Today=
(August 2nd) at sundown, marks the solemn Tisha B’av (9th of Av in the Jewish calendar). The date varies from late July t=
o August on modern caledars, but it is a 25-hour period of prayer and fasti=
ng in remembrance. We join them in contemplation and prayer, trusting that =
out of darkness the Light will dawn. My heart longs for all to come to repe=
ntance and faith in Jesus the Messiah like I did.
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Specific events occurred on/near the ninth of Av that warrant fas=
ting:
The Twelve Spies sent by Moses to obs=
erve the land of Canaan returned from their mission on 9 Av, but =
only two of the spies brought a positive report. The people were in panic a=
nd despair of ever entering the “Promised Land” and were punish=
ed for unbelief with 38 more years of wandering until that generation died.=
The First Temple built by King Solomon=
was destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar in 586 BCE, and the population of Judah&nb=
sp;was sent into the Babylonian exile. According to the Bible, the Fir=
st Temple’s destruction began on the 7th of Av (2 Kings 25:8) and continued=
until the 10th (Jeremiah 52:12). The actual destruction of the Temple bega=
n on 9 Av, and it continued to burn throughout 10 Av.
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The Second Temple, built by Zerubbabel and renovated by =
Herod the Great, was destroyed by the Romans on 9 Av 70 CE, =
scattering the people of Judea and commencing the exile from=
the Holy Land.
The Romans su=
bsequently crushed final revolt and destroyed the city, killing over 5=
80,000 Jewish civilians on 9 Av 135 CE, following which the Roman commander=
plowed the site of the Temple in Jerusalem and the surrounding area.
The First Crusade =
officially commenced on 15 August, 1096 CE (Av 24), killing 10,000 Jews&nbs=
p;in its first month and destroying Jewish communities in France and German=
y.
The Jews were expelled from Engl=
ands on 18 July, 1290 CE (Av 9).
Th=
e Jews were expelled from France on 22 July, 1306 CE (Av 10).
The Jews were expelled from Spain on 3=
1 July, 1492 CE (Av 7).
Germany entered=
Wolrd War I on 1–2 August, 1914 CE (Av 9–10), which cause=
d massive upheaval in European Jewry.
SS=
commander Heinrich Himmler formally received approval from the Nazi P=
arty for "The Final Solution” on 2 August, 1941 CE (Av 9), which=
marked the beginning of the Holocaust during which six million Jews (=
almost one third of the world’s Jewish population) were murdered.
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Dr. Bob Griffin
“Abhorring all my sin, =
adoring only Him”
[email protected] www.grif.net
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