The Executive Secretary of the Lagos State Christian Pilgrims Welfare Board, Mrs Florence Gbafe, has disclosed that Christian pilgrims from Lagos will spend three days and nights in the Kingdom of Jordan before moving to Israel for the continuation of the pilgrimage journey.
A statement on Monday quoted Gbafe as saying that the three days and three nights will be filled with memorable experiences and exposure to interesting Christian sites within the Kingdom of Jordan.
She noted that throughout the stay of the pilgrims in the Kingdom of Jordan, Lagos State pilgrims will be visiting Gedara, a spiritual site connected with one of the miracles of Jesus, usually referred to as the casting of the Demons or the Gadarene Swine.
“On the third day in the Kingdom of Jordan, Gbafe added that the pilgrims would visit the Hilltop stronghold of Herod the Great from where John the Baptist was beheaded on the order of Herod Antipas after Salome’s fateful dance of the seven veils”, the statement said.
She listed other interesting places that the pilgrims will visit including “Mount Nebo, a Serpentine Cross Sculpture symbolising the bronze serpent created by Moses in Numbers 21:49, and the Cross upon which Jesus was crucified in John 3:14, among other places”.
Gbafe said the pilgrims would depart on the fourth day to Israel by the Allenby Bridge, urging them to note the spiritual significance of the holy sites that would be visited and also offer prayers for spiritual rejuvenation at the historical sites.
