Jensens survey of the old testament adam 333
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Christianity were born there.
3 . Jerusalem.
Jerusalem
is
the
geographical heart of Christianity. It was the
Holy City in both Old and New Testament
times; it is a key city on the international
scene today; and all world history will
culminate there at the end of time, when
Christ is enthroned forever (Phil. 2:9-11).
Study Map G, Jerusalem In New
Testament Times,31 as you make the
following observations:
MAP G
Drawings after Dictionnaire de la Bible, V,
ed. F. Vigouroux, (c) Letouzey et Ané, Paris.
Reproduced from The New Bible Dictionary
(Inter-Varsity Press, London, 1962), by
permission of the Universities and Colleges
Christian Fellowship.
Note the following concerning the areas of
the temple:
1. Jewish laymen were admitted as far as
the Court of Israel.
2. Gentiles were allowed in the large
outer court, Court of the Gentiles,
which was not considered sacred
ground as such.
3. Jewish women might enter as far as
the Court of the Women. The treasury
was also located here (cf. Mark 12:41
—42.
4. The Priests’ Court, was reserved for
the priests and Levites, and here they
went about their services.
a. The original city of Jerusalem in Old
Testament times covered only the ridge
marked on this map as “City of David.”
b. In Jesus’ time the north wall of
Jerusalem was in the location of Hadrian’s
wall shown on the map. Soon after the
cruci xion, Agrippa I commenced building
the third wall in the north, which was never
completed before the Roman destruction of
