Brad Goes to the Temple!

My favorite thing we did yesterday was to go to the wall of the temple. I have always been a little fascinated by the temple, so I loved this experience. In the first picture, I am in front of some rocks piled up in front of the western wall of the temple to the North of the Wailing Wall. These rocks date back to the second temple and were from when the Romans destroyed the temple in 70 A.D. This fulfills the prophecy of Jesus. "And as He came out of the temple, one of his disciples said to him, 'Look teacher, what wonderful stones and what wonderful buildings!' And Jesus said to him, 'Do you see these great buildings? There will not be left here one stone upon another that will not be thrown down.'" Mark 13:1-2 What Jesus says happens, and we can trust in His Word!


These are the stairs going up to the temple. Although some of the stairs have been refinished, some date back to the first temple in the time of Jesus.

This is a purification bath located outside the temple. It is in the bedrock, meaning that this is how it looked at that time and is a true location. They were required to go through a ritual cleansing prior to entering the temple. This is probably one of the origins by which the Christian tradition of baptism emerges.