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Jerusalem, the Holy City

… “He who has not seen the Temple of Herod has never seen a beautiful building” [1] Figure 1. View of Temple Mount in Virtual New Testament App (facing west-southwest). … around much of its perimeter, including the Mount of Olives directly to the east. The following image, taken from …

Peter and the Restored Priesthood

… [2] It had been an eventful year since. The translation of the Book of Mormon had ended, and printing had begun. Meanwhile, Joseph and Oliver Cowdery, both mindful of a promise they had received … still not received a full account of what happened on the Mount (see D&C 63:20–23). The same revelation promised that …

Palm Sunday

… heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, Took branches of palm trees, and went forth to meet him, and cried, … tree branches as he descended the symbolically significant Mount of Olives. Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf, a member of the Quorum of …

The Jerusalem Center for Near Eastern Studies: Reflections of a Modern Pioneer

… David B. Galbraith. Courtesy of Blair G. Van Dyke. In the history of the Church in the … a five-and-a-half-acre plot of ground in the heart of the Mount of Olives to honor your Orson Hyde?” And on the basis of my …

Messianism and Jewish Messiahs in the New Testament Period

… including Latter-day Saints, associate a litany of notions, implications, and expectations with these titles. … followers the holy vessels that Moses supposedly buried on Mount Gerizim. Pilate and his infantry attacked the group, … Egyptian prophet gathered a large group on the Mount of Olives. He claimed that Jerusalem’s walls would fall on his …

Autumn, Olives, and the Atonement

… Autumn is a magnificent time of the year in the Holy Land for many reasons. The intense … that when Gideon’s youngest son, Jotham, climbed Mount Gerizim and proclaimed a parable to the citizens of … in the daily life of Israel. The oil from the fruit (the olives) was used for cooking, lighting, medicine, …

The Holy Land, June 1896–July 1896

… As I sat alone upon the top of the ruined walls of the ancient castle at Tiberias and … Haifa, situated at the foot and on the north slope of Mount Carmel, appeared most picturesque and pleasing to the … glimpse of the Holy City; but particularly the Mount of Olives, on which the Russian Greeks have built a high tower, …

Orson Hyde: A Life of Lessons Learned

… The life of Orson Hyde is explained best with the backdrop of … three years before the day that he would ascend the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem and dedicate that land for the return of …

Chapter 42 (1896—continued)

… From Nazareth to Jerusalem—Nablous—Samaria—The Mount of Olives—Jerusalem and Vicinity. At 2:30 p. m. on July 4, 1896, …

The Old Testament and Easter

… one that is often based on, or follows, the reading of a scriptural text. This sermon meets that definition. Some … the Holy City. They walk from east to west—up over the Mount of Olives, down the Qidron Valley, past the traditional location …