This document provides a summary of a journey to Israel and holy sites. Some key points include: 1) The group visited various sites including the Dead Sea where they floated in the salty water, Masada where Jewish zealots committed suicide after being surrounded by Romans, and Qumran where the Dead Sea Scrolls were found. 2) In Jerusalem, they saw historic gates and walls, the Temple Mount, Western Wall, Church of the Holy Sepulchre, and Garden of Gethsemane. 3) They also traveled to Ephesus in Turkey where the apostle Paul once lived and preached, seeing ruins of the temple of Artemis and other sites from the early

1. A Journey to Israel
Part II

2. Have you heard of a Fish Spa?

3. These little fish will clean your dead
skin off for 5 euros!

4. The Dead Sea, "
a very interesting place!

5. My roommate Debbie

6. Some friends floating!

7. Me too!

8. Camels for hire!

9. We visited a rug maker in Turkey.

10. So many beautiful patterns"
made by hand!

11. Some of our group, "
So serious and contained…

12. …until the owner told us the only way to
really enjoy the rugs was to touch them!

13. We traveled to Masada

14. Map of Dead Sea showing Masada

15. The fortress Masada from a
distance

16. Cable Car to the top of Masada

17. After arriving at the top of Masada "
by cable car

18. Model of Herod’s residence "
on the cliff of Masada

19. One of the levels of Herod’s palace

20. Part of Herod’s residence, looking
down from the top of Masada.

21. Here you can see the layers
beneath the Bath House.

22. Standing in Herod’s Patio

23. The Synagogue at Masada

24. Masada cistern –"
an important water source

25. Types of Pottery found in Masada

26. Masada, the Last Holdout
After the Jews rebelled against their Roman
occupiers in 66 AD, a group of Zealots fled
to the fortress Masada.
Rather than be captured and tortured by
the Romans, they chose to commit suicide.
More than 900 men, women, and children
died at Masada.

27. The Zealots in Masada “chose 10 men to slay the
rest”. ( about 900 people) Casting lots for
themselves, the first was to kill the other 9.

28. One of the lots had Eleazar Ben Ya-ir’s
name on it. He was the zealot leader.

29. Later a Byzantine Church was built
atop Masada.

30. Drawing of Byzantine church

31. Today, all Israeli
soldiers are sworn
in atop Masada,
pledging that, "
“Masada shall not
fall again.”

32. Map of Dead Sea showing "
Qumran on the north side

33. Qumran, where the Dead Sea
Scrolls were found.

34. Some of the many caves at Qumran

35. The Essenes made pottery in this room.

36. Many of the Dead Sea Scrolls were
found in caves. This is cave 4.

37. The first English translators read, “I was ready to
be sought by those who did not ask for me. I was
ready to be found by those who did not seek me”.
Isaiah 65:1

38. Up to Jerusalem

39. The Shrine of the Book

40. The scrolls now rest in the Shrine of
the Book in Jerusalem

41. Madaba map of Jerusalem, "
found in Jordan

42. Time Periods of Jerusalem’s history
• 2000 BC - 1400BC Canaanites, Jebusites
• 1400 BC - 70 AD Israelites
• 70 AD - 325 AD
Romans (pagan)
• 326 AD – 638 AD
Romans (Byzantine
Christian)
• 638 AD – 1099 AD
Muslims
• 1099 AD – 1187 AD
Crusaders (Christian)
• 1187 AD – 1917 AD
Muslims
• 1917 AD – 1948 AD
British
• 1948 AD – present
Israelites

43. The Damascus Gate

44. Jewish boys and their teachers
outside the walls of Jerusalem

45. Jewish Orthodox dress

46. The Zion Gate, "
scarred from 1948 artillery fire

47. Fiddler inside the Zion Gate

48. Herod’s Gate or the Flower Gate"

49. Our guide teaches about the gates
and walls of Jerusalem

50. The Lions Gate in the Old City"
Stephen was martyred outside this gate

51. A slit in the wall for arrows

52. And this is what it looks like from
the inside of the wall

53. Entrance to the City of David

54. The Oldest part of Jerusalem

55. At the Temple Institute"
Reproduction of David’s harp

56. Golden model of the Temple

57. Narrow streets of Jerusalem

58. Marketplace in Old Jerusalem

59. Greek Monastery

60. Israeli soldiers and tourist "
from our group

61. Bar Mitzvah celebration in the
Jewish Quarter

62. The Jerusalem Model

64. houses

65. Temple Mount in the"
Jerusalem Model

67. The Gihon Spring

68. Hezekiah’s Tunnel, built in 701 BC"
under the City of David, pulsating with water
from the spring.

69. Hezekiah’s Tunnel"
1,750 feet long, ceiling 5 feet high

70. Mikvah – Jewish ritual bath,"
go in on one side, out of the other

71. Modern excavation of the steps to
the Pool of Siloam

72. Newly excavated steps at the pool"
where Jesus healed many.

73. Another part of the pool was found
nearby recently.

74. Model of the Temple "
in the time of Jesus

75. The Southern Steps

76. The far edge is the "
Precipice of the Temple where James, the brother
of Jesus, was thrown down and then stoned.

77. Southern Steps by which Jesus
walked up to the Temple Mount.

78. Huge Herodian ashlars on the
southern wall

79. Triple Gates

80. The Beautiful or Golden Gate, "
now sealed

81. The Muslims have many graves located
just outside the Golden Gate.

82. The Wailing Wall (women’s side)

83. Huge gathering at the Wailing Wall
for one of the Jewish feast days

84. Steps to the Temple Mount

85. Going up to the Temple Mount

86. The Dome of the Rock (left) and the Dome
of the Ascension of Mohammed (right)

87. One of the rock slabs on "
the Dome of the Rock.

88. What does it look like to you?

89. The Temple Mount is now under Muslim
control. Al Aqsa Mosque

90. Bedrock of Mount Moriah. Abraham,
David, and Melchizedek would have walked
here.

91. The Mount of God
• 1005 BC David purchased Mount Moriah,for 600
shekels of silver from Araunah the Jebusite. (Abraham
offered Isaac here)
• In 940 BC , David’s son, Solomon, began to build the
Temple of the LORD in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah.
• 721-701 BC Assyrian destruction and invasion of
Jerusalem
• 586 BC Babylonian destruction of the city
• 538 BC Persian Cyrus gave orders to rebuild the city
• 445 BC Exiles return to rebuild the Temple and city
under Nehemiah
• 167-40 BC Maccabees Revolt and independence-
Hasmonean Dynasty
• Herod rebuilt the Temple 37-64 AD
• Destruction of the Temple 70 AD

92. View of the Temple Mount "
from the Mount of Olives

93. Rabbinic tunnels "
under the Temple Mount

94. Largest Herodian ashlar "
under the Temple Mount

95. Under Wilson’s Arch "
(below the Temple Mount)

96. A 2,000 year old street of shops

97. Looking up to the layer above

98. Jesus would have walked on this
2,000 year old original pavement!

99. The Garden of Gethsemane

100. Ancient olive tree at Gethsemane

102. Olive wood carving of the agony "
in the Garden

103. The Church of the Nations

104. Painting of the arrest of Jesus

105. This stone is believed to be "
the stone of agony

106. Ossuaries and graves in the garden

107. Tombs on the Mount of Olives

108. When Jesus comes again,the Mount
of Olives will split from east to west.

109. Narrow old Jerusalem streets

110. St. Anne’s Church"
great acoustics for Amazing Grace

111. Convent of the Sisters of Sion

112. The Lithostrotos, believed to be where
Pilate sat Jesus at the judgment seat.

113. View under the street of the
Lithostrotos

114. Spider and game graffiti on the
Lithostrotos

115. The Sacred Pit

116. A deep dank pit where the Lord stayed
during the night before His Crucifixion

117. Jesus would have been bound hanging
with arms up in this pit.

118. The Way of Sorrows

119. Walking the Via Dolorosa or "
Way of the Cross

120. The 5th Station"
Simon of Cyrene carries Jesus’ cross

121. Double entrance to the Church of
the Holy Sepulcher

122. Church of the Holy Sepulcher"
showing the domes

123. Floor plan of the church

124. The Rock of Calvary

125. Another view of the "
Rock of Calvary

126. Greek altar in the "
Greek Chapel of Calvary

127. Table of Anointing

128. The Anointing Stone

129. Greek mosaic of Jesus being
anointed after His death.

130. Chapel next to cave where Helena,
(Constantine’s mother) is said to have found
fragments of the cross.

131. Under the Rotunda in the aedicule"
is the Tomb of Jesus

132. Earlier church over burial and
Resurrection spot

133. Large dome over Jesus’ tomb"

134. Tombs and cross graffiti

135. In the words of our Guide, Peach:
Remember
• We don’t worship the PLACE!
• We worship God!

136. Tombs under the Holy Sepulcher

137. Drawing of abandoned quarry, a
perfect place to carve a new tomb

138. 1st c. tomb of the type of Jesus

139. He is risen, He is risen, indeed!

140. What’s Underneath the "
Church of the Holy Sepulcher

141. Latin inscription, circa 135-200AD,"
“DOMINE IVIMUS”, (“Lord, we came.”)

142. Evidence of the destruction of the
Temple Mount in 70 AD

143. The fallen Stone of Trumpeting

144. Emporer Hadrian built a temple to Jupiter
and Venus in 135 AD over the site of the Holy
Sepulcher and Jesus’ tomb

145. After the 2nd Jewish revolt
(Masada), Hadrian rebuilt
Jerusalem as “Aelia Capitolina”. He
also renamed Judea, as
“Palaestina”(we call it Palestine). He
built a huge platform over the earlier
site in an effort to bury Calvary and
the tomb of Jesus, an honored site
of Christians. Herodian stones from
the Temple Mount were used to
build the retaining wall.

146. Jesus will come back again on the
Mount of Olives.

147. Walking in the Footsteps of Paul"
Ancient Ephesus
• Located in western Turkey
• Mary, John and Paul lived here
• Center of the worship of Artemis
• Practiced emporer worship also
• Paul lived here for about 3 years
• A community of Christians here
• Timothy succeeded Paul

148. The goddess Artemis of the Ephesians"
She promised fertility, eternal life.

149. Reproduction of the temple of Artemis"
In May, the Ephesians paraded her statues
to the harbor, and the people held orgies.

150. Remains of the "
temple of Artemis today

151. Walking on the Cardo,"
the main street in Ephesus

152. Our guide

153. Temple of Domitian (emporer worship)"
He was called Lord, savior, master.

154. The Varius Baths

155. The Marble Road

156. 2 doorways, 2 styles

157. Painted walls in wealthy houses

158. The Grand Theater at Ephesus
could hold 24,000 people.

159. Singing praises to Jesus Christ,
where once the Ephesians "
praised Artemis."

160. Mary and the column on Curetes
Street or “street of the priests”

161. The magnificent library in Ephesus
housed thousands of scrolls.

162. Inscriptions everywhere

163. The Agora with shops"
To get into the shops, people had to
light incense to Caesar.

164. Symbol of the cult of Esclepius, seen
on modern day medical symbols

165. Nike, goddess of victory

166. Roman toilets

167. Pipes made for water for the bath
houses and latrines

168. Hmmm….cozy!

169. Place where Christians "
may have met

170. What would Jesus do?
Why did the Christians go to the trash
heap in Ephesus?
It was a sad place where the
prostitutes would discard unwanted
babies who would die from exposure.
The Ephesian Christians were
compelled to rescue like Jesus.

171. Icthus symbol on stone of the
entrance

172. ICTHUS symbol carved "
in several places in Ephesus

173. Jesus Christ God’s Son Saviour,"
the “ICTHUS”in Greek

174. Am I a follower of "
the Lord Jesus Christ?

175. “Then Jesus said to His
disciples, “If anyone desires to
come after Me, let him deny
Himself, and take up his cross,
and follow Me. …For what profit
is it if a man gains the whole
world, but loses his own soul?"
Matthew 16: 24, 26

176. 3 Laws of Discipleship
1. The Law of Self-denial:
“Let him deny himself”.
2. The Law of Sacrifice:
“take up your cross”
3.The Law of Submission:
“Follow me”
Matthew 16:24

177. Commit My Heart to Jesus"
from Chaundel Holladay, Soul Scape
“My sheep hear my voice: I know them,
and they follow me.” John 10:27
• Remember Who He is.
• Make Him the focal point.
• Listen to His voice.
• Trust His Care.
• Follow His Word.

178. Changing My Head"
from Chaundel Holladay
• Choose Joy – Kay Warren
• Pray First – Don’t Worry, Pray
• Be Thankful - always
• Focus My Thoughts –
“Fix your thoughts on what is true,
honorable, right, pure, lovely, admirable.
Think about things that are excellent and
worthy of praise.”
2 Cor. 10:5

179. Surrender My Hands"
from Chaundel Holladau
• Recognize that God owns it all!
• Dedicate the first part of your time
and money to Him. Serve others.
• Save for the future – create margin
• Plan your spending – set limits
• Get out of debt – in time and money
• Enjoy what you have - contentment

180. Then He who sat on the throne said,
“Behold, I make all things new.…I am
the Alpha and Omega, the Beginning
and the End. I will give of the fountain
of the water of life to him who thirsts.
He who overcomes shall inherit all
things, and I will be his God and he
shall be My son.”"
Revelation 21:5-6"