Jerusalem’s Shut Gate
Jerusalem is often called the Walled City. Why? Because the Old City is surrounded by a wall, most of which was built by the Turks ,often on remnants of older walls. The wall is punctured by eight gates. After a verbous description of each gate the official Israeli tour guide book (the kind you pick up as you walk through customs) concludes with this brief line: Closed gates include The Western Gate, the Chain Gate, and the Gate of Forgiveness. Come on guys!!!!!! Or, is it just me?
UPDATE 15 MARCH
Today I read that this gate is also called ‘The Gate Of Mercy’ or ‘The Golden Gate’. The word ‘Golden’ refers to the colour of the stone that was used to close over the gate. Two other interesting points.
1] The gate was sealed by the Turks.
2] Jewish tradition hold that the Messiah will enter Jerusalem through this gate.
(I will leave you good folk to draw your own conclusions.)
