Now as He sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately, saying, ‘Tell us, when will these things be? And what will be the sign of Your coming, and of the end of the age? ![]() And Jesus said to them, ‘Do you not see all these things? Assuredly, I say to you, not one stone shall be left here upon another, that shall not be thrown down.’ Then Jesus went out and departed from the temple, and His disciples came up to show Him the buildings of the temple. During His Olivet Discourse, the Lord specifically references the casting down of the stones of the great structure: In one of the most remarkable prophecies of Scripture, the Lord Jesus Christ predicted that the Temple would be destroyed. The rest of Jerusalem and its Temple were razed to the ground. We know from the rest of his account, as many as 1,100,000 inhabitants were slain by the Roman Army. The ‘Wall’ Josephus speaks of as having been spared, is the Wailing Wall. This was the end which Jerusalem came to by the madness of those that were for innovations a city otherwise of great magnificence, and of mighty fame among all mankind”. This wall was spared, in order to afford a camp for such as were to lie in garrison, as were the towers of feet also spared, in order to demonstrate to posterity what kind of city it was, and how well fortified, which the Roman valor had subdued but for all the rest of the wall, it was so thoroughly laid even with the ground by those that dug it up to the foundation, that there was left nothing to make those that came thither believe it had ever been inhabited. “…as soon as the army had no more people to slay or to plunder, because there remained none to be the objects of their fury, Titus Caesar gave orders that they should now demolish the entire city and Temple, but should leave as many of the towers standing as were of the greatest eminence that is, Phasaelus, and Hippicus, and Mariamne and so much of the wall as enclosed the city on the west side. The siege at Masada would come to an end in 73 AD.ġ st Century Jewish historian Josephus describes within his work, The War of the Jews, the fate of the Temple and the rest of Jerusalem: It took four legions (including the V Macedonica, XII Fulminata, XV Apollinaris, and the X Fretensis), but Jerusalem’s walls were finally breached in 70 AD. Once Titus had stormed Jerusalem, his forces were ordered to confiscate any gold and treasure found within the city (and particularly the Temple). This is where the sacking of Jerusalem and its Temple treasures come into play. It was clear however that Rome lacked the necessary funding to build the massive sports complex. Vespasian decided to construct a huge Coliseum to pacify and entertain the Roman people. Vespasian, who was in direct command of the forces arrayed against the Jews, was recalled by the Roman Senate and crowned Emperor. This was on the heels of his having burned his own capital city to the ground. Prior to the sacking of Jerusalem, in 68AD, Emperor Nero committed suicide. ![]() In one of the most brutal wars of antiquity, Rome fought against Judea and eventually laid siege to Jerusalem. Vespasian was dispatched by Rome to crush the rebellion. In 66 AD, Jewish Zealots rebelled against Roman occupation of Judea.
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