Again- Our trip got rearranged slightly so the agenda is slightly off-
From Agenda:
Day 13
Our attention today is drawn to the Old City of Jerusalem. We will explore the ruins located south of the Temple Mount where you can walk the sidewalks and stairs of Jesus' time. We will climb the Temple Mount where both Solomon's and Herod's temples once stood and where the magnificent Dome of the Rock and Al Aksa Mosques now stand. We will stop at the Western Wall, the most sacred site for the Jewish faith. You can write a prayer on a piece of paper and place it into the cracks of the wall as millions have done before you. We then travel to the new city of Jerusalem and visit the Shrine of the Book where the Dead Sea Scrolls are located, and the Model city a reproduction of Jerusalem at the time of Jesus. We will also have time to visit the Jerusalem Museum, recently opened after a two year renovation. The day will end at the Olive Tree Hotel.
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| Beggers and lame still come to the Western Wall and the Temple Mount for healing or comfort. |
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| Police Shields are waiting for any trouble near by. |
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| Entering the Temple Mount- It was FREEZING wind early in the morning! |
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TEMPLE SQUARE
ABRAHAM/ISAAC (GENESIS 22:1-2)
SOLOMON'S TEMPLE (2 CHRONICLES 3:1)
JESUS NAMED (LUKE 2:21-39)
TEMPLE CLEANSING (JOHN 2:12-25)
ADULTRESS (JOHNN 8:1-11)
TEMPLE TO BE REBUILT (ZECHARIAH 8:1-9) |
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So amazing to be here!
DOME OF THE ROCK
EL AKSA MOSQUE
WESTERN WALL |
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| Lots of machine guns everywhere. |
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| Gathering for a group photo- like herding sheep. |
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| Day 13- well, maybe? |
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| Love this photo |
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| I think this was the original top to the temple? |
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| Abraham, our Israelis Tour Guide, not allowed on the Palestinian side of the tour |
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ST. ANNES CHURCH
POOL OF BETHESDA (JOHN 5:1-6)
LITHOSTROTOS (MATTHEW 27:27-31)
CHURCH OF HOLY SEPULCHRE |
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| Now we walk through Jerusalem- notice the width of the streets! |
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| Shops on the streets |
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| Apparently, Jews are not allowed to even look at a women, they keep their eyes averted and down on the streets but I wanted a picture. They were in these clothes everywhere plus it was the end of the passover- just after Easter so there were many in the city as well. I think I scared this one young many as he could hear me running up to him from behind. |
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| The Western Wall in Jerusalem, the most Holy Site. This is just west of the Temple mount- |
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| Notice the head cover- not allowed on the site (beyond the fence) without one. |
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| Placing prayers in the cracks |
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| Women have to stay on the other side of the fence |
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| Putting my prayer in the wall |
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| Prayers are said facing the wall. |
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| This site is more on the south side of the western wall I believe. It was still a chilly day even in the afternoon. |
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| The stones are all original with the new walkways built around where the buildings were. |
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| You can see the three doors framed up above. This is the entrance where Christ came through on the donkey and people were waving palms, I believe that is what was said. So incredible to be here! |
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| A friend on our tour lent me her shawl- It felt so good but I felt like a beggar... so we portrayed it well, don't you think? |
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This lady on our tour is the one that wrote the Primary song: The Hearts of the Children.
Her name is Patricia Graham - Two Patricia's! |
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| Here I am ready to journey into Hezekiah's Tunnel, without Layton!- scary! |
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| Claralynn & Ross bought kiddy flashlights- lol |
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| Layton saw a marching army while I was under ground! |
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The end. You can see the water was only to my knees- thank goodness- It was so tiny in places, but cool too!
Layton would never have made it with his phobia of clautsra..... |
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| Heading out the gates- |
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| Cute school girls going home. |
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| This is the model city built to show ancient Jerusalem. It's HUGE. The wind was so cold so we couldn't spend as much time as we wanted to here. It would have been best to START the tour several days ago seeing this so that we would have our bearings straight. |
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| Museum where the Dead Sea Scrolls are kept. We were not allowed to take photos inside the museum |
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| cold |
Day 14-
From the agenda:
This morning we visit Beit Lehi (pronounced Bay it Lay he) to experience an archeological dig firsthand. Our visit to Beit Lehi includes beautiful early Christian mosaics, oil presses, a mikvah (a ritual bath) and the recently discovered columbary where doves were raised by the thousands for sacrifice at the Temple. There is also a New Testament period stable which will give you one of the best settings for the birth of the Savior. We will also stop at the valley of Elah where David fought Goliath on our way back to Jerusalem. Upon returning to Israel we will walk through Hezekiah's Tunnel, built over 2500 years ago to secure the water supply of Jerusalem during the Assyrian siege. You will need a flashlight for the tunnel. (please note: Hezekiah's Tunnel is filled with knee to waist high water. You should plan on wearing clothing and shoes that can get wet and will not fall off of your feet. At it's end, we find the Pool ofSiloam where the man born blind washed as instructed by Jesus and came away seeing. You will have time today to explore the old city and shop before returning to your hotel in Jerusalem.
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| View from Mount of Olives again(I think) |
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| Early in the morning we went to a beautiful look out site over Jerusalem - I think this was Mount of Olives again. |
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| Day 13 so this may be in the wrong order but I like I said, the days got mixed up. |
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Potty break on the way to Beit Lehi (pronounced Bay it lay he) They believe that this is probably our Lehi's residence as it is in the correct vicinity that his home would have been.
BET GUVRIN- BELL CAVES
JERUSALEM CAVE (1 NEPHI 1-2)
KHIRBET BEIT LEI (LEHI) |
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| hiking into the area- as all of this has only been discovered in the past few years, it is taking years and years to uncover all that is her so there are no visitors centers or any paved roads- so lucky to see this in it's infancy! |
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| one of the first caves |
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| a water cistern used for a baptismal font- can't remember |
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| ancient olive presses |
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| tired? |
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| Each triangle in this cave held one of the thousands of doves raised for sacrifice and also probably eating. |
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| So so many caves yet to be excavated for the public! |
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| This mosaic was recently discovered and would have been in the living room of the owner (probably Lehi) It is gorgeous and we couldn't believe that they let people walk on it. The dirt and sand had to be swept off for us to see it out in the middle of this hilly valley. Incredible! |
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| Each one of these symbols has a meaning but I can't remember what they are but it was cool to hear about them. |
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| Can you imagine this home? |
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| American volunteers come to spend 3 weeks at a time excavating- this is a site they were working on while we were here. |
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| back at our hotel, a group of Muslims were just checking in- |
Our attention today is drawn to the Old City of Jerusalem. We will explore the ruins located south of the Temple Mount where you can walk the sidewalks and stairs of Jesus' time. We will climb the Temple Mount where both Solomon's and Herod's temples once stood and where the magnificent Dome of the Rock and Al Aksa Mosques now stand. We will stop at the Western Wall, the most sacred site for the Jewish faith. You can write a prayer on a piece of paper and place it into the cracks of the wall as millions have done before you. We then travel to the new city of Jerusalem and visit the Shrine of the Book where the Dead Sea Scrolls are located, and the Model city a reproduction of Jerusalem at the time of Jesus. We will also have time to visit the Jerusalem Museum, recently opened after a two year renovation. The day will end at the Olive Tree Hotel.
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