Elder Jeffrey R. Holland said, that first Easter sequence of atonement and resurrection

constitutes the most consequential moment, the most generous gift, the most excruciating pain,

and the most majestic manifestation of pure love ever to be demonstrated in the history of this world. Jesus Christ, the only

begotten Son of God, suffered, died, and rose from death in order that he could, like lightning

in a summer storm, grasp us as we fall, hold us with his might, and through our obedience to His commandments, lift us to

eternal life. So today, we celebrate the gift of victory over every fall we have ever experienced,

every sorrow we have ever known, every discouragement we have ever had, every fear we have ever

faced to say nothing of our

resurrection from death and forgiveness for our sins.

Welcome to Meridian Magazine's Come Follow Me podcast, where this week we are studying that

magnificent gift the Savior gave to us in the Atonement and Resurrection.

Because we take tour groups to Israel and have done extensive photography there,

we have often been to that Mount of Olives where Jesus suffered such agonizing pain in the Garden of Gassimony for us.

We have walked down that mount, shared testimony in an olive

garden there, but one night stands out as singular. We wanted to photograph an olive grove on that

mount in the nighttime to capture as closely as possible what that scene might have been like 2,000 years ago.

Most who go to the Mount of Olives visit the Church of All Nations, where ancient twisted

olive trees grow that date back more than 1,200 years, and some claim to that very time

when Christ was there.

Yet for our photographs, we went a little further up the Mount of Olives, since the scriptures

described Jesus as going further into the Garden of Gethsemini, and on the Mount of

Olives, that means further up.

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