First we went to the Mount of Olives where Jesus ascended. This mountain overlooks the city of Jerusalem.
From there you can see the Eastern Gate of the city through which the Messiah is going to come when he returns! However, the Muslims have covered it up, as you can see in the picture, and put a graveyard in front of it. The reason for the graveyard is so that a Jew will not pass through that way because of the law which forbids them to touch the dead nor they will be unclean. But we know from Zechariah that when Jesus comes back his feet will touch the Mount of Olives, it will split and move from north to south. This will open the Eastern Gate of the city!
Our day was truly filled with a sense of prayer and focusing on spiritual things!
We went to the Garden of Gethsemane where Jesus prayed before his betrayal and crucifixion!
We were able to go off by ourselves and spend some time in prayer! This was an awesome time to pray for God's will to be done in my life and family and ministry! Just as Jesus prayed, "not my will but yours!"
Our day ended at the Western Wall or what most people call the Wailing Wall. Here again we were able to pray. I spent my time there in worship to God for what he has done, and that he sent Jesus to be my Savior and Redeemer!
I looked inside the crevasses of the wall and saw where people had put thousands of prayer requests! It was amazing to see the papers that were stuffed in the wall! I am glad that we can take our petitions before a living God. I don't have to go to a certain place to pray or worship, but God is with us at all times!
Take your needs to him today, let him move in a way that only he can!
Blessings,
Pastor Jason
Awesome pictures!
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