My Trip To The "Holy Land": The Wailing Wall

The most holy place in the world for the Jew is the Wailing Wall, or the Kotel. It is such because it is the remains of the Western wall of the 2nd Temple. It was built for the Jewish people by Herod the Great and stood from around 516 B.C. to 70 A.D. when it was destroyed, as prophesied by Jesus. The Western wall of the Temple would have been the closest in proximity to where the Holy of Holies was located in the time which it stood. Because of this the Jewish people come from all over the world to pray at the Wailing Wall deeming it a Holy place. It was an incredible sight to see. It is crazy that at one time the presence of God dwelt right there near that very spot, furthermore, it is crazy that the Word of God in flesh walked upon those very grounds. I am glad though that because God did come and dwell among us that I do not need a wall to visit to get into His presence, but that His Holy Spirit dwells within me. I am glad that the curtain that once hung in that Temple separating man from the Holy of Holies was torn into (Luke 23:45), and now all can come into the presence of God through the Person of Jesus!