Australian visitor to Israel, Avir is pictured looking over to Jerusalem. You can see the graves in the foreground. The Mt. of Olives has always been an important feature in Jerusalem’s landscape
Within Judaism and Christianity, the Mt of Olives plays an important role in the return of the Messiah, King of Kings.
From the 3rd millennium B.C. until the present, this 885 metre hill has served as one of the main burial grounds for the city. The 3200 metre long ridge has three summits each of which has a tower built on it. At the bottom of the slope is the Garden of Gethsemane.
Zechariah 14:4
On that day Messiah’s feet will stand
on the Mount of Olives,
which lies to the east of Yerushalayim; (Jerusalem)