I recently returned home from a trip to the Holy Land.

As can be expected, it was a really powerful experience to set foot on sacred sites that

have been part of scriptural history for thousands of years.

Of all the sacred places that I saw, one of my most meaningful experiences that I had

while on that trip was while visiting a cave.

Now you might be thinking that I'm talking about visiting a cave where Jesus may have

been born, or to a cave where the Savior may have been entombed after his death on

the cross.

Although I went to both of those places, that's not the cave that I'm talking about

right now.

This cave is across the Kidron Valley, outside the old walls of Jerusalem.

It's on the Mount of Olives, across the street from the famous church of all nations, and

the ancient olive trees of the Garden of Guessemini.

Having a little sign with an arrow that says, to the grotto, I descended some stairs,

made a right turn, and entered into a cave with a Latin inscription above its doorway

in red that says, Guessemini.

Now as you likely know, the word Guessemini means oil press.

And thanks to some archaeological research which I had read, I knew I was entering a cave

where olive oil was processed and pressed from the olive trees in the Garden during the

time of Christ.

I had a profound experience there, as my mind's eye took me back to what that cave may have

looked like in 1st century Jerusalem, and what may have happened in the very place where

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