Did you know that Old Testament prophets such as Zechariah are buried on the Mount of Olives?

The Mount of Olives is an extremely large cemetery that contains more than one hundred thousand graves.

When the dead rise from their graves at the resurrection the site will be crowded with multitudes of people. Shortly before the crucifixion, Jesus picked the Mount of Olives as the setting for the discussion with his disciples about the end of the age - because he plans to meet a great many people who were buried there when he returns!

Matthew 24:03 “…as he sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately, saying, “Tell us, when will this be? And what will be the sign of your coming, and of the end of the age?”

1Thessalonians 4:15 “For this we declare to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, cannot precede those who have fallen asleep. 16 For the Lord himself will descend from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. 17 Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we shall always be with the Lord. 18 Therefore comfort one another with these words.”

Dr. J. Clontz, Aidan University – Editor of The Comprehensive New Testament