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Mount Zion and the Upper Room
After we left Caiaphas’s house, we boarded the bus, drove a block or so, parked the bus, and disembarked. We were still on Mount Zion, just down the street from Caiaphas’s place, at the tomb where it’s believed David is … Continue reading →
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The House of Caiaphas
Matthew 26 records that, on Thursday night after the last supper with His disciples, Jesus retreated to the Mount of Olives to pray in the Garden of Gethsemane. He typically went alone, but this time asked Peter, James, and John … Continue reading →
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The Garden of Gethsemane
The Garden of Gethsemane was not at all what I pictured from reading about it in the Bible. I imagined a vast apple orchard, where Jesus was betrayed in the midst of flowering trees and green meadowy grass. Maybe a … Continue reading →
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Tagged Garden of Gethsemane, Humility / Brokenness / Spiritual Poverty, Israel, James MacDonald, Jerusalem, Jesus, Lindsay McCaul, Mount of Olives
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Mount of Olives
After breakfast, the first place we gathered on our first whole day in Jerusalem, was the Mount of Olives. The temple mount (where Solomon’s temple used to sit and the Dome of the Rock sits now) sits atop Mount Moriah … Continue reading →
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Tagged Bethany, Gary Frazier, Israel, Jerusalem, Jesus, King David, Lazarus, Lindsay McCaul, Mount Moriah, Mount of Olives
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Our Triumphal Entry to Jerusalem
I hope that isn’t a blasphemous title, But to listen to the music our driver played as we ascended the mountain up route 1, that’s exactly what it was. This is the route Jesus and all the other pilgrims from … Continue reading →
Bet She’an National Park
Located 30 minutes south of the southernmost tip of the Sea of Galilee, we stopped at Bet She’an as part of our pilgrimage to Jerusalem. This is the site of the largest archeological dig in Israel. It really was magnificent. … Continue reading →
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