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Show The Holy Land 235 Book of Mormon peoples, the Nephites and the Lamanites. Thus, from Jerusalem sprang the Book of Mormon saga. Jerusalem was the scene of important events in Jesus' min istry. He taught and performed miracles there. No place was more holy to his followers than the temple, which Jesus consid ered the legitimate sanctuary of God. In an upper room of a house in Jerusalem Jesus celebrated the Passover with his apos tles, instituted the Sacrament, gave special meaning to the wash ing of feet, and revealed who would betray him. In Gethsemane and on Golgotha Jesus accomplished the most selfless suffering in history. Jerusalem offered many places to visit-so much local atmos phere to absorb: flock (sheep) gate, St. Stephen's Gate, Bethesda Pool, Hill of Evil Counsel (decision to destroy Christ), the spot of Judas's hanging, Potters Field, Crusaders' Hospital, Mount Moriah (Solomon's Temple), Pool of Siloam (where Jesus healed the man with palsy), Via Dolorosa (the way of the cross), the Upper Room, Caiaphas's Place, Chapel of Condemnation, the Garden Tomb, Place of the Skull (Golgotha or Calvary). Just as she had been as a young woman at the Sacred Grove near Palmyra, New York, where Joseph Smith beheld his First Vision, Madelyn was especially affected by visiting the Mount of Olives, the traditional location of the Garden of Gethsemane (Hebrew for oil press), where Jesus prayed in lonely anguish just before his betrayal and arrest. The two places that most affected Madelyn were the Mosque of Omar, as the Dome of the Rock was often called, and the wailing wall. The magnificent mosque, built in 691 A.D. on the site of the Jewish temple, had exquisite proportions and won derful beauty. The stained-glass windows displayed intense and glowing colors. The Wailing Wall or Western Wall is a remnant of the temple and the site for the Jewish lamentation of the tem ple's destruction. In the northeast part of Jerusalem is Mount Zion, captured by King David. On this mount was built the temple, the resi dence of David, and other buildings, making it the center of Jewish national life and the symbol of Zionism. In the grove of Mount Zion is the Church of John the Baptist. |
