Jerusalem
Above: The Temple Mount, Old City Jerusalem from the Mt. of Olives
An overview of the city from above as it was in Yahshua's day
The city of David with the Temple above
One of the many bazaars in the Old City
Golgotha, "The Place of the Skull",
where Y'shua was crucified.
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The Temple complex is the large white rectangle. South of there is the original city of David. Westward expansion came next, then northward to its zenith right before the Romans destroyed the Temple in A.D. 70.
The Temple Mount
The eastern gate (at lower left) led directly into the sanctuary through a series of gates and courtyards.
The Eastern Gate
...walled up by a Muslim ruler who thought he could prevent the return of the Messiah. But it holds an amazing parallel with the Garden of Eden, whose eastern entrance was also closed off. The most straightforward path into Yahweh's presence (symbolized by the Temple) is closed because of sin. But there is another way in...
The Dome of the Rock
now occupies the site of the Holy of Holies,
keeping people from walking thoughtlessly over it until the Temple is rebuilt.
The Pool of Shiloakh
called Siloam in Greek, the name means "sent".
It was originally built by King Hezekiah to provide an internal water source during a siege by the Assyrians.
Y'shua SENT a blind man there to wash the
mud off his eyes, and he was healed.
These steps intyo the pool have only recently been uncovered by archaeologists.
This view of a model at the Holy Land Hotel shows the southern wall. The set of gates at right were where the triple gates shown above are now. The bright white section around the corner shows where the Western (Wailing) Wall is.
View
from the western side of the city, where most of the priests lived.
The Western Wall
Now an outdoor synagogue,
the closest "house of prayer" to where the Holy of Holies once sat
and will again sit.
"If I forget you, O Yerushalayim,
may my right hand forget [its skill]!" (Psalm 137:5)
Olive trees in the Garden of Gethsemane.
The Romans cut them all down, but new shoots sprang up again from the roots! So these are some of the same trees that stood here when Y'shua was arrested here.
The "skull" is visible on the right.
At left is a quarry from which stones
for Herod's enhancements to the Temple were dug.
The Garden Tomb as identified by General Gordon in the 1800's
Whether this was actually the tomb where Y'shua was laid or not,
the fact remains, His tomb is empty!
Plaza at the Damascus Gate
The closest gate to Golgotha.
The reason the Romans chose this place to crucify Y'shua is because of the large volume of traffic here.
Crucifixion in well-traveled places was an effective deterrent to crime.
