How come no mention of the fall of the Temple in A.D. 70 in the NT?

[Indeependent]

You speak for God? I plead ignorance.

I have read the Torah, you haven’t.
Ignorance is curable.

 

[surada]

I have read the Torah, you haven’t.
Ignorance is curable.

I am not Jewish, sugar.

 

[irosie91]

I am not Jewish, sugar.

I am not hindu---but I have read the Bhagavad Gita---
in translation. Both it and torah are sublime. (I also read the kama sudtra----who didn't?).........suradie sugar

 

[irosie91]

You still don’t get it.
There is no special person.
You can have 1,000 people worthy of serving in the Temple or being a king and the generation isn’t ready.

PULEEEZE independent------suradie imagines
that the jewish MESSIAH is something like
crusader rabbit

 

[Indeependent]

I am not Jewish, sugar.

Yet you have nothing holding you back from commenting on Jews and Judaism.
Hypocrite much?

 

[BreezeWood]

Yet you have nothing holding you back from commenting on Jews and Judaism.
Hypocrite much?

the hypricrits are who rely on a language for their religion ...

 

[Indeependent]

the hypricrits are who rely on a language for their religion ...

Which is why the NT has over 250,000 conflicting meanings in thousands of verses.
Do you actually think a language has no nuances?

 

[BreezeWood]

Which is why the NT has over 250,000 conflicting meanings in thousands of verses.
Do you actually think a language has no nuances?

please, the virtue is in its forgeries ... the fallacies are just a distraction. the christian bible.

the spoken religion of antiquity for admission to the Everlasting, six words long is the same for whichever language it is spoken in - the triumph of good vs evil.

 

[irosie91]

the hypricrits are who rely on a language for their religion ...

what does THAT mean, breezie?

 

[Ivan88]

If you don't know what Revelation is about, then you can't rule out the possibility that it's about the destruction of Jerusalem and the temple.

Revelation was written before the destruction of bloody obsolete Yerusalem.
Christ predicted that fall. The Edomites were given 40 years to back off their criminality, but kept it up and were destroyed as Christ predicted.
The Apostle Paul taught the Roman Army about the Edomites pretending to be the Tribe of Yehuda, and that is why Edom in Rome chopped off Paul's head. But it was too late, the Roman military elite had already been prepared to take care of Yerusalem.

 

[BreezeWood]

what does THAT mean, breezie?

how about ... the interpretation of a book -

the natives need to know.

 

[Indeependent]

please, the virtue is in its forgeries ... the fallacies are just a distraction. the christian bible.

the spoken religion of antiquity for admission to the Everlasting, six words long is the same for whichever language it is spoken in - the triumph of good vs evil.

And I bet you don't even know what those words mean in English.

 

[Clyde 154]

Who said the Fall of Jerusalem is not mentioned in the Bible? Read Jesus' prophecy concerning His current generation. Read Matthew 23:33-39. After Jesus presented numerous charges against the scribes and Pharisees of His time for their mistreatment of God's Law, Jesus concludes His condemnation by prophesying the consequences of their sins. The Jews had killed God's prophets in the past. Though this current generation thought they were above such misdeeds, Jesus stated they would continue to kill righteous people. They were not above the misdeeds of their forefathers, they were just as guilty. The punishment for killing God's people would fall upon this very generation.

Physical Jerusalem would be physically destroyed. (Matt. 24:1-3, Mark 13:1-4, Luke 21:5-7).

 

[bodecea]

I am curious about that one now..



(This is an estimate no exact year is possible)



New Testament

James--A.D. 44-49
Galatians--A.D. 49-50
Matthew--A.D. 50-60
Mark--A.D. 50-60
1 Thessalonians--A.D. 51
2 Thessalonians--A.D. 51-52
1 Corinthians--A.D. 55
2 Corinthians--A.D. 55-56
Romans-- A.D. 56
Luke--A.D. 60-61
Ephesians--A.D. 60-62
Philippians--A.D. 60-62
Philemon--A.D. 60-62
Colossians--A.D. 60-62
Acts--A.D. 62
1 Timothy--A.D. 62-64
Titus--A.D. 62-64
1 Peter--A.D. 64-65
2 Timothy--A.D. 66-67
2 Peter--A.D. 67-68
Hebrews--A.D. 67-69
Jude--A.D. 68-70
John--A.D. 80-90
1 John--A.D. 90-95
2 John--A.D. 90-95
3 John--A.D. 90-95
Revelation--A.D. 94-96








The Romans Destroy the Temple

at Jerusalem, 70 AD


In the year 66 AD the Jews of Judea rebelled against their Roman masters. In response, the Emperor Nero dispatched an army under the generalship of Vespasian to restore order. By the year 68, resistance in the northern part of the province had been eradicated and the Romans turned their full attention to the subjugation of Jerusalem. That same year, the Emperor Nero died by his own hand, creating a power vacuum in Rome. In the resultant chaos, Vespasian was declared Emperor and returned to the Imperial City. It fell to his son, Titus, to lead the remaining army in the assault on Jerusalem.


