The Hill That Watched Jerusalem Die and Waits for Its Return

David crossed it barefoot and weeping. Ezekiel saw the glory of God rest on it. Zechariah prophesied that it would one day split in two and geologists confirm it sits directly on a fault line. Jesus prayed on it the night before his death, in a garden where ancient olive roots still grow. In this episode, we explore the Mount of Olives through its full biblical arc from 2 Samuel to Revelation while examining the Franciscan excavations that found first-century ossuaries bearing New Testament names, the DNA analysis of the Gethsemane olive trees, and what the oldest Jewish cemetery in continuous use tells us about two millennia of unbroken belief at this extraordinary location.