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Tonight, as we gather here, hundreds of thousands of Israelis are fasting and praying and

lamenting and crying in and over the lost of the two temples that we had. The first one that was

destroyed in 586 BC by Nebuchadneza the of Babylon, and the second which was destroyed by Titus Vespasian in 70 AD.

There are many other different, I would say disasters that are attached to that specific

date, the ninth day of the month of Av, some of which are maybe known to you, the expulsion of the

Jews from England, the expulsion of the Jews from Spain and many other events and it's very

interesting because in one of the commentaries that are read some Jewish literature suggests that the Messiah was born on that very day as well.

And it's very interesting because if Jewish Jewish literature suggested Messiah was born,

then that means he already came.

Interesting.

But we must remember that the Jewish people are lamenting over a man-made temple.

They are crying in, they are fasting and they are almost torturing themselves right now over something that is definitely not of God.

If you really think about it,

the Jews are saying that day will become a day of feast and happiness and joy and celebration when Messiah will come and the temple will be rebuilt.

So there's an expectation for the coming of the Messiah and the rebuilding of the temple.

And I can only imagine, I can see in my mind a false Messiah coming, introducing a false temple and then

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