The pouring upon the desolate, spoken of in Dan 9:26-27 (See: Matt
23:37-38)
Jerusalem fell in A. D. 70. As an honor to himself, the Roman
commander had determined to
save the temple; but the Lord had said that there should not remain
one stone upon another
which should not be thrown down. A Roman soldier seized a brand of
fire, and, climbing upon
the shoulders of his comrades, thrust it into one of the windows of
the beautiful structure. It was
soon in the arms of the devouring element. The frantic efforts of
the Jews to extinguish the
flames were seconded by Titus himself, but all in vain. Seeing that
the temple must perish, Titus
rushed in, and bore away the golden candlestick, the table of
show-bread, and the
volume of the law, wrapped in golden tissue. The candlestick was
afterward deposited in
Vespasian’s Temple to Peace, and copied on the triumphal arch of
Titus, where its mutilated
image is yet to be seen. DAR 251.2
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