The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.

Deuteronomy 10:14-17
“Everything belongs to YHVH your GOD. The heavens, even the highest heavens, belong to him. The earth and everything on it belong to him.

Exodus 20:15
“You shall not steal."

Ephesians 4:28
“Let him who stole steal no longer, but rather let him labor, working with his hands what is good, that he may have something to give him who has need”

1 Timothy 6:10
For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.

We first read of it in Genesis 12:7, where it is written, “Then YHVH appeared to Abram and said, To your descendants I will give this land.”

At a later time, when Abram was living once again in Canaan, the YHVH told him, “Lift your eyes now and look from the place where you are . . . for all the lands which you see I give to you and your descendants forever” (Genesis 13:14,15). YHVH repeated the land promise to Isaac (Genesis 26:1-4) and his son, Jacob (Genesis 28:10-13).

(Numbers 35:13). YHVH gave three such cities to the Israelites on the east side of Jordan after they conquered the peoples living there. YHVH then made this promise, “Now if YHVH your GOD enlarges your territory, as He swore to your fathers, and gives you the land which He promised to give to your fathers . . . then you shall add three more cities for yourself besides these three” (Deuteronomy 19:8,9).
Deuteronomy 9 explained why Why YHVH Gave Canaan to Israel. Verse 3-5 YHVH your GOD will drive them out to give you this land. When he does, don’t say to yourself, “The LORD has done it because I am godly. That’s why He brought me here to take over this land.” That isn’t true. YHVH is going to drive out those nations to make room for you because they are very evil. You are not going in to take over their land because you have done what is right or honest. It’s because those nations are so evil. That’s why YHVH your GOD will drive them out to make room for you. He will do what He said He would do. He made a promise to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.

25/09/2023

Departure ;- 25 Nov 2023 Return :- 04 Dec 2023

20/07/2023

Zion My Beloved
09 October 2023 – 19 October 2023

Day 1: Departure: Monday 09 October 2023
Tel Aviv

Day 2: Tuesday 10 October 2023
Tel Aviv, Jaffa, Netanya, Haifa, Akko, Mt Carmel, Jezreel - Megiddo Valley, Mount Precipice

Day 3: Wednesday 11 October 2023
Nazareth, Cana, Mt Tabor – Transfiguration, Mount of the Beatitudes, Tabgha, Capernaum

Day 4: Thursday 12 October 2023
Ancient Boat, Sail on Galilee Boat, Bethabara – Baptism, Jericho, Wadi Qilt

Day 5: Friday 13 October 2023
Bethlehem, Shepherd Field, Qumran, Masada, Dead Sea

Day 6: Saturday 14 October 2023
Mt Zion, Last Supper Room, Tomb of King David, Walls of Jerusalem, Cardo, Jewish Quarters, Temple Institute, Western
Wall, Southern Wall, Golden Gate, Mount of Olives, Palm Sunday road , Church of All Nations, Garden of Gethsemane

Day 7: Sunday 15 October 2023
Caiaphas House, Panoramic view, Pools of Bethsaida, Stations of the Cross, Golgotha, Garden Tomb. Yad Vashem, Ein
Kerem, Emmaus, Abu Gosh

Day 8: Monday 16 October 2023
Eilat

Day 09: Tuesday 17 October 2023
Petra, Eilat

Day 10: Wednesday 18 October 2023
Free Options - Timna Park, Aquarium, Shopping, Relaxing time

Day 11: Thursday 19 October 2023
Home

Contact: Charmaine.
+27 69 168 3518

29/04/2023

Shalom Jerusalem Tours- 2023

21/12/2022

The Voice of The Shepherd
11 March - 18 March 2023

SHALOM JERUSALEM TOURS #

Prices are subject to change due to currency fluctuations.

Prices are based on per person sharing a room. In the event of no room partner, a single supplement apply.

