After the destruction of the temple, the whole city soon fell into the hands of the Romans. The leaders of the Jews forsook their impregnable towers, and Titus found them solitary. He gazed upon them with amazement, and declared that God had given them into his hands; for no engines, however powerful, could have prevailedContinue reading “The Great Controversy: The Destruction of Jerusalem—Chapter 1, Pt. 4”
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The Great Controversy: The Destruction of Jerusalem—Chapter 1, Pt. 3
Signs and wonders appeared, foreboding disaster and doom. In the midst of the night an unnatural light shone over the temple and the altar. Upon the clouds at sunset were pictured chariots and men of war gathering for battle. The priests ministering by night in the sanctuary were terrified by mysterious sounds; the earth trembled,Continue reading “The Great Controversy: The Destruction of Jerusalem—Chapter 1, Pt. 3”
The Great Controversy: The Destruction of Jerusalem—Chapter 1, Pt. 2
[Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.—Proverbs 16:18, KJV] Two days before the Passover, when Christ had for the last time departed from the temple, after denouncing the hypocrisy of the Jewish rulers, He again went out with His disciples to the Mount of Olives and seated Himself with them uponContinue reading “The Great Controversy: The Destruction of Jerusalem—Chapter 1, Pt. 2”