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- We begin our story by going back to the Law of Moses, to the book of Deuteronomy. Written around 1500 B.C., around one a half thousand years before the events described would take place, Deuteronomy chapter 28 lists the blessings and cursings that would befall the Jewish people.
- The cursings provide exact details of how the Romans would come against Jerusalem, to destroy the city and take away the priesthood. But, in particular, it also prophesies that the Roman Empire would come against Israel, and ultimately destroy it. We read in Deuteronomy chapter 28: