-From.What Happened In 70 A.D.?.by Edward E. Stevens:."Emmanuel had predicted all these things about 40 years before. All His predictions came true."

The Jewish nation and sacrificial system was so completely dismantled that the Jewish people have never been able to reestablish the temple and sacrifices in any permanent way since:.Daniel 12:7. And so it was to be, now that something greater came along.(Hebrews 8:6; 10:1,9,10).that could not be corrupted as the religious leaders back then did to the Old Testament law:.Matthew 23:13-33.

Since the Mosaic Law could not be kept after the destruction, the controversy over circumcision and law keeping immediately subsided. The Jewish nation was so completely destroyed that it would never again come into view in a meaningful way.

The old covenant which was a good thing at the time, but became severely corrupted, was 'done like dinner' and finished for all time! The spiritual new covenant based on so much better promises.(Hebrews 8:1-13).had begun and in a location where it couldn't be corrupted as was the previous one! What location was this?

Many rabbis refer to 70 A.D. as "The End of Biblical Judaism". This date was important for Christians as well. God was showing in all this that the way the Jewish leaders of the time handled His now defunct Old Testament law was a disgrace:.Isaiah 65:1-18. But some of them did not.

"Josephus talks about pools of blood and intense fires similar to the descriptions in.(Revelation 14:20).and other passages. Didn't Emmanuel predict that these kinds of things would happen?:.Luke 21:11,25-27. Josephus' history furnishes numerous other insights into the nature of the war and its significance for both Jews and Christians. But, not only Josephus records these things! The Roman historian Tacitus and the Christian historian Eusebius, both say these things happened! The Talmud records similar things as well.

"Fulfillments Mentioned In Josephus: 

1) Angelic Armies in the clouds surrounding Jewish cities ("chariots and troops of soldiers"):.Jude 14; Revelation 1:7; The Wars of the Jews 6:5:3.

2) Wars and Rumors of Wars and False Prophets:.Matthew 24:6,23-26; Antiquities of the Jews, Book 20:5:1-4; 20:8:5-10; Wars of the Jews 2:10:1; 2:13:4-7; 6:5:2..(*)

3) The 70 A.D. destruction was worse than any since creation:.Jeremiah 30:7; Daniel 12:1; Matthew 24:21; Revelation 16:18;.Wars of the Jews.Preface, Section 4; Wars of the Jews 5:10:5. 

4) The Jews fought each other and did more damage against themselves than the Romans did!:.Ezekiel 38:21;.Wars of the Jews 2:17:1-10; 2:18:1-11; 4:6:2,3; 5:1:2-5; 5:6:1; 5:13:6; 6:2:1. 

5) Jerusalem was forewarned by signs:.Luke 21:25; "wonders foreshadowed some great calamities".Wars of the Jews 2:22:1,2; 4:4:5; 6:5:2,3. 

6) Jerusalem had a large maritime commerce and was capitol over the ten districts of Palestine:.Revelation 17:12-17; 18:10-24; Wars of the Jews.Preface Section 2,4;.Wars of the Jews 3:3:5; 7:1:1. 

7) Josephus describes the Jewish revolt as being like a beast:.Revelation 16:10; 17:16; 19:19-21;.Wars of the Jews 4:7:4; 4:9:8; 5:1:1; 5:2:5. 

8) The Jews set fire to their own temple first, not the Romans:.Revelation 17:16;.Wars of the Jews.6:2:9; 6:3:5; 6:4:5; 6:6:2. 

9) Emmanuel predicted days of vengeance, distress, and wrath to come upon the Jewish people:.Luke 21:20-24. Josephus mentions these distresses in.Wars of the Jews 2:10:1; 2:22:1; 6:3:3,4; ÿÿ 6:9:2-4; 7:1:1. 

10) The A.D. 70 destruction was the turning point of the ages – "revolution of the ages" and "system of the world put into disorder":.Matthew 24:3; 1Corinthians 7:29-31; 10:11; 1John 2:17,18;.Wars of the Jews 4:4:5; 6:4:5. 

11) Pools of Blood and intense fires similar to descriptions in:.Revelation 14:20; 17:16; Acts 2:19;.Wars of the Jews.2:18; 4:5:1; 5:1:2-5; 6:4:6; 6:5:1,2; 6:8:5. 

12) Genealogical Records.(archives).Destroyed:.Wars of the Jews 6:6:3; 6:9:1. 

13) God.(not the Romans).took the Kingdom away from the Jews:.Matthew 21:43;.Wars of the Jews.6:8:4; 6:9:1,4. 

14) Jerusalem was called "that Great City" and "Sodom":.Revelation 11:8; 18:21-24 compare Luke 13:33-35;.Wars of the Jews.5:13:6; 7:8:7.

15) The temple vessels were taken to Rome by Titus:.Wars of the Jews.7:5:5-7.

16) Roman soldiers sacrificed to their standards in the temple. Part of the "abomination of desolation"?.Matthew 24:15;.Wars of the Jews.4:5:1; 5:1:2,3,5.

17) Jews of that generation were more wicked than any other before:.Matthew 12:45;.Wars of the Jews.5:10:5, compared to Sodom:.Wars of the Jews 5:13:6.

18) Cannibalism:.Leviticus 26:29; Deuteronomy 28:53-57; Wars of the Jews  6:3:3-4. The severe famine was caused by Jewish factions:.Wars of the Jews.5:1:4.

19) Jews sold as slaves:.Luke 21:24;.Wars of the Jews.Preface Section 11;.Wars of the Jews.6:8:2; 6:9:2-4.

20) Conditions during siege of Jerusalem:.Luke 19:43,44;.Wars of the Jews.6:8:1.

21) Leveling the city of Jerusalem:.Matthew 24:2;.Wars of the Jews.7:1:1; 7:8:7.

22) Three divisions of Jerusalem:.Revelation 16:19;.Wars of the Jews.5:1:1,4.

23) "Hailstones" weighing a talent:.Revelation 16:21;.Wars of the Jews.3:7:9; 5:6:3.

24) Three woes pronounced on Jerusalem:.Revelation 8:13; Josephus names this prophet, referred to as an angel, a messenger in Revelation 8:13:.Wars of the Jews.6:5:3.

25) Daily sacrifices ceased in the "midst of the week".(i.e. after 3½ years):.Daniel 9:27;.Wars of the Jews.6:2:1.

"Christians had been looked upon as being just another sect of Judaism. Jews of other sects.(Pharisees, Sadducees, Essenes, etc.).had severely persecuted Christians in the attempt to stop them before they were firmly established. But A.D. 70 changed all that. After A.D. 70, Christians were no longer considered just another sect of the Jews. Jews of all the other sects had taken part in the revolt against Rome, but not the Christian Jews. Remembering Emmanuel's prediction of these things and His warning not to get caught-up in them, the Jewish Christians fled across the Jordan river to Pella. By not participating in the revolt they immediately distinguished themselves from the persecuting Jews. Christians were building a spiritual empire, not a physical one, a point we would do well to remember today in view of the Zionist appeals for support."