Jerusalem is totally unique,
there is no other place like it
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in all the world.
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It's one of the oldest cities
in the world and is full of
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tradition,
religion, and history.
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The world's greatest
concentration of religious sites
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is found right here in
the heart of Jerusalem.
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Surrounded by walls, this
history packed square kilometer
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is home to holy sites for
Jews, Christians, and Muslims
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it's the most sacred
city in the world and is truly
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breathtaking.
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The western wall in the heart
of the Jewish quarter is the
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holiest site in Judaism, the
Via Delarosa that marks Jesus'
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pathway to the cross in the
church of the Holy Sepulcher.
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is the traditional site
where Jesus died, was buried,
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and resurrected, it's the
holiest site in Christianity.
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Then the dome of the rock in
the Alexa Mosque is said to be
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where Mohammad rose into
the heavens and make Jerusalem
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the third holiest
place for Muslims.
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All this and much much
more is packed into just
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one square kilometer and
this most precious, most sacred,
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and most disputed
square kilometer in the world
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is surrounded and
protected by walls.
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The walls remind us that
the city of Jerusalem has been
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surrounded by walls for
its defense since ancient times
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but the walls haven't always
been able to protect the city.
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During its long history,
Jerusalem has been attacked
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52 times...
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The first time
Jerusalem was destroyed was by a
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Great Warrior
King Nebuchadnezzar
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and his Babylonian army in
586 BC just over 2,600 years ago
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The Babylonians
besieged and destroyed the city,
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plundered the temple
and carried off many of its
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sacred golden vessels.
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The second and last
time Jerusalem was destroyed
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was in 70 AD when the
Roman General Titus besieged and
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attacked the city
with four legions.
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The Romans totally destroyed
the city and the Jewish Temple.
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It was one of the most brutal
and catastrophic and devastating
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attacks in history, over
a million people perished.
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Rome's destruction of Jerusalem
and its temple is one of the
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darkest chapters in history.
Not only is it a testament
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of the cruelty and efficiency
of the Roman military machine,
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but also a story of lost
opportunities and forgotten
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warnings.
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You see, the Bible clearly
predicted the catastrophic
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leveling of the city. In
fact just before his death
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Jesus made seven specific
and chilling predictions
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about the destructions
about the destruction of both
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Jerusalem and its temple.
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And those predictions carry
a carry a special and relevant
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message for us today.
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Join me here in Jerusalem
as we relive the city's
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destruction and investigate
the sobering message it carries
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for us today.
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The spectacular Gold Cap Dome of
The rock dominates the skyline
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of Old Jerusalem today, it sits
proudly on what Muslims call
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Haram al-Charif, "The Nobel
Sanctuary", or what Jews call
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Temple Mount, they believe that
this was the location of the
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Sacred Jewish Temple.
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It was here on this
hilltop that Solomon built
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the first temple in the
middle of the 10th century BC.
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And for almost 400 years it
was the central Jewish place of
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worship, then in 586 BC, the
Babylonians destroyed Jerusalem
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and the temple and took
the Jews captive to Babylon.
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About a half a
century later Cyrus the Great,
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king of the Medes and Persians
defeated the Babylonian army
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and agreed that the Jews could
return to Jerusalem and rebuild
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their temple. At the urging
of the Jewish prophets Haggai
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and Zachariah, Zerubbabel
began construction of the
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second temple in 521 BC
and completed it in 515 BC.
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Then it was subsequently
enlarged by the Hasmonean
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Dynasty and then was completely
renovated and enlarged further
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by Herod the Great
beginning in 20 BC.
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Herod the Great was
the greatest builder of the
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ancient world and
possibly of all time.
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He built new cities,
palaces, fortresses, monuments,
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harbors and aqueducts.
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But the Jewish Temple
was the pinnacle of his
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building endeavors. No expense
was spared, it was one of the
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greatest buildings found
anywhere in the Roman Empire.
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In fact Josephus an
ancient Jewish historian who saw
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the building said that
it was covered on all sides
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with massive plates of gold.
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The temple was one of
the architectural wonders
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of the ancient world and
truly was a marvel to behold.
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It was the center of Israel's
national and religious life.
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The Jewish people believed
that their magnificent temple
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was permanent and would
last until the end of time.
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Not only because of
its excellent construction
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but also because it was
the very Sanctuary of God
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and represented His presence
among them and so were virtually
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indestructible.
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Jesus was familiar with the
temple and visited there often
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in fact His life from the
beginning to end was associated
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with the temple. As an infant
His parents took Him to the
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temple to dedicate Him
and present Him to the Lord.
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Twelve years later when
Mary and Joseph were visiting
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Jerusalem to celebrate
Passover, they found Him
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in the temple sitting with
the teachers, listening to them
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and asking them questions.
