Tag: Jerusalem
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The Rainbow A Sign of the Noahic Covenant
After the great flood, God spoke to Noah and his sons as well as all living things, promising by covenant to never again destroy the world by water: “And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying, And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you; Read more
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The Valleys of Jerusalem: Part 3 The Tyropoean Valley
The Tyropoean Valley was the western border valley of Old Testament Jerusalem/The City of David, and was the central valley in New Testament Jerusalem. In New Testament times it separated the original City of David and the Temple Mount with the newer and wealthier section of Jerusalem on Mount Zion. The valley is not named Read more
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The Valleys of Jerusalem: Part 2 The Hinnom Valley
The Hinnom Valley (Hinnom in Hebrew means “hell”). It was in this valley that, in the 8th century BC, Canaanites and Jews sacrificed their children to the fiery god Molech, burning them alive. The current academic thought is that Molech/Moloch/Molok/Milcom idol worship began in Phoenicia. Nevertheless, Molech worship appeared in several locations across the southern Read more
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The Valleys of Jerusalem: Part 1, the Kidron (Cedron) Valley
There are three valleys in and around ancient Jerusalem, namely the Kidron, Hinnom, and Tyropoean. I will discus each in a separate post. Kidron Valley The Kidron Valley is also spelt Cedron Valley, and also called the Valley of Jehoshaphat (Joel 3:2, 12). The other two valleys run into the Kidron and then the Kidron Read more
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The Decapolis Cities of the New Testament Era
Deca-polis means ten-cities. These cities were autonomous in their local affairs, but under Rome for all other matters. They were all known to be strongholds of Hellenistic/Greek culture in the Middle East. All but one of the cities, Scythopolis, were located east of the Jordan River. The 10 cities were: Scythopolis (Old Testament Beth-Shean/Beth-Shan), Hippos, Read more
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The Holy Trinity Cathedral of the Russian Orthodox Church, Jerusalem
Located in the Russian Compound neighborhood of West Jerusalem, in front of Og’s Finger, the Russian Orthodox church’s Holy Trinity Cathedral was dedicated in 1872 by Prince Nikolai of Russia. The cathedral was built in the Neo-classical style. It serves as a center for Russian pilgrims in the holy land. < Previous post on A Read more
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A Mysterious Giant Column in Jerusalem
As a West Jerusalem complex was being built in 1871, the excavation team discovered a giant pillar/column. The column is about 39 feet long (12 meters) and 6 feet (1.75 meters) in diameter, it weighs about 60 tons (132,277 pounds). The quarrying of the column was never completed because the column cracked as it was Read more
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The Second Coming of the Lord will be Brighter than the Coming of the Sun
When the Lord Jesus Christ comes again for the second time his glory shall be like the sun: “the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that the Lord bindeth up the breach of his people, and healeth the stroke of their wound” Isaiah 30:26. “But Read more
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Jesus Christ’s Ascension into Heaven from the Mount of Olives
At the end of his forty day ministry, after his resurrection, Jesus Christ ascended into heaven from the top of the Mount of Olives in view of his apostles: “And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight. And while they Read more
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Where Christ Taught the Apostles the Lord’s Prayer at Pater Noster on the Mount of Olives
On the site where tradition held that Jesus Christ taught the 12 disciples the Lord’s Prayer: “And it came to pass, that, as he was praying in a certain place, when he ceased, one of his disciples said unto him, Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples. And he said unto Read more