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One of the most dramatic scenes of the “end of the world” in the movie 2012 was the destruction of St Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican.
Given the ferment and upheaval, the rebellions and Roman reprisals, Jesus could probably have sensed that Israel was on a collision course with the Roman military occupiers. But such a theory ignores the reality that the Romans destroyed the Temple of Jerusalem and much of the city after encircling the city four years after a Jewish rebellion in 66 AD. Before their final onslaught on the city in 70 AD, the Romans encircled it with raised fortifications to cut off supplies to the city. They finally breached the city walls and destroyed the Temple, setting it ablaze. Hundreds of thousands were slaughtered or captured.
It also explains why Jesus focused His attention on the “House of Israel” as a strategic approach. He would have seen that the Romans were clearly the military occupying power, employing brute force to suppress the people. But He also knew that the local political and religious elite of His time were oppressing and burdening the people.
This fuelled resentment and seething anger and the Romans responded by crushing rebellions with ferocious violence, torture and crucifixion of rebels, who were labelled “bandits” and thieves.
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