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During His ministry Jesus was
frequently in the temple courts
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and in the temple, He
healed sick people there
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and spent a lot of
time teaching in the temple.
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Jesus reverenced and respected
the temple and protected its
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sanctity, He drove out the
merchants and money changers
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who had turned it
into a market place,
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but Jesus knew that the
temple's days were numbered.
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With prophetic insight
He looked into the future
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and saw that Jerusalem
and its magnificent temple
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were soon to be destroyed
and He wanted His disciples
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and followers to be prepared
so soon after His last visit
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to the temple, He shares with
His followers what was going to
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happen in the future
and specifically, what was
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going to happen to the temple.
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In fact, Jesus gave
seven chilling predictions
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about the future of
Jerusalem and the temple.
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It all started a few
days earlier when He arrived
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in Jerusalem when Jesus
came over the crest of the
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Mt. of Olives and looked
over the city, He wept over it.
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He looked into the future
and down through the pages
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of history and saw the
horror and destruction that was
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going to before the city,
its temple, and its inhabitants
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in less than 40 years' time.
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Jesus' heart was weighed
down with the fate of His
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beloved people, He was concerned
about the utter devastation
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of the city He loved and the
the people he called His own.
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It broke His heart
and He cried out...
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So, there we have the
first of Jesus' predictions
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regarding Jerusalem.
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Enemies will 1. Build an
embankment A wall) around you,
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2. Surround the city and hem
you in. Lay siege to the city.
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3. Destroy the city- not one
stone will be left on another
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the city will be leveled.
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Now that's a devastating list
of predictions about any city
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but it was unbelievable
that it could possibly happen
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to Jerusalem, yet
there was even worse to come.
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When Jesus was leaving
the temple for the last time,
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the disciples proudly pointed
out the magnificent stones
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and buildings and exclaimed...
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Well, Jesus' response could
not have been more shocking.
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No doubt that the
disciples hearts skipped a beat
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and their breath was taken
away by these words of Jesus.
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But there's His next prediction.
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Prediction number 4.
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The temple will be destroyed,
Not one stone will be left
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standing on another.
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These predictions are
going from bad to worse
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and yet there is
still more to come
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Jesus wasn't finished yet.
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He went on to say...
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So, here's the next
load of predictions.
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Number 5. The inhabitants
of Jerusalem will be killed.
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Number 6. The Jews will be
scattered among the nations.
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And finally number 7.
Gentiles will inhabit Jerusalem.
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It certainly was a
chilling list of predictions,
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they were just too
terrible to contemplate
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could they ever really happen?
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Well, here's the
record of history.
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Here's what happened.
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The Romans had been
occupying Judea since 63 BC
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tensions between
the Romans and the Jews
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had been growing and came
to a head when Emperor Nero
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appointed Governor Florus
planned at the Jewish temple
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treasury is 66 AD.
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After Florus plundered
the temple, Jewish forces
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defeated the Roman
Garrison Station in Jerusalem
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and then defeated a
larger force sent in from Syria.
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Well, this infuriated
the Romans and Nero asked his
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decorated General
Vespasian and his son Titus
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to subdue the Jews and bring
law and order to the country.
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Under the leadership of
Vespasian and with an 80,000
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strong army, the Romans
quickly conquered Galilee
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and then set their sights
on the stronghold Jerusalem.
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By 70 AD Vespasian had returned
to Rome to become emperor
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leaving his son Titus to
lead the army against Jerusalem.
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With four legions under
his command Titus quickly
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took control, he posted
his 10th legion right here
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on the Mt. of Olives
directly east of and overlooking
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The Temple Mount.
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The 12th and 15th legions
were stationed on Mt. Scopus
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further to the east and
commanding all ways to Jerusalem
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from east to north, the
5th legion was held in reserve.
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Now Titus was a master military
technician and had developed
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good methods of
breaking into walled cities
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and conquering his enemies,
so, rather than launching
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a full frontal attack
straight off, he decided to
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first, implement a
vigorous siege against Jerusalem
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and its citizens.
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First, they built a seven-meter
siege wall or embankment
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right around the city.
It prevented anyone from
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entering or leaving, no food
and water supplies were allowed
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into the city,
Jerusalem was sealed off
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there was no escape.
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Then Titus ensured
that the city was completely
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surrounded and encircled by
his soldiers and auxiliaries.
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With his four
legions strategically placed
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all roads and thoroughfares
into Jerusalem were secured
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and blocked by
well-guarded checkpoints,
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Jerusalem's inhabitants
were hemmed in on every side
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Soon the city was gripped in
an ever-tightening death siege
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but there was worse to come.
