The Moment of Destruction

This is remarkable! This is a picture I took as I stood on the same street that Jesus and His disciples travelled upon 2,000 years ago. It runs along the western wall of what used to be the Second Temple. To the right, you can see the western wall and in the middle of the picture you can see a pile of rubble. This is the same western wall that just a short distance further is so famous as a place of prayer. Recently, archaeologists have dug down and uncover this area which was before covered with 18 feet of earth and home atop that. When they reach the rubble, they decided to leave it intact. You see when the Romans sacked the city and then entered the Temple to destroy it, they pushed over the walls above this spot resulting in the rubble you see here. Here it is, the moment of destruction in AD 70.