Jerusalem

First of all, for those of you who have visited Jerusalem: I did not visit or even come close to visiting all the Biblical sites, Christian or Hebrew, traditional or not. I would have liked to have visited the Garden Tomb and David's tomb, both outside the walls of the Old City. I could not see everything nor did I want to see everything. I wanted an overview, impressions to add to what I had imagined about the Biblical story.

Jerusalem old and new. Second Temple model at the Israel Museum.





Looking at the Western Wall of the Second Temple Model Israel Museum


The Kotel, the actual Western Wall


The Dome of the Rock on the site of the Second Temple taken from Mount Scopus



The Dome of the Rock looking across the Kidron Valley from the Mount of Olives.




“Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often have I desired to gather your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you were not willing! See, your house is left to you, desolate.For I tell you, you will not see me again until you say, ‘Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord.’ ” Matthew 23: 37-39




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