Jerusalem

Today we spent time in the Old City of Jerusalem. The Temple Mount area contains the most religious site for both Islam and Judaism. Our guide got us entrance onto the actual Temple Mount to the area around the Dome of the Rock. Only Muslims can actually enter the site. We also visited the Wailing Wall (western wall), the closest modern day Jews can get to the site of the Holy of Holies. It was a lot of history to take in.

The southern wall of the Temple Mount has been excavated to uncover the original steps that led into the Jewish Temple. These are the steps Jesus took into the Temple when He broke up the money changers in the Temple Court

We also visited the Mount of Olives and the area identified as the Garden of Gethsemane. The trees there were ancient but not quite to the time of Jesus.