Tour
$1550 Excluding Flights

R33,950
Flights from JNB included

Including Package:
* Stay in Tourist Class Hotels
*Breakfast and dinner at the hotels as itinerary
* Hotel gratuities
* English Guide
*Entrance fees at sites on program
*Air-conditioned Coach transportation
*Boat Sailing on the Sea of Galilee
*Worship Moments with Passion
*Bottle Water per day
*Radio Listening Systems
You are invited to join us as we journey and explore the land of the Scriptures. We are confident that this experience will deepen your walk with our Messiah and transform the way you read Scripture and worship.

As we Journey you will experience life-shaping days. Standing in Awe at the places where our Savior walked and ministered.

Shalom Jerusalem Tours offer you a set apart from other trips because it includes special worship moments and teaching with understanding with a deeper Passion as the Scriptures comes to life. This is a unique experience!

Genesis 12:1-3
Now YHVH said to Abram, “Get yourself out of your country, away from your kinsmen and away from your father’s house, and go to the land that I will show you. I will make of you a great nation, I will bless you, and I will make your name great; and you are to be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, but I will curse anyone who curses you; and by you all the families of the earth will be blessed.”

Day 1: Departure from Johannesburg: (Saturday 11 March 2023)
Our journey begins as we depart on overnight flight to Israel.

Day 2: (Sunday 12 March 2023)
Tel Aviv, Jaffa, Mt Carmel, Jezreel - Megiddo Valley, Haifa, Akko, Mount Precipice
We depart to Tel Aviv. The Bible stories come alive as we start our journey reading the Scriptures. We take a drive to Joppa the oldest port of Israel. We visit the charismatic and beautiful city of Jaffa port city that dates back thousands of years and where Peter had his vision on the rooftop of the House of Simon the Tanner. Where Tabitha was raised from the dead and Jonah set sail to Tarshish from Jaffa. King Solomon built his port on the Mediterranean. We drive to Mt. Carmel where Elijah challenged King Ahab and the prophets of Baal. (1 Kings 19) we see the Jezreel Valley, the Armageddon Battlefield, (Hill of Megiddo”), mentioned in the Bible only once, as Revelation to John (16:16). We end the day in prayer on Mount Precipice that is 397 above Sea level. We visit Haifa and Akko. Yeshua returned to Nazareth after his baptism and visit the local synagogue declaring in public, that he is the Messiah. Rejecting his claim, the Nazarenes’ declare him as a false Messiah, and drag him to the “edge of the city“. They attempt to throw over the cliff, but “he passed through the midst of them and walked away” (Luke 4:29-30). Our journey ends in Nazareth where Yeshua spent his boyhood years before beginning his ministry at the age of 30.
Meals: Breakfast and Dinner. Overnight: Nazareth

Day 3: (Monday 13 March 2023)
Nazareth , Cana, Mt. Tabor, Yeshua Boat, Sail on Galilee, Mount of the Beatitudes, Tabgha, Capernaum
We start this morning in the town of Nazareth where Yeshua grew up in his early childhood. Traveling to Cana of Galilee where Yeshua performed His first miracle at the wedding. We ascend to Mt. Tabor the place of transfiguration and ascension of Yeshua, coming to a deeper understanding about the everlasting life. We visit the Nof Ginnosar Kibbutz where a discovery of the ancient Boat were made. We enjoy relaxing Cruise on the Sea of Galilee with devotion on board, bringing to life the experiences of Yeshua and the fishermen disciples. We have special time at the Mount of the Beatitudes, the site of the Sermon on the Mount. While experiencing the words of Yeshua to the multitudes we have a beautiful view of the entire Galilee. Next is Tabgha the site of the multiplication of loaves and fishes. Here Yeshua’s appearance to his disciples after his resurrection, restored and commissioned Simon Peter to rise, serve as the leader of the newborn community of Faith. We visit to Capernaum the “evangelical triangle” These ruins of ancient 1st century synagogue, a location where Yeshua taught and where Peter’s home was.
Meals: Breakfast and Dinner. Overnight: Nazareth

