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    • Day 22

      The Church of the Pater Noster

      October 24, 2022 in Palestine ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C

      This is an interesting spot. There was a church built here in the 4th century by Constantine as the Church of Eleona to mark the Ascension. It was discoverwed in 1910 beneath a Roman Catholic convent.. In the cloisters of the convent have been placed a series of plaques with The Lord's Prayer (hence Pater Noster) in over 100 different languages.

      After this it was a short walk past the Tomb of the Prophets to the Mount of Olives Viewpoint. According to a medieval Jewish tradition, the catacomb is believed to be the burial place of Haggai, Zechariah and Malachi, the last three Hebrew Bible prophets who lived during the 6th-5th centuries BC. Archaeologists have dated the three earliest burial chambers to the 1st century BC, thus contradicting the tradition. Oh well ... still a pretty old catacomb!
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    • Day 22

      Chapel of the Ascension

      October 24, 2022 in Palestine ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C

      The day starts with The Mount of Olives and the Holy Sites and churches there. The city bus got me most of the way to the top before the traffic jam caused by tour coaches made the road impassable and the bus driver turned around, so the rest of the way up was by foot.

      The first stop was The Chapel of the Ascension. It is located on a site traditionally believed to be the earthly spot where Jesus ascended into Heaven after his Resurrection. It houses a slab of stone believed to contain one of his footprints. Another stone with the other footprint was moved to the al Aqsa mosque as Muslims also venerate Christ.

      The little chapel was first built in the 4th century, modified in Crusader times, again in Byzantine times, and finally by the Muslims. The line to get in was long and dominated by tours.
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    • Day 18

      Mount of Olives

      May 24, 2015 in Palestine ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C

      Our travels yesterday included a stop at Mt. Scopus and a good look at a first century tomb as Jesus would have been buried in. We took long, winding walk down the Mount of Olives. With thousands of other tourists and pilgrims, vendors and swindlers (not to mention “Jerusalem Taxi” camels), we stopped at the holy sites on the hill including the traditional site of the Garden of Gethsemane (Church of the Nations), and the church where Jesus wept over Jerusalem. We then headed south from Jerusalem to the egotistical Herodium. We spent the afternoon at the traditional site of the Shepherds Field and then on to Bethlehem to finish the day.

      There were so many lessons wrapped up in our travels today. Seeing the Old City of Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives broke down many pre-conceived ideas I had about the city; the most prominent of which is that Jerusalem isn't really on a hill. More like down in a ditch. I was always taught that it was a “city on a hill...” which is true if you’re coming to Jerusalem from fifty miles out. It is a truth for travelers.

      But once you get here, Jerusalem is down in a valley with mountains rising on almost every side. It’s not the lowest thing around, but it comes close. The entire two mile long ridge of Mount of Olives looks down on the city. It begs the question why David chose this spot for the capital city and eventually the Holy Temple of God. It seems to many who visit that the lower elevation would compromise the perception of divine credibility. “What kind of god lives in a hole?”

      I read Isaiah 2:2. “It shall come to pass in the latter days that the mountain of the house of the Lord shall be established as the highest of the mountains, and shall be lifted up above the hills.” And I am reminded once again that God’s got a plan, and once again, it’s the very thing we don’t expect.

      I am learning that place participates with struggle. Let me explain that. As Jesus agonized in the Garden of Gethsemane over his impending death (which included not just extreme physical pain, but an encounter with the full-on wrath of God), the Judean Wilderness was right there. Within a half-day walk, Jesus could flee His purpose and be lost in the crags and canyons of the wild just to the East of the garden. From the Mount of Olives, Jesus could see a way out. This moment might be the closest we come to losing our salvation. He is on the cusp of walking away.

      We learned (an advantage to walking this land) that often in the Bible when someone walks to the east, bad things happen. Adam and Eve are cast to the East, the Tower of Babel is to the East, David flees to the East…

      So that night, even though he seemed ready to walk east, Jesus went west to Jerusalem and the cross.

