Did Early Christians Mourn the Destruction of the Temple?
When the Temple was destroyed by the Romans in the summer of 70 C.E., the Jews lost their religious and political center. Practically speaking, this did not adversely affect Jesus’s followers, who continued to grow and flourish in this period. But what did they feel about the Temple’s destruction?
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Jerusalem, James Tissot 1886-1894. From Solomon’s Porch in the Temple complex, Jesus berates a large crowd of the devout for the killing of the prophets. Brooklynmuseum.org
Many New Testament texts, including the gospels of Matthew, Luke and John, were written shortly after the Temple’s destruction, between 70 and 100 C.E.[1]
Nevertheless, it is commonly believed that these early Christ believers did not mourn the Temple’s destruction.
Why would the Early Christian NOT MOURN the Temple Destroyed?
Jesus Predicts the Temple Will Fall
Jesus Replaces the Temple
They were LOOKING for the Temple to be DESTORYED.
So any mention of a Future Anti-Christ sitting in the Temple, on God's Throne, is 100% absolute FUTURE!