MT OF OLIVES : DOMINUS FLEVIT
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| David's Well |
The Mt. of Olives overlooks the Temple Mount from the east and gives a picture of Jesus' weeping over the city from the Mt. of Olives (Luke 19:41). From the Temple Mount Jesus delivered the famous "7 Woes" against the Pharisees (Matt 23), probably pointing at tombs on the Mt. of Olives in his discourse (v. 27). Jesus' ascension probably took place some distance behind the tower of the Russian Orthodox Church
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| Dominus Flevit |
This tear-shaped church was built between 1953 and 1955 on the spot where, according to tradition, Jesus wept over Jerusalem.
GETHSEMANE GARDEN
Located outside the walls of Jerusalem, this beautiful garden among a grove of olive trees is thought to be the place where Jesus particularly enjoyed prayer and contemplation.
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| Gethsemane "Church of Agony" |
The church is called: Church of Agony
GETHSEMANE -Photos
MT OF OLIVES - Church of Ascension
Located east of Jerusalem, this holy spot is associated with many events in Jesus’ life including ascending to Heaven (Chapel of Ascension) and teaching his disciples the Lord’s prayer (Pater Noster).
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| Mt of Olives |
MT OF OLIVES - Pater Noster
At the top of the Mount of Olives, close the Russian Tower, stands the Basilica of the Sacred Heart. The Russian Tower is the slim spire of a Russian monastery. In one of its rooms one can see a beautiful mosaic floor with an Armenian inscription, dating from the sixth century, when it was part of an Armenian monastery. The Basilica of the Sacred Heart, built in 1920, is located near the old Basilica Eleona, built by Saint Helen, mother of Emperor Constantine.
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| Lords Prayer "Our Father in Heaven" |
The Convent of the Pater Noster was built over the site where Jesus taught His disciples the Lord's Prayer. The walls are decorated with 140 ceramic tiles, each one inscribed with the Lord's Prayer in a different language.
PATER NOSTRE
TEMPLE MOUNT also called Dome of the Rock
The historical site for both the First Temple built by King Solomon, as well as the Second Temple built by the returning exiles from Persia. Later, King Herod the Builder renovated the Temple Mount in such a way that the Temple was on a raised platform (of which many of the stones are still standing today) and created what was described by a political enemy of Herod's in this way, "One who has not seen the Temple of Herod has not seen a beautiful building."). Within the Dome of the Rock is the footprint of Prophet when he ascended to the Heavens.
"As the navel is set in the centre of the human body,
so is the land of Israel the navel of the world...
situated in the centre of the world,
and Jerusalem in the centre of the land of Israel,
and the sanctuary in the centre of Jerusalem,
and the holy place in the centre of the sanctuary,
and the ark in the centre of the holy place,
and the foundation stone before the holy place,
because from it the world was founded."
Midrash Tanchuma, Qedoshim.
so is the land of Israel the navel of the world...
situated in the centre of the world,
and Jerusalem in the centre of the land of Israel,
and the sanctuary in the centre of Jerusalem,
and the holy place in the centre of the sanctuary,
and the ark in the centre of the holy place,
and the foundation stone before the holy place,
because from it the world was founded."
Midrash Tanchuma, Qedoshim.
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| Temple Mount |
It is currently under control by the Muslim Waqf which dicates the times people are allowed to visit the Temple Mount. It is advised to not bring any sort of religious paraphenalia with you (unless you are Muslim) because any praying or Bible reading is forbidden for anyone but Muslims on the Temple Mount. If you are going with a tour guide, frequently they are allowed to hold on to rosaries, Bibles, and prayer books until the group leaves the Temple Mount.
This shrine was covered by a lead dome from 691 until it was replaced with a gold-colored covering in 1965. Because of rust, the anodized aluminum cover was again replaced in 1993 with a gold covering.
AL AQSA MOSQUE BLACK DOME
More important to the Muslims than the Dome of the Rock is Al Aqsa Mosque. Believing that this is the place referred to in the Koran as "al aqsa" (the furthermost), Muslims have sanctified this as the third most holy place in the Muslim world (after shrines in Mecca and Medina, both in Saudi Arabia). The original mosque was built in 715 but it has been destroyed numerous times by earthquakes.
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| Al Aqsa Mosque |
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| Jusus was placed on the right of me after deatth |
The mosque witnessed a turbulent 20th century. King Abdullah of Jordan was assassinated in front of Al Aqsa in 1951.
GARDEN TOMB
Bible describes that Jesus was crucified outside the city of Jerusalem near a gate of the city along a major thoroughfare, that at the place where He was crucified there was a garden and in the garden a tomb. The tomb is described as being a tomb cut out of rock, belonging to a wealthy man by the name of Joseph of Arimathea. It had a weeping chamber, a burial chamber, it was sealed with a rolling stone, it had a traditionally low doorway through which the disciples were forced to stoop in order to look into (and enter) the tomb that morning.
All the pieces began to fit together and this tomb located on the north side of Jerusalem, just outside the Damascus Gate looked remarkably like that described in the Gospels. Having now both a tomb and a possible site of crucifixion, people were eager to further explore the area. Further excavations led to concrete ideas that the area had indeed been a garden as well in Jesus' day. As early as 1885 we already have a map showing a large cistern, a cistern used to irrigate a large garden undoubtedly belonging to a wealthy man. In 1924 a wine press believed to come from the era of the late Second Temple Period was discovered as well leading to a belief that this site, in Jesus' day, was indeed some rich man's vineyard.
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| Golkotha - Skull Mountain - " Jesus Crucified Here" |
Although it has a natural garden that has been there for thousands of years (it is watered by an underground spring. John 19:41 Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden; and in the garden a new tomb wherein was never man yet laid ”.), and it is very close from Golgotha (you can almost see Golgotha from it), some say it is not the type of tomb used in Jesus’ day.
WESTERN WAILING WALL:
The Western ("Wailing") Wall is one of Israel's biggest tourist attractions. At all hours of the day or night, visitors stream to the Wall to pray, to take photographs, to participate in a demonstration or an army swearing-in ceremony, to attend a Bar Mitzva or just to absorb some of the historic and spiritual atmosphere that permeates the ancient site.
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| Wailing Wall |
The Kotel (Western or Wailing wall)-This is all that remains of the old temple Herod built (It is actually the second temple in Jerusalem). The temple took 48 years to build and was destroyed 6 years later. The first was built by King Solomon, then rebuilt by Micah and Nahum, and the second was built by Herod the Great. The Jews pray at the Western wall because it is the closest to where the Holy of Holies is believed to have been in the temple. The Kotel is the holiest place in Judaism. It is the custom to write prayers on small pieces of paper and stick them into the cracks in the wall.
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