Israel is filled with museums and special places of interest. Following our visit to Yad Vashem, we visited two more significant sights: the model city of Jerusalem and the Shrine of the Book.

The model city (pictured above) is a replica of what Jerusalem might have looked like in Jesus’ day. Complete with Temple Mount and the Temple of that era, one gets a very good perspective of exactly how the Holy City was arranged back then. Understanding the location of holy sights, as well as the cardo and other civic elements of society are important in picturing Biblical accounts.

The nearby Shrine of the Book houses the scroll of Isaiah and other Dead Sea Scrolls found in the caves of Qumran in the 1940’s. Miraculously, God preserved His Word in a very unique way and this museum is filled with artifacts relating to the Dead Sea scrolls. Outside the sunken shrine is what looks like a white Hershey’s kiss. It represents the lid of an earthen vessel in which the scrolls were found.

Very close and in view from the Shrine of the Book is the Israeli Knesset (parliament building) and Supreme Court. You will see pictures of those in the post below.

Take a look…