The Promise Land Journey

09/28/2021

Dressed as a Levitical High Priest, Pastor Bill Freeman guides groups through the Promise Land Journey helping visitors understand biblical times. Approximately 3,000 people visit the Lauderdale County site each year.
Promise Land Journey is a 7,000 square-foot facility. The 1.5 tour includes viewing replicas of Moses’ tabernacle, the crucifixion cross and Christ’s burial tomb. Dioramas of first-century Jerusalem and the Holy Land give guests a bird’s eye view. Most exhibits are remakes; however, a few artifacts are authentically from Israel including the 12 stones on the high priest’s breastplate that represent the 12 Tribes of Israel.

The Promise Land Journey is located on the grounds of Covenant Life Church, 624 Highway 19 North in Collinsville. Tours are free, and donations are accepted. http://promiselandjourney.org/

09/04/2021

For many people of faith, a trip to the Holy Land is on many bucket lists. However, due to the time and money it takes to travel overseas, many people simply can't make that trip a reality. One local pastor is offering up what he calls the Promise Land Journey on this week's stop on County Road 11. About 20 years ago, Pastor Bill Freeman had a vision to build a full-size replica of Moses' Tabernacle....

For many people of faith, a trip to the Holy Land is on many bucket lists. However, due to the time and money it takes to travel overseas, many people simply can’t make that trip a reality. O…

08/10/2021

Starting from intrigue with the wanderings of the nation of Israel as told in the Old Testament, Pastor Bill Freeman of the Covenant Life Church at Collinsville researched. That intrigue turned into a compulsion over the years. He poured a lot of time into studying particularly one aspect of the journey, the tabernacle where the nation kept their holy accouterments. At the Promised Land Journey, in a building just behind Covenant Life Church near Collinsville, the culmination of Freeman’s journey is on display....

Starting from intrigue with the wanderings of the nation of Israel as told in the Old Testament, Pastor Bill Freeman of the Covenant Life Church at Collinsville researched. That intrigue turned int…

08/04/2021

Starting from intrigue with the wanderings of the nation of Israel as told in the Old Testament, Pastor Bill Freeman of the Covenant Life Church at Collinsville researched. That intrigue turned into a compulsion over the years. He poured a lot of time into studying particularly one aspect of the journey, the tabernacle where the nation kept their holy accouterments.
At the Promised Land Journey, in a building just behind Covenant Life Church near Collinsville, the culmination of Freeman’s journey is on display. He greets you at the door dressed as a priest and then spends the next few minutes or hours describing the replicas of the furnishings in the tabernacle that he spent a great many years researching and building.
“I’ve had some help on this. But this has been, at times, it was a lonely journey,” explained Freeman.
A lonely journey that will help us take a mini journey that most of us will never get to take for real: to the Holy Land. And none of us would get to go back to this era depicted at the Promised Land Journey.
“But what I do is I show. I teach Jesus is all the pieces of the furniture.”
Now, this decades-long quest to build and house all of this has been a journey for Pastor Freeman, too.
“Changed. There has been a breaking in be through this journey to build a relationship.”
Freeman’s emphasis at the beginning was religion. But in building his relationship with God. Now, his emphasis is on relationships with people.
“What I am really, really doing here is attempting to help us all on our journey to be a better person.”
Collinsville is about half way between Meridian and Philadelphia on Highway 19. Visit http://promiselandjourney.org

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