By His Stripes Ministry

08/29/2026

The Pool of Bethesda was a large pool complex in ancient Jerusalem, just north of the Temple Mount, It is especially important because of John 5:1–9, where Jesus healed a man who had been unable to walk for 38 years.

John describes Bethesda as being near the Sheep Gate and having five covered colonnades or porticoes:

North side — 1 porch
South side — 1 porch
East side — 1 porch
West side — 1 porch
Middle dividing wall — 1 porch

That gives us five covered colonnades, or porches.

Now imagine entering the shade beneath those columns.

John tells us:

“In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt, withered…” — John 5:3

There would have been many sick and disabled people lying beneath these covered areas, protected somewhat from Jerusalem’s sun.

Some could not see.
Some could not walk.
Some had debilitating illnesses.

Here is where Jesus decides to spend his day of Shabbat and heal not only the lame man but everyone that saw it and is still healing those today who hear it and believe. Hallelujah!

Now when the tour guide took us to this place and said, this is the pool of Bethesda where Jesus healed the lame man. I didn’t understand, since this looked nothing like a pool. But once you understand that when you visit Bethesda today, you’re essentially looking down through layers of Jerusalem’s history: the pools associated with the time of Jesus below, followed by Roman development, Byzantine Christian construction, Crusader construction, and the surviving medieval time Church. It’s all made clear.

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08/22/2026

Cada Página de esta celebración refleja una sola Verdad: Dios ha sido Fiel.
Gracias por tu fidelidad en estos cinco años del club de lectura.

08/10/2026

The Eastern Golden Gate

The gate is located in the eastern wall of the Old City/Temple Mount, directly facing the Mount of Olives across the Kidron Valley. It is the only one of Jerusalem’s eight Old City gates that remains completely sealed; the other seven are in regular use.

The reason this gate is so important to biblical prophecy is its connection with Ezekiel.

In Ezekiel 44:1–2, Ezekiel says:

“This gate shall be shut; it shall not be opened, and no man shall enter in by it; because the LORD, the God of Israel, has entered in by it…”

Then in Ezekiel 43:1–5, Ezekiel sees the glory of the LORD returning from the east, coming toward the Temple.

And notice the geography: the Mount of Olives is immediately east of Jerusalem, directly in front of the Eastern Gate.

There is another remarkable passage in Zechariah 14:4:

“And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives…”

So, biblically, you have this sequence:

Mount of Olives → Kidron Valley → Eastern Gate → Temple

That is why the view from the Mount of Olives is so significant in biblical prophecy.

The Triumphal Entry, when Jesus rode into Jerusalem on a donkey, on Shabbat on the 10th day of the First Month is traditionally associated with entering through or approaching the Eastern Gate/Golden Gate.

The Gospels say Jesus came from the direction of Bethany and the Mount of Olives, then entered Jerusalem riding a donkey:

* Matthew 21:1–10
* Mark 11:1–11
* Luke 19:29–44
* John 12:12–19

Zechariah 9:9 says the King would come to Jerusalem “riding on a donkey.

This sight is so profound to me…
The Muslims built a cemetery and shut it closed so that the prophecy of Yeshua HaMashiach Coming Back will not happen. But still yet, By shutting it closed, they actually fulfilled the prophecies that were written in the scriptures.

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08/10/2026

Una Pijamada con Jesús

Una noche llena de Bendiciones, enseñanzas y Promesas.
Si aún no has tenido una; te invito a que seas parte de nuestra próxima Pijamada con Jesús.

07/13/2026

Welcome to the Temple Mount, one of the most significant places in the Bible.”

This mountain is traditionally identified as Mount Moriah, where Abraham was willing to sacrifice Isaac in Genesis 22. At the last moment, God provided a ram, foreshadowing Jesus Christ—the Lamb of God who would one day die in our place.

About a thousand years later, King David purchased this very site after a plague struck Israel. He built an altar here, and God accepted his sacrifice. David’s son, Solomon, later built the First Temple on this mountain, making it the center of Israel’s worship.

The Temple housed the Holy of Holies, where God’s presence dwelt above the Ark of the Covenant. Only the high priest could enter, and only once a year on the Day of Atonement.

After Solomon’s Temple was destroyed by Babylon, the Jews returned from exile and built the Second Temple, which Herod the Great later enlarged. This is the Temple Jesus knew. He taught here, healed here, and declared that He was greater than the Temple itself.

Every part of the Temple pointed to Christ—the sacrifices, the priests, the altar, and the Passover lamb all anticipated His perfect sacrifice.

When Jesus died on the cross, the veil separating the Holy of Holies was torn from top to bottom, showing that through Him, direct access to God was now available.

In AD 70, the Romans destroyed the Temple, just as Jesus had foretold. Today, the Dome of the Rock and the Al-Aqsa Mosque stand on this platform.

As we stand here, remember that this place tells one story: God’s plan of redemption. From Abraham’s altar to Solomon’s Temple, from the sacrifices to the cross, everything on this mountain ultimately points to Jesus Christ.

