Mount of Olives - Jerusalem 101

Background Information	Old Testament	New Testament	New Testament (cont.)	Gentile Period (cont.)
1-Biblical Jerusalem	16-Salem, Jebus	33-Ashlar Stones	51-Bethesda Pool	68-Saint Anne's Church
2-History of Jerusalem	17-Milo, Jebusite Wall	34-Temple Mount	52-Holy Sepulcher	69-Sultan's Pool
3a-Map of Today's City	18-Gihon Springs	35-NE of End of Wall	53-Garden Tomb	70-Citadel
3b-The Four Quarters	19-City of David	36-SE End of Wall	54-Fort Antonia	71-Colonnade Column
3c-Photos	20-David's Palace	37-Western Wall	55-Phasael Tower
3d-Silwan	21-Temple Mount	38-West Wall Tunnel	56-Struthion Pool
4-The Walls Today	22-Solomon's Walls	39-Mikvah, Ritual Baths	57-Gethsemane
5-The Gates Today	23-Solomon's Quarries	40-The Large Mikvah	58-Tombs in Hinnom	Miscellaneous
6-Archaeology Periods	24-Broad Wall	41-Wilson's Arch	59-Jerusalem Tombs	Archaeological Finds
7-Archaeology History	25-Hezekiah's Tunnel	42-Warren's Gate	Gentile Period	Jason's Tomb
8-Old Ancient Core	26-Middle Gate	43-Barclay's Gate	60-Ecce Homo	Lazarus' Tomb
9-Kidron Valley	27-Nehemiah's Wall	44-Robinson's Arch	61-Roman Inscription	Tomb of David
10-Central Valley	Hasmonean	45-Western Wall Street	62-Cardo Maximus	Via Dolorosa
11-Hinnom Valley	28-Walls and Towers	46-Western Wall Shops	63-Roman Road	Bazaars
12-Mount of Olives	29-Aqueduct	47-South Temple Wall	64-Nea Church	Hezekiah's Pool
13-Mount Moriah	30-Acra	48-Archaeology Park	65-Al Aqsa Mosque	Lachish and Assyria
14-Western Hill Mt Zion	31-Temple Mount	49-Siloam Road	66-Dome of the Rock	.Ancient Artifacts, Period Pieces
15-Ophel	32-Tombs in Kidron	50-Siloam Pool	67-Temple Mount

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12- Mount of Olives

The Mount of Olives is a two-mile long ridge, or foot hill, with three summits on it. Just to the east of the Mount of Olives is the wilderness (i.e., desert)
that leads down to Jericho and the Jordan Valley. It is named after the groves of olive trees that grew there in the Old and New Testament times.

David ascended the Mount of Olives when he fled from his son Absalom (2 Samuel 15:30), and Solomon built temples for foreign gods there on what is
called the “Hill of Corruption” in 2 Kings 23:13.

Details of several of Jesus’ activities on the Mount of Olives are recorded in the gospels. This has led to numerous churches being built on these “holy”
sites from the time of the Byzantine Empire in the early days of the church. When Jesus was in Jerusalem he often stayed in Bethany, a village on the
east side of the Mount of Olives, about a two-mile walk southwest of Jerusalem. The walk from Jerusalem to Bethany took Jesus through Gethsemane
and straight up to the summit of the Mount of Olives (then along the ridge), which is today a modern road to Bethphage. Following another ridge, the road
then leads into Bethany. It is believed that the Jewish Messiah will appear on the Mount of Olives. This belief has led centuries of Jews dating back to
the Old Testament to place their graves here.

On that day his feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, east of Jerusalem, and the Mount of Olives
will be split in two from east to west, forming a great valley. - Zechariah 14:4

The three summits of the Mount of Olives can be seen.

The glory of the Lord went up from within the city and stopped above the mountain east of it. - Ezekiel 11:23

Then the man brought me to the gate facing east, and I saw the glory of the God of Israel coming from the east. - Ezekiel 43:1, 2

Jesus seemed to accept this teaching and testified to it by ascending back into heaven from the Mount of Olives. His ascension was followed by the confirming
statement of the angels that Jesus would return the same way he left.

When he had led them out to the vicinity of Bethany, he lifted up his hands and blessed them.While he was blessing them, he left them and was
taken up into heaven. - Luke 24:50

After he said this, he was taken up before their very eyes, and a cloud hid him from their sight. They were looking intently up into the sky as he
was going, when suddenly to men dressed in white stood beside them. “Men of Galilee,” they said, “why do you stand here looking into the sky? This
same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you have seen him go into heaven.” Then they returned to
Jerusalem from the hill called the Mount of Olives. - Acts 1:9-12

Considering this information,

the support of Old Testament prophecy,
the confirmation of Jesus by his ascension, and
the words of the angels,

it is clear that Jesus, the Messiah, will return to the Mount of Olives and enter the new Temple in Jerusalem.

An ancient olive tree on the Mount of Olives in the Garden of Gethsemane.

View of Jewish graves on the west side of the Mount of Olives.

Looking down the west side of the Mount of Olives into the Kidron Valley.

Looking towards the east at the west side of the Mount of Olives.

Mount of Olives, three 3 summits

The three summits of the Mount of Olives as seen from the City of David south of the Old City Jerusalem across from Silwan and overlooking the Kidron Valley.

second and third summits of Mount of Olives, 2nd, 3rd, Mt.

The second and third summits of the Mount of Olives looking east from Jerusalem over the Kidron Valley

Third Summit 3rd Mount of Olives, mt.

The third summit (southern most summit) of the Mount of Olives looking east from Jerusalem over the Kidron Valley.

Looking NW from the third summit on the Mount of Olives at the High Place of Gibeon or Gibeah of God

Looking NW from the third summit on the Mount of Olives at the High Place at Gibeon (Gibeah of God) and at the East Wall of the Old City Jerusalem

Toni looking west from the Mount of Olives

Toni on the 3rd summit (most southern of the three summits) looking over the Kidron Valley at the East Wall of Jerusalem and the Temple Mount. The High Place at Gibeon is to the NW. Also, the Church of the Holy Sepulchre can be seen.

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