Roman Centurian
The Roman legions surrounded the city and began to slowly squeeze the life out of the Jewish stronghold. By the year 70, the attackers had breached Jerusalem's outer walls and began a systematic ransacking of the city. The assault culminated in the burning and destruction of the Temple that served as the center of Judaism.

In victory, the Romans slaughtered thousands. Of those sparred from death: thousands more were enslaved and sent to toil in the mines of Egypt, others were dispersed to arenas throughout the Empire to be butchered for the amusement of the public. The Temple's sacred relics were taken to Rome where they were displayed in celebration of the victory.

The rebellion sputtered on for another three years and was finally extinguished in 73 AD with the fall of the various pockets of resistance including the stronghold at Masada.

"...the Jews let out a shout of dismay that matched the tragedy."

Our only first-hand account of the Roman assault on the Temple comes from the Jewish historian Josephus Flavius. Josephus was a former leader of the Jewish Revolt who had surrendered to the Romans and had won favor from Vespasian. In gratitude, Josephus took on Vespasian's family name - Flavius - as his own. We join his account as the Romans fight their way into the inner sanctum of the Temple:

"...the rebels shortly after attacked the Romans again, and a clash followed between the guards of the sanctuary and the troops who were putting out the fire inside the inner court; the latter routed the Jews and followed in hot pursuit right up to the Temple itself. Then one of the soldiers, without awaiting any orders and with no dread of so momentous a deed, but urged on by some supernatural force, snatched a blazing piece of wood and, climbing on another soldier's back, hurled the flaming brand through a low golden window that gave access, on the north side, to the rooms that surrounded the sanctuary. As the flames shot up, the Jews let out a shout of dismay that matched the tragedy; they flocked to the rescue, with no thought of sparing their lives or husbanding their strength; for the sacred structure that they had constantly guarded with such devotion was vanishing before their very eyes.



...No exhortation or threat could now restrain the impetuosity of the legions; for passion was in supreme command. Crowded together around the entrances, many were trampled down by their companions; others, stumbling on the smoldering and smoked-filled ruins of the porticoes, died as miserably as the defeated. As they drew closer to the Temple, they pretended not even to hear Caesar's orders, but urged the men in front to throw in more firebrands. The rebels were powerless to help; carnage and flight spread throughout.

Most of the slain were peaceful citizens, weak and unarmed, and they were butchered where they were caught. The heap of corpses mounted higher and higher about the altar; a stream of blood flowed down the Temple's steps, and the bodies of those slain at the top slipped to the bottom.

Hard to tell since so many books were tossed out.

 

[Indeependent]

Who said the Fall of Jerusalem is not mentioned in the Bible? Read Jesus' prophecy concerning His current generation. Read Matthew 23:33-39. After Jesus presented numerous charges against the scribes and Pharisees of His time for their mistreatment of God's Law, Jesus concludes His condemnation by prophesying the consequences of their sins. The Jews had killed God's prophets in the past. Though this current generation thought they were above such misdeeds, Jesus stated they would continue to kill righteous people. They were not above the misdeeds of their forefathers, they were just as guilty. The punishment for killing God's people would fall upon this very generation.

Physical Jerusalem would be physically destroyed. (Matt. 24:1-3, Mark 13:1-4, Luke 21:5-7).

The Fall of Jerusalem is predicted in Deuteronomy and many of the prophets way before the NT came along.

 

[Clyde 154]

The Fall of Jerusalem is predicted in Deuteronomy and many of the prophets way before the NT came along.

Indeed, Jesus in His prophecy referenced the book of Daniel when He warned his disciples that Jerusalem would fall within that very generation. (Luke 21:20-22), And it did, in 70 AD. The Tile asked the question, "Why is the destruction of Jerusalem not mentioned in the NT?

 

[surada]

Revelation was written before the destruction of bloody obsolete Yerusalem.
Christ predicted that fall. The Edomites were given 40 years to back off their criminality, but kept it up and were destroyed as Christ predicted.
The Apostle Paul taught the Roman Army about the Edomites pretending to be the Tribe of Yehuda, and that is why Edom in Rome chopped off Paul's head. But it was too late, the Roman military elite had already been prepared to take care of Yerusalem.

The date for the Revelation letter is often questioned.. anywhere from 75 AD to 96 AD. It was written after the destruction of the temple.

 

[irosie91]

One of my issues with the NT is that it is a scriptural
writing that purports (IMO) to present a history of
about 400 years in Judea during Roman rule----and
SOMEHOW manages to completely whitewash the
atrocities committed by the Romans very blatantly---
and even GLORIFIES Roman rule

 

[surada]

One of my issues with the NT is that it is a scriptural
writing that purports (IMO) to present a history of
about 400 years in Judea during Roman rule----and
SOMEHOW manages to completely whitewash the
atrocities committed by the Romans very blatantly---
and even GLORIFIES Roman rule

Right.. Pompey took Jerusalem in 63 BC... and the Temple was destroyed in 70 AD.