No experience quite equals that of viewing the old walled city of Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives, especially for the first time.
Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy palaces.
Jerusalem is uniquely different. It stands absolutely alone among all the cities of the earth. To our knowledge the Lord Jesus visited Jerusalem only seven times. Yet with all the city's earthly charm, Jesus wept over it. He saw the shallowness of its people and he knew that an impending judgment was soon to be poured out on it for its spiritual apostasy.