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Christian visitors to Israel are constantly telling me that 2016
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Museum of the Bible 29 Go Now to my Place at Shiloh 34 Are You

Ready to Witness Where it All Happened? 38 The Untold Story of
Tiberias 40 The Annual Feast of Tabernacles Celebration 42

Neot Kedumim 44 Go With the Flow 48 To See What is Written in 3
the Biblical Verses 54