Tuesday 11/28/17
St. Luke wrote his Gospel
in the year 85 A.D. which was fifteen
years after the destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans in the year 70. That might look like he was falsifying
history, but maybe he was writing a warning to us who have lost much of our
patriotism and our love for God. I have clear memories of men tearing up their
tax refund checks, saying they meant to show their love for this country that
has done so much for them.
What was the destruction of Jerusalem? Well, in Our Lord's
time there were Jews who loved their country and its dream of independence. But
after the year 65 their spirit became vicious
They formed bands that ambushed Roman army patrols. Carrying
daggers called sheekas. they were
called the Sheekaries; and they had
hiding places in the back streets of Jerusalem.
In the year 69, the Roman Senate, finding no easy way for
handling the Sheekaries, commissioned General Vespasian to obliterate Jerusalem
. He had set up catapults all around the city, when he was chosen to be Roman emperor.
He turned the destruction of the city over to his son, General Titus.
Titus, on being shown rhat the Pharisees had ben loyal to
Rome, allowed them to resettle on the coast. After that, he starved Jerusalem
to death while bombarding with his catapults, leaving it, as Jesus had
predicted without a stone upon a stone.
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