Our first day of touring we went to the Temple Mount, built on the site where Abraham brought Isaac for sacrifice. The sites we saw that day were numerous, including St Anne's Church near the pools of Bethesda, the East Gate, the Via Dolorosa (all 14 stages), the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, which included Golgotha, the Stone of Annointment, and the Holy Sepulchre Basilica.
Something really stood out for me about the East Gate into the Temple. This is the gate where Jesus entered the Temple Mount after His triumphal entry. Our guide, Samir (a Palastinian christian) told us that the Muslims, when they took over the city many years ago, bricked up the gate to discourage the Christians, thinking that Jesus could not return for His second coming if the East Gate was blocked. Isn't it wonderful that Christ came to enter the temple of our hearts? Nothing can stop His second coming. He will come when He is ready, when God the Father deems time to be fulfilled. But Christ waits at the door of each heart to enter and save. Praise God!!
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