Today we started with a tour and a service at the Garden Tomb. We learned that the exact location is really not known, but that there is great evidence that the death, burial and resurrection actually took place right where we were. The site was located right outside of the Damascus Gate of the Old City. The Romans used this areas as a rock quarry for building on the Temple Mount. We know the Romans liked to crucify people in a public place, near a major road. Also on a side of the quarry there looked to be a skull formed in the natural rock. This was another clue. We also know that the tomb was not far from Calvary. The Garden Tomb was near located in a garden. We also know that the Tomb was new, carved out of stone. The Garden Tomb was new, even to the point that it had an empty space next to the place where Jesus laid. There was also a cross with the letters alpha and omega painted in the tomb.
There was much evidence that this was the place, but the greatest reality of the tomb is...It is empty! Our Savior lives and because of that we live.
After the tomb we loaded on the bus for a 6 hour ride south to Eilat. Tonight we rest in comfort at the Queen of Sheba Hilton in Eilat Israel. tomorrow we head into Jordan to visit Petra.
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