Day 4: (Tuesday 14 March 2023)
Mt Arbel, Judean Desert, Bethabara, Qumran, Dead Sea, Jericho, Wadi Qilt
This is a very early morning enjoying an amazing outlook over the Sea of Galilee from Mt Arbel. We stop at Tmar Bkfar where we will watch a short video and time to purchase something valuable to take home with us from Galilee. We take our Journey through the Judean Desert with a visit to the Biblical Baptism site Bethabara, that played an important role in the life of Yeshua. After his rejection in Jerusalem during the Feast of Dedication, “He went away again beyond Jordan into the place where John at first baptized; and there he abode.” (John 10.40). We visit Qumran where the Deadsea Scrolls were found . We enjoy some time at the Dead Sea before we continue to Jericho, where God had an awesome plan for the battle of Jericho. Standing here in these valleys brings us to make a special Covenant with our Heavenly Father as the Israelites did after crossing over from Jordan to the Promised Land. With Scriptures coming to life, we have a better understanding of the Amazing plan YHVH had for His people. With a view over the Mount of Temptation, we read how Yeshua was tempted by Satan after fasting 40 days & 40 Nights.
Meals: Breakfast and Dinner. Overnight: Jerusalem

Day 5: (Wednesday 15 March 2023)
Mt Zion, Last Supper Room, Tomb of King David, Cardo, Jewish Quarters, Western and Southern Wall, Golden Gate, Mount of Olives, Palm Sunday road , Church of All Nations, Garden of Gethsemane, Night Light
This morning is a very early start and long walk we visit the Upper Room (Luke 22). We visit the traditional site where Yeshua instituted the “Last Supper” - Matthew 26:17-30; Mark 14:12-25; Luke 22:7-23; John 13:1—17:26. Visit the Tomb of King David and walk through the historic Jewish Quarter, down the Cardo. On our way down the stairs we see the Golden Lamp Stand and enjoy prayer time at the Western Wall. We take our journey out the Dung Gate to view the Southern Wall Excavations and the Temple Stairs. We walk pass the Mercy Gate and make our way up to the Golden Gate. We head to the top of the Mount of Olives to stand where Yeshua had a breathtaking view of the city across the Kidron Valley to the Eastern Gate where the Prince of Peace will enter (Ezekiel 44) also the place where He ascended into heaven (Acts 1). We visit where “the Yeshua wept” as he beheld the Holy City and walk down the Palm Sunday Road to the Garden of Gethsemane and see 2,000 year old olive trees that date back to the time of Yeshua. We visit the Church of All Nations. We spend time praying in the Garden. This evening you have the opportunity to explore Jerusalem at night.
Meals: Breakfast and Dinner. Overnight: Jerusalem

Day 6: (Thursday 16 March 2023)
Bethlehem, Shepherd Field, Caiaphas House, Pools of Bethsaida, Stations of the Cross, Golgotha, Garden Tomb,
We start at the Shepherds field in Bethlehem. Yeshua was born in Bethlehem, which was a fulfillment of prophecy (Micah 5:2; Luke 2:1-7) and burial for Rachel. Bethlehem actually means “house of bread.”, known as the birthplace of David (2 Sam 23:24; 1 Chr 11:26). The roads descending to the east of Bethlehem lead through the village of Beit Sahour which is identified since ancient times where the shepherds seen the Star. (Luke 2:8-10). We visit the House of Caiaphas before we start The Way of The cross from the Lions gate, continuing to the Pools of Bethsaida that have supplied water to the First and Second Temples until Herod the Great’s time. These very baths are where the healing miracle of Yeshua took place. We visit Ecco homo ("behold [the] man" John 19 where the soldiers plaited a crown of thorns, and put it on his head, and arrayed him in a purple robe. We continue to the Stations of the Cross and end at Golgotha and end our day at the empty Garden Tomb, where we will reflect on the Resurrection with a time of prayer (Luke 23).
Meals: Breakfast and Dinner. Overnight: Jerusalem

