Today is the 7th day of our journey and our first full day in Jerusalem. We started the day by ascending the Temple Mount, which is basically the same era that had been covered by Herod's temple but was destroyed in 70 A.D. Today the Temple Mount is occupied by two Muslim mosques, the black-domed el-Aksa and the golden domed mosque, the Dome of the Rock, which is Islam's third holiest site. We went to the City of David to see what is believed to be the foundations of his palace and visited the Western Wall, commonly known as the Wailing Wall. We then walked Hezekiah's Tunnel (2 Chron. 32:2-4, 30) and visited the Pool of Siloam, where Jesus healed the blind man (John 9:7). After lunch in the Armenian Quarter, we returned to the Dung Gate of the City to explore the excavations around the base of the Temple Mount which revealed the pathways which Jesus would have walked. We also trod on the same steps that Jesus taught from on the south wall of the Temple Mount. What an awesome experience it was to walk in the same place where Jesus walked and taught. We ended our day of learning with a short stop for shopping at the Mount of Olives Bazaar.
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Wonderful pictures and great to see Elizabeth and Emily enjoying the journey!
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