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From the Jewish Virtual Library:
History & Overview of the Western Wall (jewishvirtuallibrary.org)
"When the Romans razed the Second Temple, they left one outer wall standing. They probably would have destroyed that wall as well, but it must have seemed too insignificant to them since it was not part of the Temple itself, just a retaining wall surrounding the Temple Mount."
The consequence of bad homework.
LOL!! Not according to Scripture.
Luk 19:41-44
(41) And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it,
(42) Saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes.
(43) For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side,
(44) And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.
Not just the temple building upon the mount but WHOLE CITY of Jersualem if you try to interpret Luke 19 in physical sense. (and of course its not).
Also parable of Matthew 22 says not one word about waiting until 70 A.D. to bring about the destruction of the city and people, or about a Roman army being the Lord's, or about a ruler Titus or any of the other alleged proofs some offer as support for their Physical city destruction supposition. This, when it seems perfectly clear God is not talking about a physical city within Israel, but the whole congregation of Israel, using the holy city as the kingdom representation. They have the kingdom no more, and haven't since it was taken from them at the cross.
Matthew 21:43
- "Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof."
Matthew 22:2-14
- "The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son,
- And sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding: and they would not come.
- Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them which are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come unto the marriage.
- But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his farm, another to his merchandise:
- And the remnant took his servants, and entreated them spitefully, and slew them.
- But when the king heard thereof, he was wroth: and he sent forth his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city.
- Then saith he to his servants, The wedding is ready, but they which were bidden were not worthy.
- Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage.
- So those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together all as many as they found, both bad and good: and the wedding was furnished with guests.
- And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment:
- And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless.
- Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
- For many are called, but few are chosen."
Moreover, if the wedding, the bidding to it, the slain oxen, the farm, the merchandise, the fatlings, and the guests on the highways are not literal things at a very literal wedding, what would make anyone think the armies of the king would magically, and out of context, be a absolute literal/physical army of Romans in the midst of all this? Come on! Think about it! That makes no sense. It's only accepted because Christians follow the leaders and false teachers rather than sound study practices or hermeneutics. That is why we have a thousand different versions of every doctrine known to the church. Not because truth is so unattainable, but because of the stubborn will of man. In other words, thick skulls! :)
After the city was destroyed, then God sent out His servants to secure wedding guests. Are we to then suppose that the church waited 37 years until 70 A.D. when a physical destruction of Jerusalem took place before God (this King) sent His servants out to find guests? This is a joke. The whole idea is inconsistent because when something is not true it generally is always inconsistent. For example, it won't fit because there is no real harmony as with God inspired truth. The biblical fact is, God sent his servants out to secure guests to the wedding when he poured out His holy Spirit at Pentecost, not over 30 years after Pentecost after a destruction in 70 A.D.
Finally, there is not one jot or title in God's inerrant word about all stones falling being an exaggeration or a physical army knocking down physical bricks in 70 A.D., because it's speculation. That's not even taking into account that the whole physical city of Jerusalem "in 70 A.D." was no longer the Lord's Holy City that it would even qualify. It hadn't been God's Holy City since the time of the cross. Period! There was a "New Jerusalem," and it certainly was not represented by the physical building of Jerusalem in 70 A.D., The only holy city Jerusalem that qualifies for being destroyed before the rebuilding in three days was the congregation of God that was destroyed when Christ was crucified. So the use of these passages of Matthew 22 in an attempt to justify a carnal world view of a city's destruction by the people of a Prince in 70 A.D., is without Rock solid foundation. Foundation upon the WORD of God rather than history books.