David's Tomb / Upper Room

Here lies what is traditionally believed to be David's Tomb. though no one can say for sure. Here, our group experienced the first seperat-ings of the male from female. the Males were allowed to enter the area to be closer to the coffin behind the veil, whereas the Females could only pray from outside the grill bars. It's interesting how there would still be people praying to David here. not surprising, but interesting.. :)



Then we went up to the UPPER ROOM, where we had a fabulous time of worship. even Moshe said he was very touched by our singing, and he's a Non-believer! hahaha.. very cute lah he, coz on the bus, he was telling us how he really loved the song we sang. the last 2 songs.


he started singing "worthy is the lamb"'s chorus.. and we were all yeah yeah..

the next morning, he told us once again how he was very touched by our singing, our sincerity and spirit. and he sang the other song.

"let us be the Lord God Almighty"

WAHAHAHA!!!!

for the longest time, he sang that line over and over again.

and for those who don't know, it's actually supposed to be

"blessed be the Lord God Almighty"!!!

what a difference his change of lyrics did the song..

so i came to 2 conclusions. firstly, i think he was honestly more ministered by worthy is the Lamb, but he dare not bring it up again, because he must have realised that the Lamb = JESUS, and he, not being a believer, would NEVER EVER confess such a thing! hahaha... but yet again, i could be wrong. because my 2nd conclusion is that Moshe doesn't really think about the lyrics he sings. coz it was forever till he realised what blasphemeous words he was singing. which was totally hilarious. seriously.


anyway, back to this place. this was also where the last supper was held. Mark 14:2

interestingly, Moshe told us that no man would ever carry a pitcher of water during the time of Jesus. usually it's the women who carry the water. so it's truly a "miracle". some people believe them to be essenes, or those who copied the dead sea scrolls, who believed in living life very similar to today's monks. very much like John the Baptist.


And also where the Holy Spirit came upon the disciples, Pentacost! Acts 2.

hallelujah for this precious gift!! =D