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Jerusalem Holy Sites Overview

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Places of Interest

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Jerusalem Sites Overview

 

Summary of all the Biblical Sites and Their Locations

 

1. Mount of Olives

 

2. Bethphage 

  • Beginning of the Triumphal Entry.

 

3. Chapel of Ascension

  • Place from which Christ ascended to heaven and will return to in power and great glory at the end of the Great Tribulation.

 

4. Pater Noster Church

  • Place Christ taught the Lord’s Prayer.

 

5. Tombs of the Prophets

  • Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi.

 

6. Triumphal Entry Pathway

  • The road Christ descended on Palm Sunday, the Sunday before His crucifixion on Friday.

 

7. Church of Dominus Flevit

  • Place Christ wept over Jerusalem on the Triumphal Entry and prophesied her future destruction.

 

8. Church of Mary Magdalene

  • Christ cast out seven demons from Mary, and she became a passionate follower of Christ.

 

9. Garden of Gethsemane – Church of All Nations

 

10. Tomb of Mary (mother of Jesus)

 

11. Kidron Valley (Valley of Jehoshaphat)

  • Place Christ will gather the nations in judgment at the end of the Tribulation Period, and their blood will flow to the depth of a horse’s bridle down toward the Dead Sea and beyond.

 

12. Temple Mount

  • It was enlarged by Herod the Great. It’s the size of 35 football fields (35 acres, 14 hectares).

  • The original temple was located exactly where the Dome of the Rock is today.

  • Place the prophets ministered.

  • The glory of the Lord filled the temple here.

  • Place Christ ministered.

  • Place the apostles ministered.

  • Place the early church met.

  • The Antonia Fortress was located just north of the Temple Mount.

 

13. Dome of the Rock (not a mosque but a shrine)

 

14. Western Wall

  • It was part of the original wall of the Temple Mount Herod built.

  • It existed during the time of Christ.

  • It is the closest place (for a large gathering) to the original temple where the Jews pray.

 

15. Pool of Bethesda - St. Anne Church

  • A lame man was healed here after waiting 38 years.

 

16. Via Dolorosa (painful path)

  • It’s the believed path Christ took on the way to the Cross.

  • It has 14 stations.

 

17. Gordon’s Garden Tomb - Golgotha

 

18. Church of the Holy Sepulcher

 

19. Absalom’s Tomb

 

20. Southern Stairs

  • Place Christ taught His disciples.

  • Likely location of Pentecost.

 

21. City of David

 

22. David’s Palace

 

23. Gihon Spring

 

24. Wall repaired by Nehemiah

 

25. Pool of Siloam

 

26. Hinnom Valley

  • Gehenna – Idea of hell and eternal burning.

 

27. House of Caiaphas

  • Place Peter denied Christ.

  • Place Christ was condemned before Ananias and Caiaphas the high priest.

 

28. Tomb of David

 

29. The Upper Room

 

30. Herod’s Palace ~ Later, it would become Pilate's Palace

 

31. Citadel of David

 

Gates of Jerusalem

 

1. Eastern Gate (Golden Gate, Shushan Gate)

  • Gate Christ regularly entered on His way to the temple from the Mount of Olives.

  • Peter and James healed a lame man after entering this gate.

  • Closed by Ottoman Turkish Muslims in the 1541 AD.

 

2. Lions Gate (Stephen’s Gate)

 

3. Herod’s Gate

 

4. Damascus Gate

 

5. New Gate

 

6. Jaffa Gate

 

7. Zion Gate

 

8. Dung Gate
 

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Antonia Fortress

Bethany: Tomb of Lazarus

Bethphage

Cardo

Chapel of the Ascension: Ascension & Return of Christ

Church of the Holy Sepulchre

Church of Mary Magdalene

City of David Overview

Death, Burial, Resurrection of Christ

 

Dominus Flevit Church

Eastern Gate

 

Garden of Gethsemane: Church of All Nations

 

Gordon's Garden Tomb

 

Gethsemane to Golgotha:

Christ's Path to the Cross

Herod/Pilate's Palace: Trial of Jesus

Hezekiah's Broad Wall

Hezekiah's Water Tunnel

 

Hinnom Valley Overview

History Of Jerusalem's Walls

History of Jerusalem's Gates

 

House of Caiaphas: Peter's Denial of Christ

 

Kidron Valley: Judgment of God

 

Mount of Olives Overview

 

