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Chapter
22: Holy Land USA Proposal
Continued
from Chapter 21
A fictional account of
the development of a major destination resort known as The Holy Land USA made
possible through the benevolence of a major donor from Saudi Arabia
An
Appendix This
appendix contains some of the information included in The Holy Land USA Proposal
prepared by Pastor Jim Hogan for Rahmir Moniz of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and sent
to the attention of Hassar Zid.
Proposal
Overview: The Holy Land USA
to be funded through The Holy Land USA Foundation, financed via Moniz Enterprises
LTD
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A
Proposal
This proposal was born in the fictional
account in Parsonage of the development of a major destination
resort known as The Holy Land USA,
made possible through the benevolence of a major donor from Saudi Arabia
The Holy Land
of Pennsylvania will be a major inspirational destination resort located in central
Pennsylvania, USA. It will be within a two hour drive of Washington, DC, Philadelphia,
PA, Hershey, PA, the Pennsylvania Dutch Region of Lancaster County PA, and Gettysburg,
PA It will be within a four-hour drive of New York City and Pittsburgh, PA. Funding
for building and operating The Holy Land PA will be made through major contributions
to a nonprofit foundation managed by DiskBooks
Electronic Publishing.
The primary
focus of The Holy Land PA will be the education and spiritual edification of the
guests. Shopping, sit-down dining, fast-food refreshments, and rides will remain
available but will be secondary to the primary focus of telling the world the
truth about God, Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit, God's Plan for our Salvation,
and the lands in which they took place.
General admission
and parking will be free to all visitors. Access to major attractions and rides
will be via "ride tickets" to be purchased by visitors, in the style
of the Knobels Grove Amusement Park of Elysburg, PA. However, Holy Land PA tickets
that are unused at the end of a visit may be redeemed for a cash refund equal
to 90% of the face value of the tickets.
All guests
will enter the park through the Gates of Heaven Concert Hall where they
may receive a 30-minute multimedia orientation to The Holy Land PA experience,
as well as an overview of God's plan for our salvation through the shed blood
of Jesus Christ. The orientation presentations will run on the half hours from
9:00 A.M. through 6:00 P.M.
Guests who do not care
to sit through the orientation presentation or who have already seen it may enter
the park directly. The visit will be a self-guided tour of The Holy Land PA but
will be assisted by numerous information stations equipped with DVD depictions
of the specific point in the tour where the information is activated.
Automatic
ticket dispensing machines will be situated throughout the park and at all major
attractions and rides.
Examples
of Major Attractions and Rides General
Information
All attractions will be constructed to actual scale with full attention to detail
as specified in the Bible. Where the Bible does not provide sufficient specific
relevant information, archeological data, classic art, and history will be used
to authenticate the settings.
At no time will overall
guest safety or access for guests with disabilities be sacrificed in the interest
of authentic settings and activities.
All persons
working in scenes involving simulated violence will work according to specifications
provided by OSHA. When actors are involved in theatrically simulated actions of
violence, simulated blood will be used according to the latest theatrical techniques.
At no time, will planned physical interaction be more dangerous than that in a
closely supervised high school varsity soccer match.
All
animals used in the attractions will be treated humanely and according to guidelines
provided by the International Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
For example, scenes portraying animals being sacrificed on the altar of God in
the temple will use simulated blood and bloodletting. The same lambs and bullocks
will be recycled and used over and over via camouflaged underground
passageways.
Tabernacle
in the Wilderness
God ordered Moses to
build a Tabernacle in the Wilderness according to His specifications:
Exodus 25:9 Make this tabernacle and all its furnishings
exactly like the pattern I will show you.
The
prominence of this attraction within the Holy Land complex is based on the fact
that this is where God's plan for our salvation was born. Animals would die a
sacrificial death for our sins so we wouldn't have to die, first in the Wilderness
Tabernacle, and then in the ornate Temple of Solomon. [Although Solomon's Temple
was rebuilt by Herod, only the Solomon version is shown in the Holy Land.]
This
attraction shows the complete, exact-size tabernacle built according to God's
specifications as detailed in Exodus Chapters 25 through 40.
Via
Dolorosa and Calvary
Background music provided by Sandi Patti, singing Via Dolorosa
Christ's journey through the narrow, winding streets of Jerusalem from
Pilate's judgment hall to Mount Calvary will be reenacted in vivid detail. Guests
will view this panorama from tiered seating along one side of the street; the
"crowd" will occupy the other side of the street. The processional to
the cross will run every hour on the hour. Costumed volunteer extras who serve
in exchange for free ride tickets will augment the "crowds" of Jewish
citizens who clamored for Christ's execution or pleaded for mercy. The crucifixion
scene will be viewed from a distance by guests. A detailed crucifixion scene will
be included as one of the Bible Alive Theater presentations.
Solomon's
Temple
The
full-scale glory of the Temple will be captured through an artful combination
of sprayed foam, fiberglass, papier mache, anodized aluminum, and gold paint.
The sights will be augmented by the sounds of the shofar, trumpets, cymbals, and
singers. The smells will include incense and a controlled amount of the odor of
burnt offerings.
Sallman's
Chapel
Warner
Sallman's contemporary Christian art masterpieces will be presented in full-size
backlighted transparencies in a colonial-style chapel, with the interior illuminated
primarily by light from the transparencies. The paintings will include such classic
favorites as Head of Christ, Christ at Dawn, He Careth for You, In His Presence,
Jesus the Children's Friend, The Nativity, Portrait of Jesus, The Lord Is My Shepherd,
Christ at Heart's Door, Christ in Gethsemane, The Good Shepherd, and Christ
Our Pilot. The Sallman Chapel exhibits will be presented courtesy of Kribel
and Bates, copyright owners. | 
Christ Our Pilot
by Warner Sallman
© Sallman Press,
Inc.
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Bible
Alive Theater
Eight film shorts showing major Bible stories will be projected
in an I-Max style rotating theater that revolves to a different auditorium every
20 minutes. The Old Testament scenes will include Adam and Eve's fall at the hands
of Satan, Abraham offering to sacrifice Isaac to God on the mountain, David slaying
Goliath, Elisha praying down fire on the altar, and Daniel in the lion's den.
[Although Adam and Eve wore no clothes in the Garden of Eden, their depiction
here will show them artfully clothed in garments of vines and leaves.]
New Testament scenes will include The last supper, Christ's trial, before
Pilate, The Crucifixion,The Resurrection, the Acts-Two gift of the Holy Spirit
in the Upper Room, and the Ascension. The resurrection scene will feature hand-to-hand
combat between holy angels and Satan's demons.
Noah's
Ark
The
ark will be created according to Biblical specifications and floating on an outdoor
lake. Guides representing Noah and his family will conduct tours. However, the
live residents of the ark will be limited to domestic animals and herbivore creatures,
in the interest of guest safety. Wild animals such as lions, tigers, and bears
will be shown as animated life-size models.
Christian
Concerts
Gospel and contemporary recording and concert artists will be featured in nightly
two-hour concerts in the Gates of Heaven Concert Hall. Guests who have paid the
full admission via ride tickets will have reserved seats. Any remaining seats
will be open to the general public at no charge on a space-available basis.
Warning:
Parents of young children should read the general information brochure very carefully
before taking their entire families into activities that depict Biblically-accurate
violence.
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