Oh, Jerusalem!

“Jerusalem is an eternal city,” Engineer Andronicus Asyncritus told his fellow passengers in the 12-seater van which was taking them to Bethlehem first, and then to Jerusalem.

Gene was sitting beside the driver.

“What do you know about the city of Jerusalem?” Engineer Asyncritus asked Gene.

“Not much, Sir. I only read about Jerusalem from the Bible,” Gene replied.

“That’s good. It’s good that you read the Bible. It is the Word of God, and you should read it for your daily spiritual nourishment. I read the Bible as soon as I know how to read because my parents were Bible-believing Christians. They encouraged me and my brother to read the Bible even when we were still in primary school,” Engineer Asyncritus said.

“Jerusalem was settled in 3500 B.C. It is a plateau on the Judean Mountains. Jerusalem was first situated on the Ophel above the Gihon Spring. In the 19th Century B.C., Jerusalem was mentioned as Rusalimum in the Egyptian Execration Texts. In the 14th century B.C., Jerusalem appeared in the diplomatic correspondence in what they call Amarna letters. Jerusalem was called Urusalim then," Engineer Andronicus Asyncritus explained.