Mount of Olives: The Suffering and Glory of the Messiah

We associate the Mount of Olives with Jesus. It’s where, immediately after the last supper, in the Garden of Gethsemane, he prayed to his Father and was later arrested. He went there regularly with his disciples, and often spent the night there (John 18:2; Luke 21:37). But why the Mount of Olives? It wasn’t just because it was conveniently located a few hundred metres east of Jerusalem. Jesus knew its history, and he knew the lessons it taught.

David’s darkest day

One thousand years before his...