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Jerusalem, Israel
"Pray for the peace of Jerusalem" Psalm 122:6

IMG_2325 A view from the Mt. of Olives. According to Zechariah 14:4, the Mt. of Olives will be split in two, forming a great valley when Jesus sets foot on it. Awesome! IMG_2100 The Golden Gate (Eastern Gate). Jewish tradition states that the Messiah will enter Jerusalem through this gate! IMG_2114 The Golden Gate. It was walled up by Muslims in 1530 A.D. to try to prevent the possibility of the return of the Jewish Messiah. Gonna be some shaking goin' on... IMG_2280 Dinner in IMG_2196 Lunch near the Temple Mount (Cheese/spinach crepe). Yum. IMG_2722 Candy vendor IMG_2156 An upper room. Come, Holy Spirit! IMG_2130 King David's tomb IMG_2142 IMG_2506 The entrance of the memorial to the 1.5 million Jewish children who perished in the Holocaust. It was built by a man and woman who survived the Holocaust. They lost their son Uziel - killed in Auschwitz in 1944. IMG_2299 Dome of the Rock (Jerusalem) IMG_2079 View of Old Jerusalem from the Mt. of Olives IMG_2378 The Dome of the Rock built by Muslims in 688-91 A.D. This is where the Old Testament temple would have stood. IMG_2401 Muslims believe that Mohammad left the earth on his Night Journey from the rock that is located inside. This is also the Biblical site of where Abraham is thought to have to come to sacrifice Isaac. Western Wall The Western (Wailing) Wall IMG_2369 The Western Wall (Wailing Wall) - part of an expansion of the temple enclosure by Herod the Great in 20 B.C. IMG_2371 The Western Wall (Wailing Wall). Jewish people do not have access to the temple mount (where the temple originaly was - the Muslim Dome of the Rock is there now), so they gather here to pray. IMG_2830 A portion of the Western Wall through the Rabbinical Tunnels (beneath ground level) IMG_2846 The stones along the Western Wall (underneath in the Rabbinical Tunnels) which were closest to where the Holy of Holies would have been. IMG_2874 Israeli flag at the Western Wall IMG_2862 Prayer at the Western Wall IMG_2187 The  Temple Institute in Jerusalem has already begun to restore and construct the furnishings for the future temple, including this Golden Menorah. IMG_2886 Psalm 122:6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem IMG_2290-1 24/7 worship and prayer in Jerusalem! www.jerusalempraise.com     Isaiah 62:6-7 I have posted watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem; they will never be silent day or night. You who call on the LORD, give yourselves no rest, and give him no rest till he establishes Jerusalem and makes her the praise of the earth. IMG_2622 Pool of Bethesda (John 5:1-15). Now dried up, but Jesus is still the same, yesterday, today, and forever! IMG_2126 Olive Trees in the Garden of Gethsemane IMG_2127 Garden of Gethsemane IMG_2690 Some of the 14 stations along the Via Dolorosa (Way of Sorrows) are marked by Roman numerals. IMG_2751 The Holy Sepulchre, one of the possible sites of Jesus' burial and resurrection! IMG_2770 Inside the Holy Sepulchre (burial chamber) IMG_2685 A place where prisioners were flogged. IMG_2681 Games which the soldiers played are carved into the stone floor. IMG_2885 Possible site of Golgotha, the place of the skull. IMG_2891 The Garden Tomb. An empty tomb from the time of Jesus. IMG_2898 Inside the Garden Tomb. Luke 24:5-6 Why do you look for the living among the dead? He is not here; he has risen! Golden Gate The Golden Gate IMG_2189 Streets of Old Jerusalem IMG_2724 Spicy! At a market in Old Jerusalem Jerusalem Panoramic A view of Jerusalem from the Mt. of Olives