Jesus’ plan was never to stay here. It was always to leave us and to leave us with all we needed. Today we visited sites that reminded us of this. We started in the Garden Tomb – an alternate site of Calvary/burial. We shared Communion, it was beautiful and great!

We left from there and remembered the timeline we discussed in Galilee – Jesus rose in Jerusalem, met with the disciples, told them to meet Him in Galilee, reinstated Peter and returned to Jerusalem with them. They had to have been thinking He was about to establish the kingdom. Yet He had better plans. He was going to leave and leave us His Spirit – we have all we need to live like Jesus did! After another quick teaching time on the Mt of Olives, we considered His ascension.

We then ended on the original southern steps of the Temple and remembered how the church began – Peter filled with the Spirit boldly proclaimed Christ and 3000 followed Jesus and were baptized that day!

We were done! After a pizza, some cards and some final shopping, we are coming home! On our way to the plane now.