Our day in the light of prophecy and providence . ed in its destruction. Even so are we towatch the signs of our own times, that we may escape thosethings that are coming upon the earth, and be ready to standbefore the Son of man. * It was in the autumn that the army of Cestius closed in upon to the careful record of Graetz, the Jewish historian, it was evi-dently on a Wednesday that the Roman army retired, pursued by all the forcesof the city. This was the instant for the flight of the Christians. Next day the Zealots, shouting exultant war songs, returned to Jerusalem (8t
Our day in the light of prophecy and providence . ed in its destruction. Even so are we towatch the signs of our own times, that we may escape thosethings that are coming upon the earth, and be ready to standbefore the Son of man. * It was in the autumn that the army of Cestius closed in upon to the careful record of Graetz, the Jewish historian, it was evi-dently on a Wednesday that the Roman army retired, pursued by all the forcesof the city. This was the instant for the flight of the Christians. Next day the Zealots, shouting exultant war songs, returned to Jerusalem (8th Octo-ber).— History of the Jews, Vol. 11, p. 268. The day before was the timefor unhindered flight. 70 Our Day in the Light of Prophecy The Prophetic Word Fulfilled Christ had declared that the temple, the pride of the na-tion, would be utterly destroyed. In the last siege, the Ro-man commander tried to spare the magnificent pile. Whenthe Jews made it their chief fortress, because of its massivestrength, Titus remonstrated with them, saying:. A PANEL FROM THEARCH OF TITUS Showing the golden candlestick and othersacred vessels of the temple being carriedIc triumph through the streets of Rome. If you will but change the place whereon you fight, no Romanshall either come near your sanctuary, or offer any affront to it; nay, Iwill endeavor to preserve you your holy house, whether you will or not.— JosephuSj Wars of the Jews, book 6, chap. 2. But the prophecy was fulfilled to the letter. The peopleseemed possessed with fury. The hardened Roman paganswere astonished at their suicidal rashness, Tituss efforts tosave the temple failed, and it went down in ruin, as Christhad foretold. Signs of the Approaching End 71 The disciples of Christ had called His attention to the im-mense blocks of stone that composed the temple walls. *See,what manner of stones, one said. When Titus examinedthese same stones, after the fall of the city, he is said to havedeclared: We have certainly had Go
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