Sorry that I am late getting this onto my blog. I was really busy my last couple weeks in Jerusalem. I did however want to show you what i was able to do on Easter while in the Holy Land. First off the majority of the people in Jerusalem are Jewish and they have their Sabbath on Saturday. Because of this pretty much everything is closed down on Saturday so we have church on Saturday. This leaves sundays open for us to go and visit the local christian denominations services.
The service was a really good service as the Father of the congregation reviewed for us the Resurrection of the the Savior Jesus Christ. It was really amazing to sit on the Mount of Olives where so many things happened during the Savior's life and watch the sun rise.
People raised their hands in praise and they sang.
So early sunday morning some of us got up bright and early at 4 o'clock so that we could get good seats at a Lutheran sunrise service on the Mount of Olives.
It was really neat to be able to see how other good people who have faith in Christ worship. It was good to see all the things that we had in common. It was good to see the truths that we shared as believers in Christ.
The service was a really good service as the Father of the congregation reviewed for us the Resurrection of the the Savior Jesus Christ. It was really amazing to sit on the Mount of Olives where so many things happened during the Savior's life and watch the sun rise.
As i sat on the mount and watched the sunrise i reflected on my Savior Jesus Christ. Just as the sun rose that morning the Savior rose from the tomb so many years ago and because of that day we too are able to rise again after death to be judged and live with our Heavenly Father again. Because the Savior was raised to an immortal perfect body of flesh and bone we too will be raised from the dead to an immortal perfect body of flesh and bone. I am so thankful for my Savior Jesus Christ and for the perfect life that he lived and that He rose from the dead.
After going to the service on the Mount of Olives we headed to the Garden tomb for another service, As you can see there were lots of people lined up to go to this service.
Here i am in front of the garden tomb before the service started.
The service was evangelacal. So they had a band and singers for the service.
The service was really good. We sang almost the entire time. I really enjoyed this service as we all sang together in praise of the Savior.
People raised their hands in praise and they sang.
1 comment:
What a great shot of you with the the tomb.
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