{"id":2842,"date":"2015-07-19T17:42:16","date_gmt":"2015-07-19T17:42:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thejerusalemgiftshop.com\/israelnews\/?p=2842"},"modified":"2015-07-19T18:03:34","modified_gmt":"2015-07-19T18:03:34","slug":"a-day-for-remembering-and-readiness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thejerusalemgiftshop.com\/israelnews\/a-day-for-remembering-and-readiness\/","title":{"rendered":"A Day for remembering and readiness"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Tom Brennan<\/p>\n

Tishah B\u201dAv<\/a> is a day which resonates with tears and sorrow in the Jewish people. God never works in coincidences, only in purposes. On this day a multiple set of disasters throughout history tried to crush and test the Israelites. The destruction of the first Temple (built by Solomon) by the forces of Babylon saw the city walls breached and the city conquered. The Babylonians wrecked the Temple, took the sacred vessels and destroyed the gates. They demolished the identity of the city and its people, or so they thought. Later after an exile, Nehemiah and a Prophet were led to rebuild the Temple and gates and walls, against the threats of neighboring cities.<\/p>\n

\"Destruction<\/a>

Destruction of Second Temple by Francesco Hayez – Wiki Photo<\/p><\/div>\n

The Romans put down a revolt by Judea in 66-70 AD. Although the Roman general wanted to secure the Temple, a fire started and the Legionaries took the stones apart to get at the melted gold that flowed like tears down the walls. The death toll was catastrophic and many survivors saw fates as slaves or entertainment for the Roman idle masses in the bloody \u201creality shows\u201d of the arena. The Romans gradually allowed Jews to return to Jerusalem and some repairs were made to the Temple. But still the occupied people seethed, ready to rise again.<\/p>\n

Once more the Jews revolted under Bar-Kochbar. This time in 135 the Romans decided to eradicate the memory of the troublesome Jews once and for all. The campaign swept through galilee and into Judea. When the city was once again secure it was levelled. The remains of the Temple, homes and buildings were levelled and in an act of significance, a plough was driven over. This meant that the city that was there was no more. A new Roman city, Aeolia Capitolina was built and the Province was now called Syria Palestina (after the Philistines). Jews were now outcasts, but some still survived quietly. The followers of the Nazarene had fled before in 66 AD. Followers of Rabbi Yochanan ben Zakki had fled in the time of the first revolt as well and re-established a form of Judaism which centered on the local synagogue as the house of prayer until a third Temple was built. Both sects were saved from the wholesale destruction that followed.<\/p>\n

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