The Via Dolorosa ended here at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. It is a beautiful building. Here stood a cross, upon which the Son of God hung in excruciating pain, tortured to death for us and our sins. Jesus, eternal Love, was killed by hatred. Yet even in the hour of death He responded to the malice of His enemies with the prayer, "Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do." Luke 23:34. Up to the moment of death love prevailed, thus defeating hell and Satan.
"They took Jesus to the place called the place of a skull, which is called in Hebrew Golgotha. There they crucified him." John 19:17-18a.
Unfortunately, I do not remember the importance of this picture. I will need to ask someone. I'm thinking it's possibly the place where I got to reach through and touch the mountain that split when Jesus was crucified, which was pretty stinking cool!
The walls and ceilings were very decorated as well as having those golden hanging things everywhere too.
The ceiling over the building with the tomb site.
This is the building within a building built over the supposed tomb of Jesus. Personally, I prefer the Garden Tomb site. That is part of day 9 so I will share more on that one then.
This was the inside of the tomb of Christ. I got to touch the stone Jesus was supposedly laid on. Here we find Jesus as the One whom the grave could not hold and who was stronger than hell and death. Jesus emerged from the gloomy grave as the Prince of Victory. The Crucified Lord is now the Risen Lord. The enemy Satan is vanquished. And from now on, in spite of the raging of the powers of darkness and all the Enemy's attacks, Jesus goes forth from victory to victory.
These were a gift fom our tour guide, Aram. It's a box of selected dates. Kind of reminds me of a box of the chocolate mint candies my mom used to buy when I was young. Except it's not chocolate or minty. I don't think I actually ate them.
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