Israel – Fourth Day

Posted by Aaron Lowe on 11. November 2008 13:13

Fourth Day we knew was going to be a long day since we got an fairly early start (wake up call at 6:45) but also had the semi-formal dinner with the ministry of tourism and the tour line owner and following that was a nighttime tour we were going on.

First Site: Mount of Olives:

Yes, that is a cemetery with the bodies above ground, that is so when Jesus returns they will be the first to arise.

Second Site: Tomb of the Prophets, unfortunately it was closed

Third Site: Garden of Gethsemane

Following that was the Holocaust Museum, which unfortunately they don’t allow for picture taking inside, only outside:

First we went to the children’s memorial which remembers the 1.5 million children killed, then we went into the museum which we also found out that the Israeli military is required to go through at least once.  My wife made it through about 2 or 3 rooms until she just couldn’t take anymore and had to pretty much take off.  The way in which they have it set up is chronological, so you’re going through each room and they have audio, video as well as artifacts and replicas from that time period.  And while I thought I had understood what had happened, I really had no clue as to how cruel it really was.

Next was the Garden Tomb which cannot be proven was the site where Jesus was buried, but can be proven that it was very likely the site.

After that was back to the hotel for our dinner with the representative from the Ministry of Tourism:

After that was the night tour where unfortunately my batteries ran out and I had forgotten to bring spare on the tour, so I didn’t get any good pictures, however we went by a couple gates including the Jaffa Gate, we went to the Western (wailing) wall, we saw the Jerusalem Menorah as well as got a view of the city from an overlook again.  Got back about 10:45 pm with a wake up call of 6:30 tomorrow.