3)
All the houses of Jerusalem.
4)
Even every large house he burned with fire.
b.
So all the army of the Chaldeans who were with the captain of the guard.
1)
Broke down all the walls around Jerusalem, (Jeremiah 52:12-24).
2)
This is a picture of total destruction.
3)
That total destruction included the destruction of the first temple that had stood for 410 years and established a pattern that Israel should have known would happen again, and it did happen again.
a)
The first temple, which had stood for 410 years, was torn down in 586 BC.
b)
The second temple, which had stood for 420 years, was torn down in 70 AD.
c)
The third temple, which is to be built will be turned over to be trod underfoot by the Gentiles.
(1)
And the Gentiles are not descendants of
Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
(2)
They come from an unholy affair of
Abrahams wife having a son not promised to
be the ruling descendant of Abraham.
(3)
The Muslim world will shortly be in
Jerusalem thinking along with President
Obama that they won.
(a)
They will in a short 3 ½ years while
the living Jews are in the Negra learn
that Israel the beloved of God and
the Jews the beloved people of God
are the winners.
(b)
Jerusalem will be short for the Arabs
and the backers of the Arabs. They