About 7:30am - in old Jerusalem, fresh bread with ground herbs & coffee
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The Temple Mount
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Entered through Arab security right beside the Jewish, we had to walk up a ramp to the Temple Mount
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[old cleansing area before entering the temple to pray]
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[the Golden Dome of the Rock]
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[a photo of the group photo]
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[the Eastern Gate - existed in Jesus' time]
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[The acoustics where amazing in this church. So the thing to do was to sing, of course :-).
When we started to sing the presence of God was so strong many began to weep.]
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Walk through old Jerusalem
~Via De La Rosa~
The path of the "stations of the cross".
Each station represented an event surrounding Christ's crucification.
[yes this was Catholic]
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[one of the stations - Crown of Thorns Church]
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[walk, walk, walk]
The Temple Institute
Where we able to view some of the furnishing waiting
to be installed in temple when the Jews reclaim the Temple Mount.
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[model of King Solomon's Temple]
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[model of King Harod's Temple
this would have been what stood in Jesus' time]
The Kidron Valley
We were able to walk down this valley Jesus walked through many times.
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[goats grazing]
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[yes the same goats that were grazing, we meet again]
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[our very own photo-journalist ;-)]