Lutheran Church
Very clean and clear
As in no statues or paintings.
Dad says Lutheran Churches are like that. They normally dont put any statues or any human figures. (one of the 10 Commandments). But SOME Lutheran churches, however DO put one statue. The statue of Martin Luther. He said maybe they feel like a bit too empty so add a figure in or something
But I like this church. COs the other church we went was like the Church of All-Nations. All dark and gloomy. This one was very bright and airy.
They even have the ginormous piano. Forgot what its called now (accordian? no…). Didnt see it in the other churches.
Next, we drove out of the city to Elah Valley
The valley where David killed Goliath and chopped off his head.
David was a small puny boy while Goliath was like a 7foot giant.
David went into the battlefield without any armor., Instead, he picked up 5 smooth stones from the valley and took his slingshot. With just one throw, he hit Goliath on his forehead and… THUMP
down went the giant.
Then David sliced off his head, and carried it all the way back to Jerusalem and buried it in a hill.
The hill, somehow took the shape of a skull. (more on that later on).
But adoi….. do you know how far it was from Elah Valley to the hill???
Not near ok. It took us nearly an hour by bus…. =.=
Yay! I’m as strong as David
hoo-hoo 
Weeee are the champiioonnnssss, my friieeeennnndddssss
and youuuu are the losseerrrssss, yeaaaaaa~~~~~
Garden Tomb
Where Jesus was buried. Dont read up the link I gave you for the previous ones because I dont agree with what they’re saying.
See, there were two places that historians argue on where the tomb of Jesus was.
First was at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Which is the 14th station of the cross (the 14th station on Via Dolorosa).
The second is here at the Garden Tomb.
Small black rectangle thingy behind me is the entrance to the tomb.
Its the only place that’s run by protestant. The rest is run by Catholics and Jews.
Anyways, there are few VERY convincing arguments.
One of those, is that, the Bible says that Jesus was buried in an unused tomb and in a rich man’s tomb. The tomb used has two burial sites. One used and the other unused. How do we know? Jews build a basic burial site of standard length. When the dead person is put inside and is too tall for the site, the dig holes through the wall to lengthen the site.
See the right hand side, the wall has been dugged out.
Compared to the one opposite it:
The one on the right has not been used yet.
The tomb is a rich man’s tomb due to the size of it.
THe place has a HUGE water reservoir. Like super huge. As big as out VBS hall. Yup. That big…. 0.0
Another reason why I believe this is the place Jesus was buried was because normally they would bury people on the outskirts of the city. The Church of the Holy Sepulchre is located inside the city.
And the Bible mentioned that Jesus carried the cross to OUTSIDE of the city gates
And in John 19:17, it was mentioned that Jesus carried the cross out to the Skull, which is a hill shaped like a skull:
And the skull shaped hill was just NEXT to the garden.
See the eyes? The nose was chipped off over the years. Especially in recent years because there’s a bus station underneath it. So alot of much vibration and stuff on the ground….
But anyway, I really like this place too. Its like my 3rd favorite place.
First is, as mentioned before: Garden of Gethsemane
Second: Walking through the tunnel at the Western Wall
Third: This!
Anyway, I feel more at ease here than at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre
http://www.ctsp.co.il/LBS%20pages/LBS_garden_tomb.htm
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%2019:17-42
kekeke. For 10+ dollars can send postcards back here.
And using TNT too! XP
But too bad no time. Just found out last minute T.T
Oh yeah. I even saw a TNT plane. It was bigger than ours…. =.=
