Also known as the Mount of Olives, Olivet is a mountainous ridge east of Jerusalem's Old City. Olive groves once covered the slopes of the mountain, and it is mention multiple times through the Bible and features prominently in the ministry of Jesus.
After his resurrection, Jesus ascended to heaven from Mount Olivet (Acts 1) and the Angels who spoke to his Apostles after they had watched the ascension stated he would return in the same manner:
Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.
Mount Olivet lies east of Temple Mount, and still has a Jewish cemetery on its western slopes.
Many bible scholars believe that when Jesus returns to Earth (Revelation 19), he will arrive at the Mount of Olives.
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