I love the line from The Sound of Music.
The Mother Abbess is talking to Maria, the main character in the musical, and she says,
and you know, Maria, when God closes a door, he opens a window.
Well guess what?
God is opening some doors and some windows for restoring word, and I've got an exciting
announcement for you.
We are putting together a virtual tour to Israel.
You say, well why do I, as a Christian, need to go to Israel?
Well, let me share a little bit of my journey with you so you'll understand how studying
Israel, going to Israel, seeing these holy sites can truly change your walk with God,
and that's why we're doing this.
We want to give you a life-changing opportunity to study the word and to study Bible prophecy
actually with other believers.
Now we have all kinds of new apps and we have the technology to do things globally like
never before.
There is now an app that you can use to travel and to journal your travels with others and
share them through social media.
Did you know that?
I didn't know that.
Well, some other believers in Australia who attend another Bible study there discovered
this amazing app and how they can journal and organize their adventures and share them
with those that they love, and it really came because of the lockdowns that this technology
was put together.
So why not use it to study the Holy Land?
I have a legitimate tour organized to go, but I know for a lot of people right now,
the vaccine mandates were concerning.
Well, they've lifted now.
COVID was concerning.
Seems like we all have antibodies now.
Financially, there are some concerns about inflation and some things going on in Eastern
Europe are a little concerning.
But you know what?
Jumping on board with a bunch of believers and studying the word from the comfort of
your home using your phone is something that you can do and it's easy to do and it's
all going to be leading up to Easter.
We're leaving next week.
So why should you go with me?
Well, I've put together a little bit of a study for you and I thought I'd share
some of these really important reasons.
For one, Israel globally, theologically, and spiritually is the center of the earth.
It's holy.
It's God's holy nation.
He has a plan for Israel.
He's a plan for the Jewish people and he's using people to point to his existence and
to his reality.
I'm excited about putting this tour together and in Zechariah 2, it clearly says that Israel
is the apple of his eye and that during the millennial reign of Christ, we will all be
going to Israel together to worship Jesus once a year in this most holy place.
Hey, if we're going to be going there every year during the millennial reign of Christ,
why wouldn't we want to go now and see it for ourselves?
That's a really good reason.
Another reason is when you study Israel, all of these places, these names, Jaffa, Capernaum,
Caesarea, the Galilee, the Jordan, the Megiddo, Dan, all of these legitimate biblical places,
they're not just something in a book.
They're real.
They're tangible and that will change how you see the Word of God forever.
This is how it's going to work.
We've got 10 days laid out.
It's going to follow verbatim the tour that I have planned.
During this tour, you're going to be able to see videos and Bible study and scripture.
You're going to be able to study it as much or as little as you want.
You could be committed a little bit or you could be all out committed to studying and
looking at these scriptures daily.
Then at night, just like when you go on a missions team with a group of other missionaries,
you have what's kind of like a campfire experience where everyone sits around and shares their
journey.
Well, we are going to be logging in together through Facebook and through our travel app.
We're going to be sharing.
those adventures and what we've learned from each other.
I've got some special guests that will be joining us,
people who have worked in the land,
people who have run ministries in the land
that we are gonna be asking to join.
We're also gonna bring in some experts
who lead tours over there to join us.
All of it is going to fall in place,
and I'm excited for you.
When this is over, I'm gonna post this,
and then I'm going to put the links
and invite you to join us starting next week.
Think about it, pray about it.
We'd love for you to come.
Have a great day.
Let's do it.
All right.
Thanks for hosting us, everybody.
I'm Mark Matthews,
and I'm Jonathon Cormen.
And thanks for tuning in.
Have a great day and I'll speak to you
in a couple days at Gallaudet University weekend.
Thank you.
Bye.
See you.
Thanks.