The Prophecy: Luke 19:41-44
“41) When He approached Jerusalem, He saw the city and wept over it, 42) saying, “If you had known in this day, even you, the things which make for peace! But now they have been hidden from your eyes. 43) For the days will come upon you when your enemies will throw up a barricade against you, and surround you and hem you in on every side, 44) and they will level you to the ground and your children within you, and they will not leave in you one stone upon another, because you did not recognize the time of your visitation.”” Luke 19:41-44
As Jesus approached Jerusalem, He began to weep. Either by prophecy, vision or omniscience He saw the coming destruction of Jerusalem. So it happened in 70 AD. The city and the temple was laid waste.
Why did it happen? I could venture a few biblical reasons. First, according to John 1:9-12, He came to His own and they rejected Him. That carried intense consequence.
Second, a sad moment happened at His trial. According to Matthew 27:24-25; Pilate sought to release Jesus and washed his hands of any guilt in condemning Him to be crucified. All the people cried out; “His blood be upon us and our children.” So it happened. The guilt was visited on them and their children.
Third, this same account was covered by Matthew in 23:47-24:2. In this text, He clearly prophesied of the coming destruction of the temple. His emphasis was that not one stone would be left upon another.
Finally, the whole book of Hebrews talks at length about the removal of the old system so God could establish a new system. (Hebrews 10 is a good example) The destruction of the physical temple accomplished this transition.
I believe Hebrews 6:4-8 may be describing that generation from the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ up to the destruction of the temple in 70 AD. Think about it and apply the text to them.
They witnessed the ministry of Jesus Christ, heard the gospel, they saw what happened at Pentecost with the giving of the Holy Spirit, they saw the powers of the age to come and then turned away from Jesus and back to the temple system. Why suffer as a Jewish believer when the option remained to follow Moses and the sacrificial system?
That confusion existed for around 40 years while the temple system remained in place. It appears that the book of Acts ended prior to the destruction of Jerusalem and the temple.
The destruction of the physical temple changed everything. History tells us than when the orthodox Jewish people came under intense persecution around 70 AD, the Christians ministered to them.
The book of Revelation was the last book of the New Testament to be written. Though there is some speculation about the date of its writing, it is generally assigned a time frame between 65 and 75 AD.
The early believers took the book of Revelation as literally describing the events surrounding them with Rome invading Jerusalem and destroying the temple. It was painful, violent and ugly.
The parallels between those days and the end times are astounding. Prophecy often has duel fulfillment. Jesus was saying some very profound things with these warnings in the broader context of both Luke and Matthew.
Amazing days are quickly coming upon us. We are again seeing the warnings of Jesus and the book of Revelation unfolding in graphic terms.
Daily Bible Commentary By Terry Baxter: Cofounded of GoServ Global
Sent from my iPhone
“41) When He approached Jerusalem, He saw the city and wept over it, 42) saying, “If you had known in this day, even you, the things which make for peace! But now they have been hidden from your eyes. 43) For the days will come upon you when your enemies will throw up a barricade against you, and surround you and hem you in on every side, 44) and they will level you to the ground and your children within you, and they will not leave in you one stone upon another, because you did not recognize the time of your visitation.”” Luke 19:41-44
As Jesus approached Jerusalem, He began to weep. Either by prophecy, vision or omniscience He saw the coming destruction of Jerusalem. So it happened in 70 AD. The city and the temple was laid waste.
Why did it happen? I could venture a few biblical reasons. First, according to John 1:9-12, He came to His own and they rejected Him. That carried intense consequence.
Second, a sad moment happened at His trial. According to Matthew 27:24-25; Pilate sought to release Jesus and washed his hands of any guilt in condemning Him to be crucified. All the people cried out; “His blood be upon us and our children.” So it happened. The guilt was visited on them and their children.
Third, this same account was covered by Matthew in 23:47-24:2. In this text, He clearly prophesied of the coming destruction of the temple. His emphasis was that not one stone would be left upon another.
Finally, the whole book of Hebrews talks at length about the removal of the old system so God could establish a new system. (Hebrews 10 is a good example) The destruction of the physical temple accomplished this transition.
I believe Hebrews 6:4-8 may be describing that generation from the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ up to the destruction of the temple in 70 AD. Think about it and apply the text to them.
They witnessed the ministry of Jesus Christ, heard the gospel, they saw what happened at Pentecost with the giving of the Holy Spirit, they saw the powers of the age to come and then turned away from Jesus and back to the temple system. Why suffer as a Jewish believer when the option remained to follow Moses and the sacrificial system?
That confusion existed for around 40 years while the temple system remained in place. It appears that the book of Acts ended prior to the destruction of Jerusalem and the temple.
The destruction of the physical temple changed everything. History tells us than when the orthodox Jewish people came under intense persecution around 70 AD, the Christians ministered to them.
The book of Revelation was the last book of the New Testament to be written. Though there is some speculation about the date of its writing, it is generally assigned a time frame between 65 and 75 AD.
The early believers took the book of Revelation as literally describing the events surrounding them with Rome invading Jerusalem and destroying the temple. It was painful, violent and ugly.
The parallels between those days and the end times are astounding. Prophecy often has duel fulfillment. Jesus was saying some very profound things with these warnings in the broader context of both Luke and Matthew.
Amazing days are quickly coming upon us. We are again seeing the warnings of Jesus and the book of Revelation unfolding in graphic terms.
Daily Bible Commentary By Terry Baxter: Cofounded of GoServ Global
Sent from my iPhone