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With the city secured
and completely sealed off
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the deadly heavy artillery
and weaponry was assembled
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the plan was to strike
terror into the defenders
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into bullying,
intimidate, batter, and starve
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the inhabitants into
submission and surrender.
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The siege along with
the display of brute force
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had the desired effect
on Jerusalem's inhabitants
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locked up inside the city walls.
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Mayhem and chaos broke
loose as starvation threatened
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the trapped in inhabitants
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Soon the situation
inside the city became desperate
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hunger became so
intense that the citizens became
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insane with starvation resorting
to murdering one another
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over food, the scene was
one of utter destruction.
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Thousands died of starvation
an accompanying illness
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it was one of the starkest
examples of human suffering
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during war-time in history.
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With the defenders and
inhabitants of Jerusalem
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weakened and starving Titus
unleashed his vast and deadly
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array of weaponry and
fire- power on the city.
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The huge wooden catapults
bombarded the city with rocks
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smashing everything they
hit and causing panic among
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the people. The sieged
towers were rolled up to the
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city walls, they filled with
soldiers and the towers were
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tall enough to allow archers
directly into the city itself.
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They also had different
levels with platforms that
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allowed soldiers to climb
onto the walls and access to the
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city. Along with siege
towers, the Romans dragged their
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battering rams into place,
they were used to pound and
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destroy the city walls and
gates causing them to crumble
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and collapse. When the walls
were breached, it opened the way
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for the soldiers to advance
first using their ladders
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then on foot, they
clamored through the openings
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and poured into the city.
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Soon mounted troops and
their accompanied foot soldiers
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stormed through the
streets and their alleyways
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they attacked and pillaged
and killed without mercy
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no one was spared,
men, women, and children
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were put to the sword, those
trying to flee were brutally
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cut down, it was
absolute carnage.
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The historian Josephus who
was an eyewitness to the event
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claimed that over a million
people were killed in the
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attack, no
buildings were spared either.
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When Titus gave the soldiers
their final instructions
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he specified that the
temple was not to be harmed.
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He gave strict instructions
that it was not to be burnt
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or destroyed. The
building was just too valuable
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to be carelessly
torched in a skirmish,
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besides, he had his
eye on the temple treasure.
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He'd heard all about the
gold in and on the building
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and the valuable temple
furnishings and he wanted them.
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But many Jews and Zealots
had taken refuge in the temple
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and as the soldiers tried
to enter they were ambushed
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and one of them
seriously wounded.
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The soldiers retaliated
and soon fierce hand to hand
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combat had broken out
on the temple's steps.
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In the chaos of the assault,
a soldier who has single-lighted
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torch into the
temple and immediately the
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cedar-lined beams around the
Holy Place went up in flames.
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Infuriated with the resistance
and guerilla warfare of the
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Jewish Zealots, the Roman
soldiers began to hold more
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firebrands into the temple.
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They also attacked and
slaughtered as many Zealots,
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Jews, and priests as they
could when they tried to escape
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the burning temple.
Horrified Titus rushed forward
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to try to contain the
situation but it was too late.
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He manages to salvage the golden
menorah and some of the other
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of the temple furniture and
treasure to take back to Rome.
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But nothing could be
done to save the temple,
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it went up in flames.
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The intense flames of the temple
fire melted the gold and silver
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and it ran down between
the rocks and into the cracks
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and crevices of the stones.
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Titus wanted that gold
and silver and so he ordered
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his soldiers to
totally dismantle what was left
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of the temple stone by stone
to extract the gold and silver
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and so quite literally not
one stone was left standing
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upon another. The temple
itself was totally destroyed
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along with the rest of the city.
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When you visit Temple Mount
today there' Herodian Street
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with shops alongside
of it dating from 70 AD
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that's been unearthed
by archeologists along the
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southern end of
the western wall.
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The street itself is buckled
from the weight of the piles
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of huge stones which
still lie where they fell
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when the Roman soldiers threw
them down from Temple Mount
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in 70 AD.
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The fall of Jerusalem in 70
AD was a defining moment for
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the Jewish nation, over
one million Jews were killed
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and nearly 100,000 were taken
captive and sold into slavery.
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Jerusalem and its temple
were burned to the ground
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and raised to their foundations.
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With no capital city,
no national leadership
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and no religious center,
huge numbers of Jews left Judea
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to make a home elsewhere,
this diaspora or dispersion
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out of their ancestral homeland
saw Jews scattered to the
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four corners of the
world, they were stateless
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and forced to live
in other countries.
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And this was exacerbated even
further following the defeat
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of the Jewish Zealot Bakfaba's
rebellion by Emperor Haydn
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65 years later in 135 AD
when Jews were forbidden to even
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enter Jerusalem and so as a
result Jerusalem was occupied
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by non-Jews,
Gentiles, for centuries.
