Day 2 Jerusalem Saturday Feb. 25 2023

 I am going to talk about my day as i can’t seem to get my picture to get onto this blog correctly and I can’t move them.  The ipad is a different animal, so bare with me

Yesterday we say the walls that were built to keep the people in to pay more taxes and to keep unwanted people out. The Zion gate is at a 90 degree angle so that horses with carriages can’t turn and neither can the cars coming through!         

     Today we are going to the Holy ground.  We started with a visit to the Mount of Olives. Named for olive groves that once covered its slopes and now holds about 150,000 graves.  For me, I so wished David could have been with me. He would have been able to tell me a better order.  He understood the Bible which I don’t. 

We were looking down at the Golden gate.that enters into the walled area. This area is divided into the Christian, Armenian Jewish, and Muslim quarters.  From there we journeyed onto the Church of All Nations or the Gethsemane Basilica of Agony.  This is where Jesus prayed before he was arrested.

In the afternoon DEb, Chris, Evelyn and I explored the wall and the shops with in.  You aren’t allowed into the Armenian quarters unless you are Armenian. We climbed up to the top of the wall and walked about 1/3 of the wall because we ran out of time before closing.

Church of All Nations

A very old olive tree at the Church of All Nations

 

 

                             on the Mount of Olives overlooking the the Jewish cemetery.

 

Entering the wall