Day 07 - Jerusalem: Hezekiah's Tunnel, Western Wall, Davidson Center, Southern Steps, Model of Jerusalem, Yad Vashem

Today is our second to the last day in Israel and we begin exploring Jerusalem and for some of us, we made our way through Hezekiah‘s tunnel. This was an amazing tunnel that Harod made to reroute the water into the city.

We then spent some time walking around Jerusalem. We spent some time on the Herodian Street and thought about the trumpeter who would blow his trumpet at 9 AM at 3 PM for the sacrifices. Did Jesus hear this as a young boy and think "I will be that sacrifice"?

We then were able to visit the Western Wall and put a prayer in the wall. Next, we walked to the southern steps where we think Pentecost took place. We read the Psalms of Ascent (120-134) and took a step up for each of the songs.

Next, we spent a few moments at the Jerusalem Museum walking around the model which is 1/50 of the scale of the real city. Seeing this model gave us a deeper perspective of the city of Jerusalem.

After the model, we then ended this day at the Yad Vashem Museum (The Holocaust Museum). Visiting this Museum left an impact on all of us.

One of our younger group participants writes this about our day:

"Today, we started at Hezekiah‘s tunnel. I was a little bit nervous before I went in there, but it ended up being a lot of fun. The water was almost up to my waist in some areas and it got really tight in some spots. It was really crazy to think that someone many years ago dug that tunnel. Especially because it took us about 20 minutes just to walk through it. After, we went to the Davidson Center where we got to see the Southern Steps. It was one of the craziest things to see on this strip, knowing that Jesus Christ most likely walked there. I really enjoyed seeing my whole family learning about the Holy Land and talking about Christ and his life here."