As I walked on Holy Ground
I could envision where the Temple stood and what it must have been like to be a priest entering the Holy palace and Holy of Holies. Foreshadowing the Messiah Yeshua.

I play this role in my head since I know today that we the children of God are a royal priesthood to the temple (body) that God gave each of us.

1 Peter 2:9:
But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people.

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06/29/2026

Welcome to the Upper Room!
located on Mount Zion in Jerusalem.

Jesus gathered with His twelve disciples to celebrate the Passover meal.

Yeshua
* Washed the disciples’ feet (showing true servant leadership).
* Revealed that one of them would betray Him.
* Instituted the bread and the cup as symbols of the New Covenant.
* Spoke His farewell teachings found in John 13–17.
* Prayed what is often called His High Priestly Prayer.

After the Resurrection

The Upper Room appears again after Jesus rose from the dead.

The disciples gathered behind locked doors because they feared the authorities. Suddenly, Jesus stood among them saying,

“Peace be with you.”

Here He showed them His hands and His side, proving that He had truly risen.

A week later, Thomas was present when Jesus again appeared, inviting him to touch His wounds.

In Acts Chapter 2, the disciples were gathered together when suddenly the sound of a mighty rushing wind filled the house. Tongues like fire rested on each of them, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit. They began speaking in other languages, allowing pilgrims from many Jewish nations in Jerusalem to hear the mighty works of God in their own native tongues. Peter then preached that Jesus is the promised Messiah, and about 3,000 people believed, were baptized, and became part of the first Christian church.”

As I was walking up the steps, I was reliving the Bible in my head. I saw myself as the disciple that came to Jerusalem to seek the presence of the Holy Spirit. And on this trip I have been so filled and revelation that expanded tremendously. We all gathered in the upper room closed our eyes and began praying in Tongues. The worker came up stairs to tell our tour guide to stop us because it was loud and not aloud. And our tour guide told him, You stop them. But he could not and left.

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06/24/2026

I was interviewed on the Woke and LGBTQ movement.

I pray that this message will bless you.

With Special Guests John Padilla (By His Stripes) and Asaad F***j (...

06/16/2026

On this tour that you are spiritually taking with me. Imagine that we are standing together in the prayer plaza before the ancient stones of the Western Wall.

“Friends, before us stands one of the most revered sites. These massive stones are part of the retaining wall built during the reign of Herod the Great nearly 2,000 years ago. Above us once stood the magnificent Second Temple, the center of Jewish worship until its destruction by the Romans in 70 AD.

Now, we’re about to enter a place that most visitors never fully experience—the Western Wall Tunnels.”

As we descend beneath the modern city streets, the noise of Jerusalem fades away. The air becomes cooler. The stone passageways narrow, and suddenly we find ourselves walking alongside the original western retaining wall of the Temple Mount.

“Look closely at these stones. Some of the lower courses you see here were laid during Herod’s construction project. Many weigh several tons. One stone ahead, often called the Western Stone, is among the largest building stones ever used in antiquity. It is over 40 feet long and weighs hundreds of tons.”

The tunnel follows the length of the wall hidden underground for centuries.

“As we continue, imagine Jerusalem in the first century. Above our heads were bustling streets filled with pilgrims arriving for Passover, Shavuot, and Sukkot. Priests moved about the Temple courts. Sacrifices were offered. The sound of shofars echoed across the city.”

We stop at a small synagogue built within the tunnels.

“This location is believed to be one of the closest publicly accessible points to where the Holy of Holies once stood. For many worshippers, praying here carries profound spiritual significance because of its proximity to the most sacred area of the Temple.”

Farther along, ancient arches appear overhead.

“These are remnants of Roman and later-period construction. The layers of Jerusalem’s history surround us. Above us are homes, streets, and buildings from many different centuries, yet beneath them lies the Jerusalem of the Bible.”

We arrive at an ancient water system.

“Water was life in Jerusalem. These channels and reservoirs helped sustain the city and accommodated the vast crowds that came to worship during the biblical festivals.”

I was marveled in amazement to be seeing and touching these walls.

You see the Temple here on earth was a temporary illustration of an eternal Tabernacle that is in Heaven. Where Jesus took his own blood as the High Priest and the Sacrificial Lamb and finished the redemption once and for all. It is important that we understand the sacrificial system because it gives us so much detail in what the price of our sins entailed and everything that Christ died for and did for us after he had gone up to heaven in our behalf as the First Fruit offering.

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06/09/2026

The greatest gift of life is friendship, and I have received it.

Gracias por ser tan especiales conmigo y ayudarme a creer que la vida es mejor con ustedes en ella.
Las quiero y le pido a Dios que continuemos celebrando momentos juntas.
Amistad y Amor!

Green color and Plants

06/06/2026

Abril es un mes de Primavera, donde celebramos la vida de tres Mujeres Maravillosas; llenas de energía y de brillo único. Felicidades en sus días de cumpleaños y pedimos al padre que las cuide, que guarde sus corazones y las llene cada día más de su Amor, Sabiduría, principios Visión Y Propósito.