The Holy Land Experience - Set 1

The admissions entrance to the Holy Land Experience is modeled after the Jaffa Gate in Israel. The wooden double doors to the left of the gate are the entrance to the Guest Relations office while the two vinyl canopies to the left are the ticket counters to the park.

The admissions entrance to the Holy Land Experience is modeled after the Jaffa Gate in Israel. The wooden double doors to the left of the gate are the entrance to the Guest Relations office while the two vinyl canopies to the left are the ticket counters to the park.

One of the attractions inside the Holy Land Experience is the Jerusalem Street Market where guests can buy Israeli made goods, Christian Zionist literature, and various Judaica. The Jerusalem Street Market is home to the Old Scroll Shoppe.

The Holy Land Experience bills itself as a "living biblical museum," exhibiting characters such as Temple priests, Roman soldiers, Pharisees, Jerusalem city dwellers, and various New Testament individuals throughout the park's nearly 17 acres.

The Holy Land Experience bills itself as a "living biblical museum," exhibiting characters such as Temple priests, Roman soldiers, Pharisees, Jerusalem city dwellers, and various New Testament individuals throughout the park's nearly 17 acres.

The Holy Land Experience bills itself as a "living biblical museum," exhibiting characters such as Temple priests, Roman soldiers, Pharisees, Jerusalem city dwellers, and various New Testament individuals throughout the park's nearly 17 acres.

Animals are used throughout the park to recreate biblical stories. This camel is part of an exhibit recreating the stable scene accredited to Jesus' birth.

Animals are used throughout the park to recreate biblical stories. This camel is part of an exhibit recreating the stable scene accredited to Jesus' birth.

During the Easter Season a passion play is enacted throughout the park twice daily. Starting at the Jerusalem Street Market guests see Jesus brought through the streets, recreating the Stations of the Cross while Roman soldiers taunt and abuse him. Through the use of make up and other effects the character appears bleeding and battered. He is then taken up over the Calvary's Garden tomb exhibit where he is crucified before the audience and proclaimed the King of the Jews.

During the Easter Season a passion play is enacted throughout the park twice daily. Starting at the Jerusalem Street Market guests see Jesus brought through the streets, recreating the Stations of the Cross while Roman soldiers taunt and abuse him. Through the use of make up and other effects the character appears bleeding and battered. He is then taken up over the Calvary's Garden tomb exhibit where he is crucified before the audience and proclaimed the King of the Jews.

During the Easter Season a passion play is enacted throughout the park twice daily. Starting at the Jerusalem Street Market guests see Jesus brought through the streets, recreating the Stations of the Cross while Roman soldiers taunt and abuse him. Through the use of make up and other effects the character appears bleeding and battered. He is then taken up over the Calvary's Garden tomb exhibit where he is crucified before the audience and proclaimed the King of the Jews.

During the Easter Season a passion play is enacted throughout the park twice daily. Starting at the Jerusalem Street Market guests see Jesus brought through the streets, recreating the Stations of the Cross while Roman soldiers taunt and abuse him. Through the use of make up and other effects the character appears bleeding and battered. He is then taken up over the Calvary's Garden tomb exhibit where he is crucified before the audience and proclaimed the King of the Jews.

During the Easter Season a passion play is enacted throughout the park twice daily. Starting at the Jerusalem Street Market guests see Jesus brought through the streets, recreating the Stations of the Cross while Roman soldiers taunt and abuse him. Through the use of make up and other effects the character appears bleeding and battered. He is then taken up over the Calvary's Garden tomb exhibit where he is crucified before the audience and proclaimed the King of the Jews.

During the Easter Season a passion play is enacted throughout the park twice daily. Starting at the Jerusalem Street Market guests see Jesus brought through the streets, recreating the Stations of the Cross while Roman soldiers taunt and abuse him. Through the use of make up and other effects the character appears bleeding and battered. He is then taken up over the Calvary's Garden tomb exhibit where he is crucified before the audience and proclaimed the King of the Jews.

During the Easter Season a passion play is enacted throughout the park twice daily. Starting at the Jerusalem Street Market guests see Jesus brought through the streets, recreating the Stations of the Cross while Roman soldiers taunt and abuse him. Through the use of make up and other effects the character appears bleeding and battered. He is then taken up over the Calvary's Garden tomb exhibit where he is crucified before the audience and proclaimed the King of the Jews.

During the Easter Season a passion play is enacted throughout the park twice daily. Starting at the Jerusalem Street Market guests see Jesus brought through the streets, recreating the Stations of the Cross while Roman soldiers taunt and abuse him. Through the use of make up and other effects the character appears bleeding and battered. He is then taken up over the Calvary's Garden tomb exhibit where he is crucified before the audience and proclaimed the King of the Jews.

Various books detailing the Second Coming of Christ on sale at the Old Scroll Shoppe. The late Robert Van Kampen, a former board member and patron of Zion's Hope, wrote The Fourth Reich and The Rapture Question Answered. Van Kampen's antiquities collection is on permanent loan to the Holy Land Experience. On display is also Marvin Rosenthal's Pre-Wrath Rapture of the Church. These works make up some of the Christian Zionist writings that detail Judaism's relationship to Evangelical Christian eschatology.

Among the various Israeli made goods on sale at the Old Scroll Book Shoppe are objects used during Jewish holidays and observances. Other products can often be found for sale in Zion's Hope's original Christian bookstore located in the Spanish-Mediterranean styled administrative building.

The Holy Land Experience has been noted for condemning Messianic Judaism as unethical in belief and practice. This, however, has not prevented that sale of Messianic Jewish music written and performed by leading Messianic believers in the Old Scroll Shoppe. Likewise, the opening of the Holy Land Experience was marked by performances by Marty Goetz, a leading Messianic Jewish performer.

