It was a pretty day to be outside in the courtyard.
There must a be nursing home close by. Friday morning, I saw two different ladies being pushed in wheelchairs to our little private park. One was doing some physical therapy holding the nurse's hand while she took some baby steps. It is a good, quiet location for that.
I like purple and lavender colors.
Below this single flower looks like a dandelion to me.
That is my picture window on the second floor looking through the olive tree and yellow flowers on the right. I don't know the name of all the flowers,
I do think these are poppies.
Purim is a Biblical Feast for the Jews to keep. And Mordecai wrote these things and sent letters to all the Jews, near and far, .... to establish among them that they should celebrate yearly the fourteenth and fifteenth day of the month of Adar... that they should make them days of feasting and joy... Esther 9:20-21. The Jews are celebrating because they were not totally annihilated as decreed by the king. They dress in costume for Purim. Below a group of young teenagers stopped by the apartment on the first floor to get their friend to join them. When I took out the trash, I asked them if I could have a photo.
My Purim / Good Friday lunch on my own balcony. Some broccoli soup that comes in a pouch and you pour boiling water over it. A few graham crackers with peanut butter and hazel nut spread. Besides hazel nut, you can get almond, pistachio, and carob nut spread to make your own "smores". They are good. The little gift on the right was from the young man downstairs. Biblically that is a part of Purim. ... days of feasting and joy, of sending presents to one another and gifts to the poor. Esther 9:22
On Saturday, I wanted to walk to CFI and catch up on some work. I have been doing well walking home in the evenings. However, it is mostly downhill. Going uphill might be different. This tree was blooming along the way. From a distance, it looks like a redbud.
Maybe it is a redbud.
The Lord provided a park bench and a breeze after walking uphill on a street called David Marcus. David "Mickey" Marcus was an American World War II hero who came and helped train Israel to fight in the 1948 War of Independence. Towards the end of the 1948 War, Mickey Marcus was killed by friendly fire. Kirk Douglas portayed Marcus in a movie in the mid-60's called Cast a Giant Shadow.
In 1948, Jerusalem was literally "cut off" and the Jews in Jerusalem were starving to death and were rationing meager water supplies. It was David Marcus who thought of building a "back road" to Jerusalem at night. That road was nicknamed the Burma Road. It was built at night in the dark so the Arabs could not tell what was going on. It saved the Jews in Jerusalem. I may have mentioned that before since Israel did not have any "helicopters" in 1948.
Below I passed the Belgium Consulate on my way to CFI. Headquarters of the European Union.
At the top of Independence Park in the center of Jerusalem is this statue of a shin (pronounced "sheen"). A "sheen" is one of the letters of the Hebrew alphabet.
Nobody on Ben Yehudah Street on Shabbat morning. Ben Yehudah is a very active pedestrian street for shoppers, businessmen, Orthodox Jews, soldiers, street musicians, etc. Just to eat a falafel or schwarma and watch everyone go by is entertaining.
On Resurrection Sunday morning, I had planned on walking to The Garden Tomb. When I got to the main street of The German Colony, Emek Rafaim, there were a lot of taxis at 4:30am. I wimped out, paid 20 shekels, and was one of the first ones in line.
The Garden Tomb Door did not open until 6:00am. This is the part of the line that I could see. Supposedly it turned left and headed towards the Damascus Gate of the Old City
The King of Kings Worship Team led the praise and worship this morning at The Garden Tomb.
We sang some new (for me) songs and some traditional ones like "Jesus Christ is Risen Today" and "Crown Him With Many Crowns". He is not here; for He is risen, as He said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay." Matthew 28:6
An empty tomb.
Mark 16:2 Very early in the morning, on the first day of the week, they came to the tomb when the sun was risen.... Mark 16:6 But he said to them, "Do not be alarmed. You seek Jesus of Nazereth, who was crucified. He is risen! He is not here. See the place where they laid him."
Gordon's Calvary in Jerusalem is called The Garden Tomb.
The Garden Tomb is always well landscaped.
More purple.
Worshippers as we began to exit.
As we exited, there was an encore performance of "O Happy Day".
Purple daisies.
Below I wanted to make sure that I have a photo without the musical equipment. ...The Lord is risen indeed. Luke 24:34
Pansies along the pathway.
Then the Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to tend and keep it. Genesis 2:15
Police present as we exited. Technically we are in East Jerusalem.
Walking back to CFI. It was still before 8am in the morning. The sign says Damascus Gate to the left; Jaffa gate to the right. I would walk straight on HaNevim (the Prophets) Street. It was my first time to be in Jerusalem on Resurrection Sunday. Chances are that is not "the" tomb, but it certainly is close to Golgatha and would be in the neighborhood. And He, bearing His cross, went out to a place called the Place of a Skull, which is called in Hebrew, Golgotha. John 19:17. Lord Jesus, we thank you for the price you paid for our sins. Because of love for us, your mercy, and your grace, we shall forever more be with you. ... and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age." Amen. Matthew 28:20
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