Our second day in Jerusalem. We started out the day walking the path of Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem. Every step of the last days of his life are marked by monuments, churches, buildings, etc, but as the guide at the garden tomb said, it’s not about the place, it’s about The event - the man. Did these thing actually occur on the very spots where they are memorialized? Maybe. On some spots, almost surely and others, absolutely.
We visited the High Priest Ciaphas’ House, the jail where Jesus was held, the open courtyard where he was condemned and scourged. We walked the Via Dolorosa, stopping at certain significant memorials along the way. We saw sweeping views of Jerusalem, visited Golgotha and ended our day at The Garden Tomb where we shared communion.
There is so much to tell. What a funny, strange, maddening, wonderful place this is and it seems to reflect all that is great and petty about humanity. There is so much to obscure the man Jesus and yet at the end of the day, He is what we celebrate and strive to be more like.
We all miss you, but there is much more to see and experience. See our itinerary to see what we are up to next.