      Standing in the olive trees, I could feel a tiny corner of His temptation to flee. It worried me and made me glad the fate of the world was not resting on these broken shoulders.
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    • Day 5

      Blick vom Ölberg auf Ostjerusalem

      January 20, 2020 in Palestine ⋅ 🌧 7 °C

      Als Ostjerusalem wird der Teil von Jerusalem bezeichnet, der seit dem Palästinakrieg 1948 von Jordanien besetzt war, bis er im Sechstagekrieg 1967 von Israel erobert wurde. Aus israelischer Sicht ist Ostjerusalem heute Teil des vereinigten Jerusalem einschließlich der Teile des Westjordanlandes, die von Israel zum Jerusalemer Stadtgebiet erklärt wurden. Die 1980 durch das Jerusalemgesetz erfolgte Annexion des im Sechstagekrieg 1967 eroberten Gebiets wurde von der internationalen Staatengemeinschaft ebenso wenig anerkannt wie die vorangegangene Annexion Ostjerusalems durch Jordanien im Jahr 1950. Der Sicherheitsrat der Vereinten Nationen verabschiedete mehrere Resolutionen, die die Annexion oder deren Vorbereitung verurteilten.[1] Aus palästinensischer Sicht ist Ostjerusalem, für einige Palästinenserorganisationen auch ganz Jerusalem, das unter dem arabischen Namen al-Quds (القدس al-Quds bzw. القدس الشريف al-Quds asch-scharīf; wörtlich „die heilige [Stadt]“ oder „die ehrenwerte [Stadt]“) bekannt ist, die Hauptstadt eines zukünftigen Palästinenserstaates.

      Größter jüdischer Friedhof der Welt. Nur ein Toter pro Grab. Die Gräber bleiben bis zur Auferstehung
      Stadtmauer,, Grabeskirche
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    • Day 19

      Ölberg

      February 25, 2019 in Palestine ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C

      Unzählige Stufen führten uns dann auf den vom Tempelberg gegenüber liegenden Ölberg. Oben erwartete uns neben der schönen Aussicht auf den Felsendom auch massenhaft Touristen die mittlerweile mit dutzenden Bussen hier hoch gebracht wurden. Relativ schnell ergriffen wir die Flucht und nahmen den Weg über den jüdischen Friedhof und vorbei an den Gräbern der Propheten, nach unten.Read more

    • Day 1

      Olivova hora

      November 16, 2017 in Palestine ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C

      Ježiš na tejto hore trávil veľa času. Tu učil učeníkov, plakal... Kráľ Dávid utekal pre Absolónom. Židovskí pútnici tu chodili obetovať jalovice. Tu Eliáš videl nebeský voz a Zachariáš prorokoval Koniec dní.

      (Strohé poznámky z kázne)
      - Boha nestalo nič aby vyviedol ľud z Egypta, ale dlho mu trvalo kým dostal Egypt z ich srdca.
      - Boh nás sprevádza a mi sami si robíme vlastný príbeh. A druhí môžu práve cez náš príbeh spoznať aké veľké veci vykonal Pán.
      - Ak nebudeme hovoriť svoju osobnú skúsenosť s Bohom, tak sa nečudujme že deti neveria (alebo nechodia do kostola).
      - Pravda sa odovzdáva cez príbeh. Mytológia obsahuje pravdu, ktorú mám sám nájsť.
      Náboženstvo ktoré nepochopí Evanjelium - zabíja ľudí.
      - Priniesli ochrnutého človeka: hriech neuráža Boha, ale človeka. Boh nemá problém s odpustením, ale človek má odpustiť inému človekovi...
      - Ten čo dáva Bohu všetko tak Boh sa v štedrosti predbehnúť nedá. Ježiš berie chlieb a delí až sa nasítia všetci. Máme sa deliť s tým čo sme dostali (nie rozdávať, ale deliť).

