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| Looking Northeast from the Old City of Jerusalem |
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| Looking toward the Old City of Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives |
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| Old Olive Trees on the Mount of Olives (if they could only speak) |
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| More Olive Trees near the Top of the Mount of Olives |
Today Christians celebrate Jesus’ going up to the city of
Jerusalem. It is the beginning of Holy
Week. He was on his way from the area of
Bethany near the Mount of Olives toward the city, when he began to ride a colt
into Jerusalem. Matthew sees this as a
fulfillment of the prophet Zechariah 9:9 (Mt 21:4-5). In the Synoptic Gospels, Jesus is described
as coming in the name of the LORD, and as the Son of David, but Matthew adds
that he also is recognized as “the
prophet” (21:11). In the Gospels, Jesus is
understood as the Messiah—the “anointed one.”
He is headed up to the Temple, and its predecessor the Tabernacle was
also “anointed” (Ex 30:26-29; 40:9-12; Lev 8:10-11). So, do we have the anointed ones?
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