I am serious. And don't call me Shirley.: Once, In Royal David's City

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Once, In Royal David's City

Beifuss and I stoked for this movie.

So, its that time of week again. Yes, my JC Comrades and I took another little field trip, this time we didn’t go far, just down the valley to the ancient City of David, Salem, Ancient Jerusalem etc... It is a common misconception that Bethlehem is the City of David, this is incorrect. Bethlehem is only referred to as the City of David once. The city of David is Jerusalem..This is the Jerusalem that Nephi and Lehi would have lived in, this is where David reigned from, Solomon, Hezekiah and a lot of other kings that I’m not about to try and write down. So Monday morning came, I packed my little backpack with a towel, put on a swimsuit underneath my pants, and donned my watersocks. We made our way to the visitors center where we were all treated to a fantastically produced 3D movie

Me and the ancient toile

Madi and I inside, ready to go.

Men, being men.

about the history of the city, and of course flying doves, because what Israeli 3D movie would be complete without doves flying at your face. My favorite feature was the sound system throughout the park that had subtle harp music playing, yes folks, I heard that secret chord that David played, you know, the one that pleased the Lord. We saw the ancient Millo, its a big stone structure that used to hold up David’s palace. Also seen here is an ancient toilet seat with two holes, what the ancients called one and two. After seeing all those rocks, we went to the main attraction, Hezekiah’s tunnel. This is a giant underground tunnel that King Hezekiah built as a means to protect the water from the Gihon springs, as well as provide the growing city of Jerusalem with water. Now its just a big tourist attraction, and rightly so. It was a blast to walk through this dark ancient tunnel getting wet, making creepy noises and splashing around. The tunnel ends up in the pool of siloam, here we had a quick, but wonderful devotional. This is the site where Jesus healed the blind man in John 9:7.