A  number of [Messianic prophecies](https://waynestiles.com/messianic-prophecies-change-a-life/) were fulfilled (and were made) on the Mount of Olives during the Passion Week of Jesus: * **Triumphal Entry**—Jesus [officially presented Himself](https://waynestiles.com/the-dominus-flevit-church-and-a-triumphal-entry-that-wasnt/) to Israel as the Messiah (on the very day prophecy predicted) when He rode into Jerusalem on the back of a donkey (Ps. 118:22, 25-26; Dan. 9:25; Zech. 9:9, 16; Matt. 21). * **Olivet Discourse**—After leaving the Second Temple for the final time and pronouncing judgment against Jerusalem, Jesus sat on the Mount of Olives with His disciples and explained prophecies that anticipated [His Second Coming](https://waynestiles.com/when-the-world-meets-jesus-again/) (Matt. 24-25). * **Betrayal and Abandonment**—On the same slope where His disciples had hailed Jesus as Messiah four days earlier, [Judas betrayed Him](https://waynestiles.com/good-friday-gives-your-shame-a-choice/) and all of them abandoned Him (Ps. 41:9; Zech. 13:7; Matt. 26:31; John 17:12). * **Ascension**— After His resurrection, Jesus gave the Great Commission to His disciples and then [He ascended to heaven](https://waynestiles.com/who-cares-about-the-ascension-of-jesus/) from the Mount of Olives (Acts 1:9-12). * **Second Coming**—The place of His going will be the place of His coming. Just as Zechariah predicted the first coming of the Messiah—who appeared on the Mount of Olives—so the prophet foresaw the Second Coming of Christ whose “feet will stand on the Mount of Olives” (Zech. 14:1-4, 9). **_JESUS_**\- seemed to be a place Jesus hung out at a lot. He taught from there. He prayed from there. Meditation thoughts: I wonder if Jesus spent time there reflecting on all that this mountain represented. He imagined the end when He comes again and sets foot on the Earth in this spot. Great Article/Pictures: <https://waynestiles.com/mount-of-olives-the-place-of-gods-coming-going-and-coming>/