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Israel Diary Jerusalem’s City Walls
The walls of Jerusalem enable you to experience the Old City. Sights, sounds and smells give you a fuller sense of all that is going on. Buildings and streets blend together. From the walls you get a feeling for how Jerusalem has developed.
Walking the walls of Old Jerusalem, you can see the Via Dolorosa. It is a dark street that winds through the middle of the city. The crowds filled that street when Jesus was led to the cross. Walking to the cross was a very difficult task. Several times when the street was not crowded but the stones were wet with dew I have slipped and fallen. The rocks are hard and hurt. I walked from Gethsemane across the Kidron Valley to Caiaphas’ house. The walk was draining. That night nearly 2,000 years ago Jesus was led from Gethsemane across the Kidron Valley to that same house. The soldiers physically beat and ridiculed Jesus that night. He was emotionally drained by the burden of my sin. This completely sapped Him of His energy. By the time Jesus was hung on the cross He had suffered to the point of absolute exhaustion. God’s Word says that Jesus died for me. I am eternally grateful that He did. Because of His life, death and resurrection I have life. Each one of us can have eternal life if we choose Jesus. Those walls around Jerusalem give you a bird’s eye view of a city that Jesus wept over. I wept that day. I love the Lord and Jerusalem. Pray for the peace of Jerusalem.
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