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      - Kostola Dominus Flevit - Pán zaplakal na úbočí Olivovej hory oproti Chrámovej plošine označuje miesto, kde Ježiš plakal nad Jeruzalemom.
      - Bazilika agónie - známa ako kostol Všetkých národov, lebo bol financovaný z milodarov mnohých krajín. Tu Ježiš strávil posledné hodiny kde sa modlil a krvou potil pred zatknutím.
      - Kostol Hagia Maria Sion - matka všetkých kostolov s tradíciou usnutia Panny Márie. Križiaci k nemu pripojili Miestonsť Poslednej večere. Pod kostolom je krypta uctievaná ako Máriin domov, v ktorom žila po vzkriesení svojho Syna.
      - Legenda hovorí, že Mesiáš vstúpi do súdnej siene cez zatvorenú Zlatú bránu oproti hore. Z toho dôvodu sa veľa Židov necháva pochovať v jej okolí, aby v Deň Vykúpenia mohli medzi prvými nasledovať Mesiáša...
      - Miesto Nanebovstúpenia - je v strede osemhranného dvora. Kaplnka dnes slúži ako mešita.
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    • Day 8

      Mount of Olives

      February 9, 2022 in Palestine ⋅ ☀️ 12 °C

      The Mount of Olives is a ridge east of Jerusalem that overlooks the location of the Temple. It is so called because olive groves covered much of the ridge in ancient times. A bit farther to the east is Bethany, home of Martha, Mary and Lazarus. The Mount is the place of a number of events in Jesus' life.
      There are many churches here, 3 of which I'll mention. The 1st 2 pictures are the chapel of the Ascension. The original church dated to the 4th century. It was destroyed and rebuilt several times. The current octagonal chapel is built on the Byzantine and crusader structures. The 2nd picture is of the rock inside the chapel traditionally held to be the place from which Jesus ascended. The indentation is believed to be Jesus footprint.
      The 2nd church I'll mention is the Pater Noster. This site dates to at least the 4th century and was known as the Church if the Disciples and Ascension. There is some evidence that this is where Jesus taught the disciples the pater noster (Our Father). The current buildings date to the 19th century. The largest part of the site is a cloister and olive garden, seen in the 3rd picture. The 4th picture is in the church. Notice the plaques to the left and right of the altar. These are 2 of the scores of similar plaques around the site that contain the Lord's Prayer in more languages than I could count.
      The 3rd church I'll mention is actually my favorite, Dominus Flevit. Some of you may remember this from a sermon I preached. Dominus flevit means the Lord wept. This is traditionally the site where Jesus wept over Jerusalem. The 5th picture looks from inside the chapel out across the valley to where the temple stood in Jesus' time. The last picture is a detail of the front of the alter showing a hen gathering in her chicks under her wings and protecting them with her body.
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    • Day 6

      Ölberg - Pater Noster Kirche

      December 31, 2018 in Palestine ⋅ ⛅ 11 °C

      Danach geht’s weiter auf den Ölberg. Unser erster Stopp dort ist die Pater Noster Kirche, die an der Stelle steht, an der das „Vater unser“ seinen Ursprung hat. Sämtliche Wände sind mit dem Text des „Vater unser“ in unzähligen verschiedenen Sprachen geschmückt.Read more

    • Day 10

      Domius Flevit

      December 15, 2018 in Palestine ⋅ 🌬 18 °C

      We then ventured down the path that Jesus followed on Palm Sunday to the Domius Flevit. This church was built on the location where Jesus wept for Jerusalem and prophecied its destruction. It had beautiful views of the old city of Jerusalem especially the Dome of the Rock.Read more

    • Day 10

      Pater Noster

      December 15, 2018 in Palestine ⋅ 🌬 18 °C

      Today we began by visiting the Church of the Ascension. This is the highest point in Jerusalem and is where Jesus ascended in to heaven. The church is also the place with they celebrate the “Our Father”. Around the walls is the “Our Father” written in over 162 languages.Read more

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