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The Holy Land Revealed

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If you ever wanted to experience the Holy Land of Israel - the land of Jesus Christ and the prophets, sitting at your home, you couldn't have asked for a better DVD. I have seen many DVDs on the Holy Land, but this one really ranks as the best. Capturing the essence of the Holy Land, this spectacular DVD makes the sights and sounds of the Holy Land come alive. Exciting and informative, it carries you on a journey back in time and retraces from the beginning to Jesus and up until today, many of the important places and events in the Bible.

There are locations of Old Testament like Beer Sheba, Hebron, Egypt, Jericho, Mt. Carmel, Jaffa, Ashkelon - to name a few. The tombs of Patriarchs and Matriarchs of Old Testament are also shown in the DVD. A major portion of the DVD has been devoted to the places of New Testament. The documentary exhibits many churches erected throughout the Holy Land marking special events described in the New Testament which attract millions of pilgrims all over the world. One can stand in faith to witness the star of Bethlehem (the traditional place where Jesus is said to have been born) in the holy cave beneath the Church of Nativity in Bethlehem. One can stand in awe and set his eyes on the streets of Via Dolorosa, the path Jesus followed carrying His cross and the Calvary where Jesus was crucified. One can stand up and praise the Lord while looking upon at the empty tomb of Jesus. There are many important places shown (like Lazarus's tomb, Garden of Gethsemane, Mount of Olives, the room of Lord Supper etc.) connected with the life of Jesus that I think every Christian must be a witness to.

The documentary not only ends after Jesus but also goes further on to describe the important events happened in the history of Holy Land right up to the freedom of the state of Israel in 1948. At this time, I am reminded of the famous reply Philip gave to Nathanael in John 1:46 when the latter asked him whether any good thing could come out of Nazareth. Philip simply replied "Come and see". Well friends, this DVD is definitely worth seeing. Buy this title and share it with everybody. I certainly hope that this DVD will prove to be as much a blessing to you as it has been to me!!!

PS - To experience the Holy Land of Israel with all its majestic landscape in a hardcover, I strongly recommend the beautiful book "Images of the Holy Land" by the Israeli photographer Hanan Isachar (ISBN: 9652800856) available on Amazon. Further, if you are genuinely interested to know about amazing discoveries on Noah's Ark, Real Mount Sinai, Red Sea Crossing Site, Sodom & Gomorrah and Ark of the Covenant, I strongly recommend that you go to the website of Wyatt Musuem which has all these discoveries covered on DVDs (just search it on any search engine like yahoo or google. Unable to mention it due to restrictions).

I am happy with my purchase of this DVD. It tells the entire bible story, (from old testament, thru the time of Jesus, up to today), with moving picture depiction of the places biblical events occured and what is there now (many times a church). There were a couple things I thought werent perfect: at times the visual image was a bit digitally choppy and not fully clear; and, sometimes the narration was simply scriptural and I wasnt sure what we were seeing on the screen. But, overall, I believe it is an excellent effort, and a worthwhile purchase. After viewing it, I felt I had experienced a thorough tour of the Holy Land and it's history, with emphasis on Jesus.

This DVD is a must for those who have longed to visit the Holy Land. It is accurately supported with reference to bibical text.

This is a great DVD which covers the entire Holy Land. I'm really happy that I purchased this DVD, It's simply the best.

Last year I went on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land. Viewing this video brought back memories of my pilgrimage. While there, it was difficult at most times to concentrate and contemplate at the various Holy sites due to the crowds and noise. As such the proper reverence was not felt and it was rather 'touristy' in nature. Viewing this video in the quiet of home, has brought me back to my pilgrimage and I am able to relate and contemplate what I missed out during my actual pilgrimage. I strongly recommend this video to those who have been on the pilgrimage and to those planning to go. Besides, the scenes were beautifully done with good commentaries which would be difficult, if not impossible, for the pilgrims to achieve with their own cameras.

This excellent video comprehensively covers the predominant archeological sites throughout Israel, and even the ancient city of Petra of Jordan, while correctly focusing on Jerusalem. The quality of the pictures is excellent as is the commentary. We spent two weeks there in January and February, the highlight of our travels around the world. We took many pictures while there, but the video provided a much better display of our visit to show family and friends.