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Now, as we've relived the
horrifying historical events
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associated with the
fall of Jerusalem in 70 AD
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we notice that they perfectly
match the chilling predictions
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that Jesus made.
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Jesus' seven predictions
came true even to the smallest
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detail. Now there was one group
of Jews who escaped the terror
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informer of the Roman
Siege, you see Jesus gave both
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predictions and
warnings, He said...
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Now this refers to the Roman
standards burying the insignia
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of both the empire
and the Imperial Cult
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a false system of religion
being planted in the area
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the Jews
considered to be Holy Ground.
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This referred in
particular to the sacred temple
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but also covered Jerusalem
and extended several meters
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beyond the city walls.
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Jesus warned His followers
that when they saw this happen
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they were to prepare to
leave the city because of its
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destruction will be imminent
and the Jewish Christians took
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Jesus' words very seriously.
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As the storm clouds gathered
and when the Roman armies
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besieged Jerusalem in
67 AD before Titus arrived
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the followers of Jesus were
ready, Jesus' warning indicated
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that when the time came
to leave they should do so
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without delay and
that's exactly what they did.
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During a temporary respite
when the Romans unexpectedly
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raged their siege of Jerusalem
all the Christians fled
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and it is said that none
of them lost their lives.
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They listened to Jesus,
they took His word seriously
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and they survived.
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Now there is a powerful
message there for us today
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living in the 21st
century because just as surely
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and as accurately as Jesus
predicted the fall of Jerusalem
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He also foretold His second
coming and what will take place
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just before He returns so
that His followers can prepare
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and be ready.
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Do you remember the disciples
question when Jesus told them
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that the Jerusalem
temple would be destroyed?
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The very thought of the
destruction of Jerusalem
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and the temple was so shocking
and distressing to the disciples
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that they automatically
assumed that these events
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must be connected to
the end of the world.
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And so as soon as
they could they asked Jesus
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for clarification.
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Just as Jesus provided
seven predictions about the
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fall of Jerusalem, so He
also provided seven predictions
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about His coming and
the end of the world.
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The first is a
microcosm of the second.
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The destruction of Jerusalem
doubled as a description
00:24:18.59\00:24:24.39
of the state of the
world immediately prior
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to Jesus' second coming.
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Jesus gave seven signs about
the world we live in today,
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they're outlined in Matthew
chapter 24, Mark chapter 14,
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and Luke chapter
21, here they are.
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1. False Christs
and false prophets,
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Jesus said that there
would be deception and confusion
00:24:46.65\00:24:50.69
in the religious world.
00:24:50.72\00:24:52.55
2. Wars and rumors of wars.
00:24:52.59\00:24:55.86
Jesus said that there
would be an increase in military
00:24:55.89\00:24:59.69
activity and tensions
and conflict between nations.
00:25:00.80\00:25:03.70
3. Earthquakes,
famines, and pestilences.
00:25:03.73\00:25:08.10
Jesus said there would be
an increase in the frequency
00:25:08.14\00:25:11.97
and intensity of naturally
disasters and pestilences.
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which is another word for
pandemics, plagues, and disease.
00:25:16.08\00:25:20.65
4. Persecution. Jesus said His
followers would be victimized,
00:25:20.68\00:25:27.16
discriminated
against and mistreated.
00:25:27.19\00:25:30.39
5. Apostasy. Jesus said
many would defect and turn away
00:25:30.43\00:25:36.43
from following Him
and abandon their faith.
00:25:36.46\00:25:39.37
6. World Evangelism. Jesus
said the Good News, the Gospel
00:25:39.40\00:25:45.84
will go to all the world.
00:25:45.87\00:25:47.51
And finally number 7.
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The Abomination of Desolation.
00:25:49.98\00:25:52.48
Jesus said a Roman-based
power will become prominent and
00:25:52.51\00:25:57.59
promote false religion and
in particular a false gospel.
00:25:57.62\00:26:03.39
So, there they are, seven signs,
seven things that are going to
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happen that will tell us
that Jesus is coming soon.
00:26:08.73\00:26:13.44
When we look at the
world we live in today
00:26:13.47\00:26:15.80
one thing is clear, the signs
that Jesus has laid out for us
00:26:15.84\00:26:20.14
signaling the nearness of
His coming are being fulfilled
00:26:20.18\00:26:24.18
before our eyes.
00:26:24.21\00:26:25.55
We live in exciting times, the
spiraling chaos we see around us
00:26:25.58\00:26:31.12
points forward to the most
glorious event the world has
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ever seen, Jesus is coming soon.
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