Jerusalem: Church of the Holy Sepulchre

‎Jerusalem. Only the right hand door of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre is open. The left side was blocked up by the Sultan Saladin. The church has a fascinating history, beginning in the 4th century. In 326 A.D. St. Helena, mother of Constantine, the first Christian Emperor, visited Jerusalem, following a dream, in which the remains of the True Cross were revealed to her in the place known as Golgotha, a Roman crucifixion site and the place of Jesus’ burial and Resurrection. In 135 A.D. the Roman Emperor Hadrian had erected an altar to Venus on this spot. Following his mother’s revelations, Constantine the Great built a large basilica, the Martyrium (witness in English). Constantine’s basilica was destroyed in the 7th century, and later rebuilt by the Crusaders in the Romanesque style. Most of the church standing today is from that period.

Furnishings of the Tabernacle

Furnishings of the Tabernacle . ‎The book of Exodus details the construction of the tabernacle and its furnishings. As Yahweh’s sanctuary, the tabernacle served as God’s dwelling place among the Israelites—the expression of the covenant between Yahweh and His people ( Exod 25:8–9 ).

A Threshing Floor

A Threshing Floor In the ancient world, farmers used threshing floors to separate grain from its inedible husk (chaff) by beating it with a flail or walking animals on it—sometimes while towing a threshing sledge. Sledges were fitted with flint teeth to dehusk the grain more quickly. Other workers would turn the grain over so that it would be evenly threshed by the sledge.

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