Nativity Church

I am like an olive tree flourishing in the house of God; I trust in God's unfailing love for ever and ever, Psalm 52:8

Name: Jesus Praying under the Olive Tree

Detail: This work of faith and inspiration sees Jesus praying under the olive Tree on the Jerusalem rock like he did before his crucifixion.

Both Jesus and the olive tree are hand carved in Bethlehem by the patient hands of the very skilled Bethlehem Bible Artists a group of a very talented artists in the city of Bethlehem

The Wood

"The Wood is from the tree of life, those who embrace her; those who lay hold of her will be blessed." Proverbs 3:18

Carved from the Trimmings that come from the Bethlehem olive trees an essential process for a healthier growth for the trees and to generate environmental stability. So NO TREE IS DAMAGED OR DESTROYED IN THE PROCESS.

THE ROCK

Bethlehem Bible Artists placed a Jerusalem stone upon his feet to symbolize the Jerusalem rock that Jesus prayed on and the Jerusalem's stones that bear silent witness to mystery of Christ in Jerusalem.

This stone is the same color as the Holy city of Jerusalem. By seeing the stone you are able to be a witness to the beautiful nature of the city of the crucifixion and the resurrection.

Size: 4''Height x5'' Wide

His branches shall spread, and His beauty shall be as the olive tree"...(Hosea 14:6)

"Out of the ground, the Lord God made to grow every tree that is pleasant for the sight and good for food, the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil." Genesis 2:9"

O gnarled and ancient olive tree

Holy Land Olive Trees

Were you a witness of my Savior's grief,

And did those boughs,

Outreaching,

Give him shelter there

As though they understood -

As though

they would have hid from eyes

that stare

The awful anguish

of His prayer ?

I wonder , -

Did those thirsty roots

drink of the sweat

that dripped

from Him like blood ?

Did every twig

and ash-grey leaf

and swelling bud

and ripening fruit

and sturdy trunk

and coat of bark

the very wood -

feel with intensity

The sorrow

of Jesus the Prince of Peace?

The olive tree that Jesus prayed under in his way to Jerusalem before his crucifixion is still living and bearing fruits till this day and it is now a tourist attraction where Christians of all domination who come to the Holy Land visit and pray under.

And I pray that Christ will be more in your hearts as you trust in him. May your roots go down deep into the soil (Ephesians 3:17)