So before January 4, 2011, I knew nothing to little about Jerusalem. I didn’t even know that there are three faiths residing in Jerusalem. No only is there Judaism but also Christianity and Islamic! Who knew!? Also, I knew Jerusalem was a place, I just didn’t know what was so special about it. I mean really, when I learned there was no direct water sources or trade routes for the city it just didn’t seem to make sense. It’s not in a very populated area except for the Holy City its self. Sure it’s cool that it’s well protected being on a hill and everything but that just adds to the seclusion of the city.
However, after the second lecture in class I learned a lot about the geographic significance and other interesting stuff. Like the city is the shape of the Star Trek Spock hand sign (live long and prosper) upside down with the palm facing you. So it isn’t exactly the same hand sign but it’s a good little trick to look at the land shape. Also they have a spring that goes directly into the city (Gihon Spring) that directly fed fresh water to the city. The old architecture of it was pretty cool. Push there are these shrines (Solomon’s Temple, Holy of Holies, dome of the Rock), special quotes from the Bible (Genesis:2, Ezekiel 47, Revelation 22) suggesting the Holiness of the city. Plus the J-man (Jesus) did some cool stuff in that area.
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