Day 7: (Friday 17 March 2023)
Tomb of Samuel, Ein Kerem, Abu Gosh, Tel Aviv
We visit the Tomb of Samuel with an extraordinary view. Samuel's grave is situated atop a steep hill to the north of the Jerusalem neighborhood of Ramo. Samuel's legacy as a prophet began when he was 13 years old, and God had anointed him for this position. By the time Samuel had become a grown man he had become an important public figure and people had known him for being a prophet of God. Samuel was an honest and fair judge, dispensing God's law impartially. Our journey continue to Ein Kerem a pilgrimage site where John the Baptist was born. Next we will have a visit to the village of Abu Gosh, it was known in Biblical Times as Kiryat Ye'arim, where the Ark of the Covenant was placed from here King David brought the Holy Shrine back to Jerusalem. We drive to Tel Aviv where we will spend free time before we take our flight back home.
Meals: Breakfast

Day 8: (Saturday 18 March 2023)
Home
We say goodbye to our new friends, having wonderful memories and treasure them in our hearts. We on our way home with mind and hearts filled with a new and revived passion of Faith. Israel remains on our lips

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11/10/2022

YESHUA HAMASHIACH
THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES (3)
THE ARK OF THE COVENANT

The sacred Ark of the Covenant was built at Mount Sinai and was taken by the Israelites along with them upon their journey.

The Ark of the Covenant represented YHVH’s presence.

In Joshua 3, the Israelites needed to cross the Jordan River to get to the Promised Land. Orders were given to follow the priests carrying the Ark of the Covenant.

Joshua 3:7
“Joshua told the people, “Consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow YHVH will do amazing things among you.”

The next day,YHVH proclaims
“Today I will begin to exalt you in the eyes of all Israel, so they may know that I am with you as I was with Moses”

The priests brought the Ark of the Covenant into the river and the waters were stopped to allow the Israelites to cross. After everyone made it to the other side, the Ark of the Covenant was removed and the waters again filled the river.

The people were up against Jericho’s wall where no one came in and no one came out. YHVH told Joshua to have armed men march around the wall for six days. Priests were in the procession of blowing their trumpets, followed by the Ark of the Covenant.

On the seventh day, the marching army was instructed to give a loud shout and the walls of Jericho came tumbling down. The people did what YHVH instructed and took over the city.

“So YHVH was with Joshua, and his fame spread throughout the land.”

YHVH’s presence and power, seen in the Ark of the Covenant with a marching army which caused the walls of Jericho to collapse.

Latet the Israelites were fighting against the Philistines and losing terribly. When Israel had been conquered by the Philistines, the ark was taken from Shiloh.

The Philistines became weary that a god had entered the camp. They fought and stole the Holy Ark.

The Philistines put the Ark of the Covenant in the Dagon’s temple, but the statue of their false god kept falling before the Ark of the Covenant. YHVH brought devastation on the Philistines.

When Philistines conquered and captured the Ark of the Covenant, many misfortunes came upon them and they changed their minds. It brought them to realize that the possession they took over the of the Ark of the Covenant, brought them misfortune and they suffered destruction among them. Therefore the descicion that they must sent it back.

The ark had been just west of Jerusalem in Kirjath Yearim, near Abu Ghosh. But it was time to take it up to the City of David.

Because of Jerusalem being surrounded by hills we always go “up” to Jerusalem. Psalm 125.

The ark of the Covenant was designed to be a symbol of the presence of YHVH in the midst of His people.

In 1000 BC the Ark of the Covenant was designated by YHVH to be brought to Holy place and to rest in Jerusalem where YHVH had chosen to put His Name.

After the City of David had been established, and ready to bring The Ark of the Covenant to its rightful place the people waited for a great celebration.

The Ark of the Covenant ended back with the Israelites and then settled in a Holy tent for priests, until King Solomon placed the Ark of the Covenant in the Holy of Holies of this temple, where it was placed under the wings of two mighty cherubim.

