Jesus Christ
The Passion
The Destruction of Jerusalem
by Rhawn Joseph, Ph.D.
"And as the Lord took delight in doing you good and multiplying you, so the Lord will take delight in bringing ruin upon you and
destroying you." -Deuteronomy 26:63.
"And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, when ye depart out of that city, shake off the dust of your feet. Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city." -Matthew 10.
"Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works were done, because they repented not...But I say unto you, That it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for thee." -Matthew 11.
Approximately 25 years after the death of Jesus, and as he prophecied, the city of Jerusalem was reduced to rubble and ashes; the Romans flying high their flags and the emblem of the Imperial Golden Eagle, swooped down, upon the Jews, razed the city and showing no regard for young or old, destroyed the Temple--exactly as had been prophecied.
"The Lord will bring a nation against you from afar, from the end of the earth, which will swoop down like the eagle... a ruthless nation, that will show the old no regard and the young no mercy." -Deuteronomy 28:47-50.
One hundred years after the death of Jesus, in the year 135 AD, the Roman Emperor Hadrian decreed the expulsion of all the remaining Jews from Judea. Jeruslaem, renamed Aeilia Capitolina, was now a Roman city.
"O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing. Look, your house is left to you desolate. For I tell you, you will not see me again until you say, 'Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord." -Matthew 23.
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