From the beginning of Jesus ministry he met with acceptance but also with threats on his life. Msgr. Joseph Prior explains how Jesus relationship of trust and love with the Father strengthens him, and us.
rome. so the romans burned the temple to the ground, and titus and his men seized the spoils of war. the gold was melted down. the silver was melted down, and these precious metals were actually used in the facing of the coliseum, to adorn the coliseum. as all conquerors do, they took the wealth for themselves. the destruction of the temple was devastating and symbolic, further dividing jews and christians. jesus had prophesied the end of the temple. truly i tell you, he said to his disciples, not one stone will be left here upon another. all will be thrown down. for the christians, the destruction of the temple was punishment on the jews for their rejection of jesus.
so the romans burned the temple to the ground, and titus and his men seized the spoils of war. the gold was melted down. the silver was melted down, and these precious metals were actually used in the facing of the coliseum, to adorn the coliseum. as all conquerors do, they took the wealth for themselves. the destruction of the temple was devastating and symbolic, further dividing jews and christians. jesus had prophesied the end of the temple. truly i tell you, he said to his disciples, not one stone will be left here upon another. all will be thrown down. for the christians, the destruction of the temple was punishment on the jews for their rejection of jesus. some jewish rebels managed to escape and made their way to a
men seized the spoils of war. the gold was melted down. the silver was melted down, and these precious metals were actually used in the facing of the coliseum, to adorn the coliseum. as all conquerors do, they took the wealth for themselves. the destruction of the temple was devastating and symbolic, further dividing jews and christians. jesus had prophesied the end of the temple. truly i tell you, he said to his disciples, not one stone will be left here upon another. all will be thrown down. for the christians, the destruction of the temple was punishment on the jews for their rejection of jesus. some jewish rebels managed to escape and made their way to a hilltop fortress called masada.
the colosseum, to adorn the colosseum. as all conquerors do, they took the wealth for themselves. the destruction of the temple was devastating and symbolic, further dividing jews and christians. for the christians, the destruction of the temple was punishment on the jews for their rejection of jesus. some jewish rebels managed to escape and made their way to a hilltop fortress called masada. but that, too, ended in tragedy when the romans built a ramp to penetrate the fortress. when this happened, the jewish insurgency within the walls then took a suicide pact. they killed one another until the last ones that killed themselves. and so when the romans finally arrived at the fortress, in fact, all they found were dead