2 Samuel 6:2
“And David arose and went with all the people who were with him from Baale Judah to bring up from there the ark of YHVH, whose Name called by the Name, YHVH Tzevaot, who dwells between the cherubim.”

“So they set the Ark of the Covenant on a new cart, and brought it out of the house of Abinadab, which was on the hill; and Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, drove the new cart.”

This was a new cart to transport Israel’s Holiest possesion.

“And when they came to Nachon’s threshing floor, Uzzah put out his hand to the ark of YHVH and took hold of it, for the oxen stumbled. Then the anger of YHVH was aroused against Uzzah, and YHVH struck him there for his error; and he died there by the ark of YHVH. And David became angry because of YHVH's outbreak against Uzzah; and he called the name of the place Perez Uzzah to this day.”

The place where it occured is known as Nachon’s threshing floor.
Altough King David was devastated he told them to put the ark in the house of Obed-Edom and refused to see it again for three months. Until, that is, he heard of the profound blessings that had come upon Obed-Edom’s household for simply hosting the Ark of the Covenant. The Holy Ark of YHVH carried YHVH's power to bring death over anyone who wrongfully touched it, but also contained His mighty power of blessings. When David saw those blessings it gave him courage to resume the action he needed to take.

Taking action required David to emsure he does exactly what YHVH had required, and proceeded with extreme caution. With the Priest back in their ceremonial robes, the ark was hoisted up on their shoulders as a solemn order as YHVH had instructed in Exodus.

“And so it was, when those bearing the Ark of YHVH had gone six paces, that he sacrificed oxen and fatted sheep. Then David danced before YHVH with all his might; and David was wearing a linen ephod. So David and all the house of Israel brought up the Ark of YHVH with shouting and with the sound of the trumpet.”

The Holy of Holies is a term in the Scriptures that refers to the inner sanctuary of the Tabernacle. The Ark of the Covenant, also known as the Ark of the Testimony.

In light of the work of Yeshua as our Kohen Gadol (high priest) of the New Covenant we now have access to the Holy of Holies.

The seventh and final Feast of Succoth is known as the Feast of Tabernacle. The Feast of joy.

Since it immediately follow the days of Awe and repentance it represents YHVH presence and restored dwelling with His people.

Yeshua HaMashiach is the word that became flesh and Tabernacled with us.

Isaiah 60:3
‘Nations will come to your light’

Nations would be attracted to this light, which became a central theme in the celebration of Tabernacles, the feast that anticipates the fulfilment of Israel’s divine commission.

The final and foremost divine purpose of YHVH to bring His Covenant to Tabernacle with His people.

Isaiah 54:2: ‘
Enlarge the place of your tent, and let them extend the curtains of your habitations … for you will break forth on the right hand and on the left; and your seed shall take possession of nations, and make desolate cities to be inhabited.’

A light is set on the the hill and not hidden.
Isaiah 4:2-6
‘In that day the Branch of YHVH will be beautiful and glorious,
and the fruit of the land will be the pride and glory of the survivors in Israel. Those who are left in Zion, who remain in Jerusalem, will be called holy, all who are recorded among the living in Jerusalem. YHVH will wash away the filth of the women of Zion; he will cleanse the bloodstains from Jerusalem by a spirit of judgment and a spirit of fire. Then YHVH will create over all of Mount Zion and over those who assemble there a cloud of smoke by day and a glow of flaming fire by night; over all the glory will be a canopy. It will be a shelter and shade from the heat of the day, and a refuge and hiding place from the storm and rain.’

At the time Yeshua attended the Feast, it was customary to light massive lamp-stands in the Temple courts during the seven days of Tabernacles. This was done in remembrance of the shechinah of former times, but also in an attempt to emulate it through human effort.

The true light by which the nations would be attracted was not by the wealth of Herod’s or the grandeur of Solomons, but the attraction of the light of YHVH ’s holiness

Be blessed and stay blessed🌷