Today we will enter Jerusalem through what is called the Dung Gate and walk to the holiesT site in the Jewish World, the WesterN or Wailing Wall of Herod's Temple. Here, Jewish men and women pray daily and intensely for the peace of Israel, for the rebuiliding of the temple, and for the coming of the Messiah (how sad, that the Messiah, Jesus, already came and they missed Him!). Beyond the wall lies the 35 acre temple area purchased by King David (2 Samuel 24:18-25). On this site now stands the Dome of the Rock (the third holiest shrine in all Islam) and the El Aksa Mosque. From the temple area we make our way to Stephen's Gate and to the Sisters of Zion Convent where we will see the pavement where Jesus stood as He was being tried before Pilate. We will then follow the Via Dolorosa which was the path where Jesus carried His cross through the city of Jerusalem. We will then make our way to the Church of the Holy Sepluchre which is believed to stand over the spot where Jesus was buried and rose from the dead!
HE LIVES!
