Discover The Garden Tomb

Walk Through a Bit of History

Join Beliefnet and Director of The Garden Tomb Richard Meryon on the exploration of The Garden Tomb, the place that Protestants believe to be the place that Jesus died, was placed in the tomb, and resurrected.

Richard Meryon: "For the tourists coming in we are the only Protestant place they go to generally speaking. We are the only site in Israel that I know of that's completely staffed by believing Christians. Some are Israelis. Some are Palestinians. There are Germans, Dutch, Norwegians, Brits, Ukrainians...One thing they have in common is that they are all believers that Jesus is the Messiah. Most of our guides are volunteers."

A Sign Close to the Tomb

RM: "The excitement for us here is to say to all these people 'God knows you by name. You are known by the Living Lord by your own name. You are formed in your mother's womb and our name is written on the palm of God's hand.' All these people here, whatever their faith position, and I don't know it, do I? That 's up to them, between them and the Lord. They are known by God [and] loved by God, but unless they willingly bow their knee to Jesus and acknowledge what He did on the cross, then being loved by God isn't enough to live with Him forever is it? They've got to make that personal sacrifice. And we have that wonderful opportunity here of sharing that with people."

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