Behold, the Bridegroom!
A Photo-Journal of our Trip to the Holy Land

 

“Then the kingdom of heaven shall be compared to ten maidens who took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom. Five of them were foolish, and five were wise. For when the foolish took their lamps, they took no oil with them; but the wise took flasks of oil with their lamps.  As the bridegroom was delayed, they all slumbered and slept. But at midnight there was a cry, ‘Behold, the bridegroom! Come out to meet him.’ Then all those maidens rose and trimmed their lamps. (Matt 25:1-7)

The cry, “Behold, the Bridegroom” will have its ultimate eschatological fulfillment on that “great and terrible day of the Lord” (Malachi 4:5), but before that day comes we may still behold our Bridegroom in the Holy Scripture, in worship, in the sacraments, in one another, and sometimes He may call us to “come out to meet him.”  Jan and I were given this opportunity when we took a pilgrimage to the Holy Land.  This Photo-Journal records our “coming out to meet” the Bridegroom.  This pilgrimage and the preparation of this Photo-Journal has been an experience of meeting Him, and in seeing Him our hope is that we, as part of His Bride, will become more like Him (1John 3:2).  We are sharing this Photo-Journal with you with this same hope that this blesses you as we all wait, with lamps trimmed, for the return of the Bridegroom.

 

Volume I: From (A)nne to (Z)acchaeus

1. Behold the Bridegroom: An Introduction 9. Journeying with Jesus in the Wilderness 17. More Miracles and Teaching in Galilee
2. The Basilica of Saint Anne, Jerusalem 10. Jesus and the Wedding Feast at Cana 18. Simon Peter #1
3. The Basilica of the Annunciation, Nazareth 11. Between Cana and the Mount of Precipice 19. Church of the Transfiguration
4. The Church of Saint Joseph, Nazareth 12. Jesus at Mount Precipice 20. Jesus Celebrates Tabernacles and Hanukkah
5. The Church of Saint John the Baptist, Ein Kerem 13. Jesus Returns to Galilee and Caper'na-um 21. The Pater Noster Church in Jerusalem
6. Church of the Visitation, Ein Kerem 14. Jesus Returns to Jerusalem for Passover 22. Mary, Martha, & Lazarus Friends of Jesus
7. The Nativity of our Lord 15. The Sermon on the Mount 23. While on His Way to Jerusalem...Passover
8. At the Jordan River with John the Baptist 16. Jesus' Miracles and Teaching in Galilee  

 

Volume II: Holy Week and Beyond
24. Palm Sunday    
25. Holy Monday    
26. Holy Tuesday    
27. Holy Wednesday    
28. Nisan 14-The Last Supper    
     

 

Excerpts From Volume I of Behold the Bridegroom
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     

 

Excerpts From Volume II of Behold the Bridegroom
  28. Nisan 14-The Last Supper  
 

28a. Introduction: The Betrothal of the Bride and the Lamb

 
  28b. Water in the Passover Seder, the Eyrusin Ceremony, and the Liturgy  
  28c. I Go to Prepard a Place for You  
     
     
     
     
     
     

 

 

 

 

 

 

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