It is the place where God instructed His people to build a temple to worship Him. Now the rock is covered with a dome.
Jewish graves facing Eastern wall
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We covered a lot of history and territory as we toured Jerusalem today.
City of David outside the walls of Old Jerusalem
2 Samuel 6:12-17
Garden of Gethsemane where Jesus prayed the night before He suffered and died. Some of the olive trees are at least 2,000 years old.
John 18:1-12
Gethsemane Church next to the garden
Matthew 27:33-35
Golgotha - the place of the skull - where Jesus was crucified and died.
Garden tomb where Jesus was buried.
John 19:38-42
Garden tomb where Jesus arose from the dead.
Matthew 28:1-8
Western Wall of Prayer
Our group praying in the Upper Room on the Day of Pentecost (Shavu'ot)
After Jesus arose and presented Himself alive for 40 days He told the disciples to wait in Jerusalem - which they did for 10 days until the Feast of Shavu'ot. And then the Holy Spirit came!
Acts 1:1-8