Pater Noster Church: Lord's Prayer, Olivet Discourse

Pools of Bethesda & St. Anne 

Church

 

Pool of Siloam

Prophecy, Proof the Bible Is True: Mount of Olives

 

Solomon's Temple

Southern Stairs/Davidson Archaeological Site

Temple Mount Overview

Temple Location

Temple Mount: Pentecost

 

Temple Cleansing by Jesus

 

Temple & the Early Church

Tomb of King David

Tomb of Mary & Gethsemane Cave

Tombs of the Prophets

The Old Testament Feasts & Jesus

 

The Upper Room

Tower of David/Herod's Palace

Triumphal Entry

Via Dolorosa

 

Western Wall & Tunnels Tour

Zedekiah's Cave & Solomon's Quarry

Other Sites In Jerusalem

 
Sea of Galilee Sites

 

Sea of Galilee Overview

 

Bethsaida

 

Calling of the Disciples

 

Capernaum: Jesus' Ministry Base

 

Chorazin

 

Feeding the 5,000

Gennesaret, Ginosar: Jesus Boat

 

Jesus Walks on Water, Calms the Sea

 

Kursi: Demonic Man Healed

 

Magdala: Mary Magdalene

 

Mount Arbel: The Great Commission

Mount of Beatitudes

 

Sower's Cove: Parables of the Kingdom

 

Tabgha: Restoration of Peter

Yardenit Baptismal Site

Other Sites Around the Sea of Galilee

Northern Israel Sites

 

Beth Shean

Beth Shean Amphitheater

 

Caesarea Maritima Overview

Caesarea Maritima: Holy Spirit Given to the Gentiles

 

Caesarea Philippi

 

Cana: First Miracle of Jesus

Church of the Annunciation & St. Joseph Church

Dan (City of Dan)

Gideon's Spring

Hazor

Jezreel Overview

Jordan River Overview

Megiddo: Armageddon

 

Mount Carmel & Elijah

Mount Tabor: Transfiguration of Christ

 

Nazareth Overview

 

Nazareth: Mt. Precipice

Sepphoris (Tsipori, Zippori)

 

Other Sites In Northern Israel

 

Central Israel Sites

 

Ai

 

Bethel

Beth-Shemesh

Ein Karem (Kerem)

 

Emmaus Road 

 

Gezer: On Crossroads of the World

Gibeon - Nabi Samwil

 

Gilgal

Inn of the Good Samaritan

 

Jericho ~ Tell Es-Sultan

 

Joppa (Jaffa, Yafo) Overview

Jordan River: Crossing into the Promised Land

Jordan River Baptismal Site of Jesus (Qsar al-Yahud)

Judean Wilderness

Judean Wilderness: Testing of Jesus

Mount Nebo & Moses

Philistine Cities of Ashkelon, Ashdod, Gaza, Ekron, Gath

Qumran: Dead Sea Scrolls

 

Samaria (Sabastia)

 

Shechem

Shechem: Jacob's Well

 

Shiloh: Center of Worship

St. George's Monastery (Wadi Qelt)

Timnah: Life of Samson

Valley of Elah: David & Goliath

Other Sites In Central Israel

Southern Israel Sites

Arad

Ashdod

Ashkelon

Beer Sheba: The Patriarchs

 

Bethlehem Overview

Bethlehem: Church of Nativity

 

Bethlehem: David & the Psalms

Bethlehem: Naomi, Ruth, Boaz

 

Bethlehem: Shepherds' Field

Dead Sea Area

Ekron

En-Gedi: Living Waters

 

Exodus, Red Sea Crossing, Mt. Sinai

Gath

Gaza

 

Tel Hebron Overview

Hebron Caves of Machpelah

Herodian (Herodium) Fortress

Oaks of Mamre, Hebron

 

Kadesh Barnea

Lachish

 

Masada

 

Mount Sinai

 

Sodom & Gomorrah

The Philistines & Their City Strongholds

 

Timna Park: Tabernacle, Moses

 

Other Sites In Southern Israel

Other Biblical Sites

Exodus, Red Sea Crossing, Mt. Sinai

Garden of Eden Location

Madaba ( Map), Jordan

Mount Nebo & Moses

 

Noah's Ark & the Great Flood

 

Noah's Ark Location

 

Petra, Jordan

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What Is the Reason for the War and Conflicts in Israel and the Middle East?

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