Day 12 Mount of Olives

 

Early morning, it's still quiet 

we have a beautiful view over Jerusalem

The valley of dry bones

stones on graves

on anniversary on birthday

a stone to show you want to build on 

what this person stood for

2000 years ago there were also trees on the temple mount

It's a garden

It's where heaven and earth met

from this distance the temple stairs don't look as solid

we talk about the "triumphal entry"

Jesus came as the lamb of God

who takes away the sins of the world

but people thought he came to fight the Romans

Jesus cried

it's becoming busy, more tourists and peddlers  

There is no Garden of Gethsemane in the bible

there's the mount of olives, a press and a garden

very old olive trees are here

a bit busy

we move to a well maintained park

we talk about the cup of wrath

It's empty now because

Jesus emptied it

down the mount of olives

going into the city

by way of the sheep gate

pool of Bethesda area. hard to define

what's what, many things build on top of each other

church of Saint Ann (mother of Jesus)

via Delorosa with the stations of the cross

on purpose we have a late lunch so it's not

as busy as it could be

there are still lots of people

near the church of the sepulcher 

the traditional and likely place 

of the crucifixions of Jesus 

we sing 'where you there"

in the basement

where you can still see the quarry 

that the church was build over

walk to lunch outside old city