The place is unique and you can really feel how it was in the beginning of the history. All the places were Jesus had been you can live in fantasy in imagining what kind of life they had been living at that time. The agony in the garden, in Gethsemane you can visualize the tranformation and the glory of all times. and also where Jesus prayed on the night of his arrest. Everywhere is fantastic, the beauty of the place had not change, I mean the feel of holiness is there if you have the faith and really believe it had happened. I was really in the cloud trying to feel the mysterious of all mystery of life what JESUS had suffer for us. It was really a joy for being there.
Jerusalem is a holy city to the three major Abrahamic religious, Judalism, Christianity and Islam. In Judaism, Jerusalem has been the holiest city since king David of Israel first established it as a capital of the United Kingdom of Israel and his son Solomon. Jerusalem has been a holy city according to the New Testament, Jesus was crucified, 300 years later Saint Helena found the true cross in the city. During its long history, Jerusalem has been destroyed twice, had been attacked, captured and recaptured 44 times. Jerusalem one of the oldest cities in the world, a World Heritage site in danger by Jordan in 1982. Today, the status of Jerusalem remains one of the core issue in the Israel-Palistinian conflict. However considers the entire city to be a part of Israel following its annextion of East Jerusalem through the Jerusalem law of 1980. Jerusalem is the capital of the State of Israel- its seat of government and the holiest city in Judaism. It is also israel's largest and most populated city. Jerusalem began to be considered a city of significant regional importance only after it was conquered by the Israelite king David a few centuries later. While, during the assignment of the Promised land to the twelve Israelite tribes, Jerusalem became part of all the tribe of Benjamin. It was never actually conquered by the Israelites. Only when king David conquered it did Jerusalem begin to develop as an important political center and moreover a significant religious center.
According to Christian tradition, Jesus has a prophecy that Jerusalem would be destroyed and went down to the Mount of Olives with his follower on Palm Sunday. He then wandered around the city for about a week and taught his disciples in caves on the Mount of Olives. Inside the Basilica, the pilgrims try to emphathize with the suffering of JESUS. ater the crucifixion, Jesus wandered 40 days on the Mount of Olives and ascended to heaven- - from a point on the hill. a small shrine inside the wall of Greek Patriarchate contains stone swamp with crosses carve on the top that mark the spot where the diciples watched the assension.
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