Among the Israeli jewelry on sale in a store adjacent to the Old Scroll Shoppe are Stars of David with superimposed crosses and pendants with the facade of the Holy Land Experience recreation.

A Passover display with Jewish products intermixed with Christian Judaica including this lamb with "Behold the Lamb" written on its back in gold script. Adjacent to the Jerusalem Model in the administrative office of Zion's Hope are other Judaica including tallits, kippas, menorahs, Passover haggadahs, and Christian education resources for use in Sunday Schools, private schools and Bible studies.

Books promoting Israeli tourism, such as those written from an Evangelical Christian perspective like House's Israel: The Land and the People, and Turkington's Arise, Walk through the Land can be found throughout exterior sales exhibits in the Holy Land Experience.

A relationship with other Evangelical Christian organizations can be seen in the products for sale at the Holy Land Experience. McDowell's More than a Carpenter is a publication that another Orlando based ministry, Campus Crusade for Christ, disseminates in their mission's work. Likewise, Zion's Hope distributes Campus Crusade for Christ's Jesus video in Israel under the name Yeshua.

Segments of the Hebrew torah scrolls and haftorah scrolls are attached directly to the walls and sprayed in acrylic throughout the park. The Central Florida Jewish community has expressed outrage with Zion's Hope for its possession of anywhere up to 30 deteriorating torah scrolls that are part of the Scriptorium collection.

Segments of the Hebrew torah scrolls and haftorah scrolls are attached directly to the walls and sprayed in acrylic throughout the park. The Central Florida Jewish community has expressed outrage with Zion's Hope for its possession of anywhere up to 30 deteriorating torah scrolls that are part of the Scriptorium collection.

Segments of the Hebrew torah scrolls and haftorah scrolls are attached directly to the walls and sprayed in acrylic throughout the park. The Central Florida Jewish community has expressed outrage with Zion's Hope for its possession of anywhere up to 30 deteriorating torah scrolls that are part of the Scriptorium collection.

Segments of the Hebrew torah scrolls and haftorah scrolls are attached directly to the walls and sprayed in acrylic throughout the park. The Central Florida Jewish community has expressed outrage with Zion's Hope for its possession of anywhere up to 30 deteriorating torah scrolls that are part of the Scriptorium collection.

Beginning in 2002, the Scriptorium has housed the Van Kampen collection of religious artifacts and has served as both a Holy Land Experience exhibit as well as a separate library for use by Evangelical scholars.

Behind the recreation of the Qumran caves, the place where the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered, and the Garden Tomb is the Temple of the Great King which is a half scale reproduction of the Temple. The Temple is only a facade and actually houses the Seed of Promise, another Holy Land Experience exhibit detailing the life of Jesus. The court in front of the Temple is called the Plaza of Nations and serves as an outdoor venue for theatrical presentations, Bible studies, and concerts. Adjacent to the Temple is another Holy Land Experience exhibit, the Tabernacle, that details Judaism's ancient priest and sacrificial systems.

Behind the recreation of the Qumran caves, the place where the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered, and the Garden Tomb is the Temple of the Great King which is a half scale reproduction of the Temple. The Temple is only a facade and actually houses the Seed of Promise, another Holy Land Experience exhibit detailing the life of Jesus. The court in front of the Temple is called the Plaza of Nations and serves as an outdoor venue for theatrical presentations, Bible studies, and concerts. Adjacent to the Temple is another Holy Land Experience exhibit, the Tabernacle, that details Judaism's ancient priest and sacrificial systems.

Behind the recreation of the Qumran caves, the place where the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered, and the Garden Tomb is the Temple of the Great King which is a half scale reproduction of the Temple. The Temple is only a facade and actually houses the Seed of Promise, another Holy Land Experience exhibit detailing the life of Jesus. The court in front of the Temple is called the Plaza of Nations and serves as an outdoor venue for theatrical presentations, Bible studies, and concerts. Adjacent to the Temple is another Holy Land Experience exhibit, the Tabernacle, that details Judaism's ancient priest and sacrificial systems.

Behind the recreation of the Qumran caves, the place where the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered, and the Garden Tomb is the Temple of the Great King which is a half scale reproduction of the Temple. The Temple is only a facade and actually houses the Seed of Promise, another Holy Land Experience exhibit detailing the life of Jesus. The court in front of the Temple is called the Plaza of Nations and serves as an outdoor venue for theatrical presentations, Bible studies, and concerts. Adjacent to the Temple is another Holy Land Experience exhibit, the Tabernacle, that details Judaism's ancient priest and sacrificial systems.

Calvary's Garden Tomb is the site of another theatrical exhibit at the Holy Land Experience. Throughout the day, actors portray the resurrection of Jesus Christ in a musical drama complete with Contemporary Christian music intermixed with Hebrew prayers and Jewish liturgy.

Calvary's Garden Tomb is the site of another theatrical exhibit at the Holy Land Experience. Throughout the day, actors portray the resurrection of Jesus Christ in a musical drama complete with Contemporary Christian music intermixed with Hebrew prayers and Jewish liturgy.

Calvary's Garden Tomb is the site of another theatrical exhibit at the Holy Land Experience. Throughout the day, actors portray the resurrection of Jesus Christ in a musical drama complete with Contemporary Christian music intermixed with Hebrew prayers and Jewish liturgy.

Calvary's Garden Tomb is the site of another theatrical exhibit at the Holy Land Experience. Throughout the day, actors portray the resurrection of Jesus Christ in a musical drama complete with Contemporary Christian music intermixed with Hebrew prayers and Jewish liturgy.

The Oasis of Palms Cafe serves as the main dining facility at the Holy Land Experience. Serving a mix of American and Middle Eastern cuisine, the Oasis Palms Cafe is moderately priced and blends right into the park scenery.