Jerusalem
Illustration★★★★Overthrow of, Our Sa. viour’s words were literally fulfilled, even when royalty tried to prevent it. Titus was very desirous of preserving the temple; he had expressed the like desire of preserving the city too, and repeatedly sent Josephus, the historian, and other Jews, to persuade them to surrender. The Jews themselves set fire to the gates, through which the Romans were endeavoring to force an entrance, and one of the soldiers threw a burning brand into a window of the temple; the flames soon spread, and the people and soldiers rushed to the spot, shouting and fighting.
Titus hastened to the place, calling to the soldiers to quench the fire, but they either could not hear or would not hear, and those behind encouraged those before them to set other parts on fire. Titus then, supposing that the interior might yet be saved, ordered the crowd of soldiers to be beaten back; but their anger and hatred of the Jews, and a certain vehement fury, overcame their reverence for their commander, and one of them threw the fire within, when the flame then burst forth, and thus the whole temple was burnt down, even contrary to the will of Caesar: as if not one jot or tittle of our Lord’s word should pass away until all should be fulfilled.
Dr. Cumming.
The point
Dr. Cumming recounts how, despite Titus efforts to save it, the Jerusalem temple was destroyed by fire exactly as Christ had foretold.