Volume 19, No.1, Feb. 2008
The Jewish Diaspora: 135 to the Fall of Rome¹
BAR KOKHBA'S REBELLION (132-135 AD) The last agonized moans of the crucified on Jerusalem's walls fell still, drowned out by the steady tramp of a heavy military occupation that followed the failed Great Jewish Revolt (70-73 AD). The Second Temple was destroyed by the Roman siege on August 4, 70 AD. This date is the 9th of Av on the Jewish calendar. As prophesied, [...]
The Sons of Aaron and Levi
"Who may abide the day [now present] of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? For he is like a refiner's fire, and like fullers' soap: And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver" (Malachi 3:1-6). All those calling upon the name of the [...]
Jeremiah
"The word of the LORD came in the days of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign ... unto the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah the son of Josiah king of Judah, unto the carrying away of Jerusalem captive in the fifth month" (Jeremiah 1:2, 3). Jeremiah was Jehovah's prophet to Israel, and to [...]