Israel Tour Day 5 Part 4 Jerusalem, The Mount of Olives and The Garden of Gethsemane

After leaving Jericho, fully satisfied with a great lunch, we drove through another checkpoint, and up Road 1 through the Judaean Hills, passing the Bedouin Tribes, tending their flocks, and into Jerusalem. We went via Mount Scopus , and through a Tunnel. When we came out the Temple Mount was on our left and we clambered over to the left side of the bus, to get our first glimpse.
Jerusalem was laid out before us, old city in the foreground and the High Rises and more modern buildings in the background. Bero, our amazing Bus driver, negotiated the bus through narrow and busy streets to the top of the Mount of Olives. Here we disembarked, with the city across the Kidron Valley from us. What a sight to behold and we all just marveled at what we were seeing and what it meant to be where we were.
This is the city God has put His Great Name. Here is were King David and King Solomon ruled. It was over Jerusalem that Jesus wept, and it was here His Great Passion played out. I was truly overwhelmed with much joy and gratitude to be in this place.
After pictures, we walked down the very steep street that Jesus rode down on Palm Sunday. Walking pass graves of all those who had been “gathered to their fathers”
At the bottom is The Garden of Gethsemane, and it was here we took some moments pondering Jesus’s anguish as He felt the betrayal and abandonment of what was coming.
Insights given by Pastor Shay Spencer of Community Church of Union Missouri.
We then went through the Basilica of Gethsemane also called The Church of the Agony of Jesus Christ. There was a service in progress, I believe it was spoken in Latin.
Soon we were back on the Bus headed to our Hotel, home for the remainder of our stay in Israel.
Called the Ambassador, it used to house the British Embassy before 1967, and the area still was Jordan. Beautiful Hotel with great food!
Excited but exhausted after a very full day, we kicked it there, and most of us went to bed early getting rested up for the next day’s adventures!
April 7, 2024

[@Accolaidia777]

What an awesome experience to be able to see the places where Yashua was.

[@valdineidepinhosouzadine-rx1ru]

obrigadodeusabençoa emocionei de ver este lugar inesquecivel que manaleite emel

[@OldFolksRoam]

I hope you get to visit beautiful Israel soon

[@valdineidepinhosouzadine-rx1ru]

o meu maior sonho ande de morrer e conheçer este paises inesquecivel eu desenhei a dona darocha mesquistaeu cançelei o passaporte por causa de invejam contramim moraentre rato dorme nacadeira esperando dia amanhecer o meu sonho e adiquirir umapartamento depois mais para frente viajar e passar ir 8 dias e africadosul

[@RyngkatPhawa-gz4mw]

The sound of noise whatsoever ghey call itcan be played so harmoniously in jerusalem in israel while the other noise sound xant be in muslim nations freely. They call israel apartheid genocidal .how great the homo sapiens mind of south africa nsd others into so cll icj. Long live israel and long live peace in every lives Nd corner regarding of ones beliefs Nd faiths

[@Accolaidia777]

Yes, Israel allows the Muslim call to prayer, but if you were in a Muslim country, they won’t allow any other religious music, prayer or worship, yet people accuse Israel of being apartheid. Israel is not apartheid, as the evidence shows.

[@RyngkatPhawa-gz4mw]

Now the tour still alive ??during te war time

[@OldFolksRoam]

The tour is over now and we are back home. We left on April 12 in the morning. Iran shot their missiles that night. United Airlines stopped their flights the night of the 12th. We had a small window of opportunity to visit and we took it. We had a lot of people ask if we were fearful. We were not afraid as we are people of Faith in Yashua. And we love all the people of Israel. Yashua says ““There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves torment. But he who fears has not been made perfect in love.” ‭‭I John‬ ‭4‬:‭18‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

[@RyngkatPhawa-gz4mw]

@@OldFolksRoam awesome . I visited 2019 that time also war but bit quite