Masada~ The Boston Tea Party of the Past Part I

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Masada~ The Boston Tea Party of the Past

Part I

 

 

Masada

 

 

And Ezekiel’s prophecy does agree with the other prophets in this regard but at the time that he wrote his book, who would ever think that Ezekiel knew what he was actually writing about!?

 

 

 

 

[1] Thou also, son of man, take thee a tile, and lay it before thee, and pourtray upon it the city,

even Jerusalem: [2] And lay siege against it, and build a fort against it, and cast a mount against

it; set the camp also against it, and set battering rams against it round about. [3] Moreover take

thou unto thee an iron pan, and set it for a wall of iron between thee and the city: and set thy

face against it, and it shall be besieged, and thou shalt lay siege against it. This shall be a sign

to the house of Israel. EZEKIEL 4:1-3.

 

 

… after A.D. 70 Masada [i.e. the Romans laid siege against Jerusalem

with Battering rams] and the destruction of the temple …

Prophecy of the Transatlantic Slave Ship Trade; Part 2

https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/9639-prophecy-of-the-transatlantic-slave-ship-trade-part-2/

 

 

 

 

 

 

Some historians refer to Masada as 'the Boston Tea Party' of the past. This viral and brief film about Masada helps to understand the depth of Ezekiel’s incredible prophecies, not only about the process in which the Israelites had been systematically driven out of the Middle East but how this time period was connected to the future event of the slave ship era that would not even happen until way beyond 2000 years at the time when this incredible prophecy was written! Now, it has come to past, so much so, that it has become a major tourist attraction. Now, it has been more than 2000 years since this event has come to past!

 

Ezekiel wrote that the horrible event of how the Israelites would be violently driven out of the Middle East over a successive period of time was only ‘a sign’ of even more terrible things to happen much later with regards to the setup of a Second Roman empire. Within the same prophecy about the setup of the Roman military camp, Ezekiel wrote about the Transatlantic Slave Ship era that would occur as a judgment against Israel for their sins. Wow! Does God have a long memory or what!? So like Daniel and the other Nebiim prophets, Ezekiel wrote about the apocalypse, a time period of ‘a time, time and half of times’ which means, 2500 years. Daniel specifically dated the apocalypse to be based upon the time of the construction and completion of the second temple in Jerusalem of which occurred during the 400s BC. This temple eventually became known as Herod’s temple as well due to some of the additions added by Herod.

 

 

600s BC --------- Roman Empire --- AD 70s --- AD 433 Rome downfall -----AD 1099 Crusades

 

 

Ezekiel lived during the 600s BC, and it was during this time that the Northern Nation of Israel was overthrown violently byway of the Assyrians. So, about 600 years before the romans formed their empire, Ezekiel wrote his book and wrote about how the Israelites would be removed from this country, the original lands of the Canaanites. The prophet Daniel, at a young age became part of the downfall of Jewry, the Southern Nation of Israel, which did not happen until over a hundred years later after the Northern Israelites were overthrown. However, about 70 years later after Daniel and many of the Jews were forced marched out of their lands, the Babylonians of whom orchestrated this overthrow were themselves overthrown by the Persians and so, many Jews of the Southern Nation migrated back down into Jerusalem and built a second temple system up. But like Daniel, many other Jews remained in the north and became a part of the Persian overthrow as well. Eventually, after the Greek empire set up, soon came the Greco-Roman times. Finally, the Romans transitioned their system from a republic to an empire system and after a series of military campaigns such as the Punic Wars, the Romans began to exercise their military powers over the Middle East. From their capitol in Central Italy, the Roman made decrees and the first decree made in Syria was to begin a movement to tax the world. Soon, Roman military campaigns began against the Jews.

 

All throughout the Middle East, Roman military men were deployed to setup camps and to assist in the setup of Roman rule, however, many Jews vehemently resisted. Nevertheless, by and by, the Jews and many others like the Zealots became defeated. By the year A.D. 66, the Romans campaigned in the south against the last Jewish stronghold, Masada. This stronghold was a well-fortified and an extravagant and lavish walled community equipped with palaces, storerooms, and extensive water supply areas and that had been constructed by Herod at an earlier time. Initially, the Romans were overpowered however, the Romans would not relent, therefore, they employed some of their well-seasoned forces, one of which was supposedly men from Julius Caesars famous Black army. So, the Romans set up camp and lay siege, and this campaign lasted for years. Finally, the Romans built up a massive mound and rolled a battering ram into position and breached the wall. But, in A.D. 73, on April 16, when the Romans broke through, what they found was mass deaths. Ironically, 73 years prior, this was the very day that Jesus Christ was born, and the star of Bethlehem appeared.

 

 

The ramp was complete in the spring of 73, after probably two to three months of siege, allowing

the Romans to finally breach the wall of the fortress with a battering ram on April 16. [16][17] . . .

A giant siege tower with a battering ram was constructed and moved laboriously up the completed ramp.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masada

 

Some historians say that the people either committed suicide or submitted to murder rather than be captured by the Romans. There were only a few that were alive amidst burning buildings. After this campaign, the Romans dealt with remaining Jewish rebellions that occurred intermittently for decades up until the last significant revolt of Bar Kokhba. However, at that time and for many years to come, Masada became one of the most dramatic events of all times. More importantly, it becomes the mark of Ezekiel’s prophecy written down some 600 years prior. However, the most haunting aspect of that prophecy was that even as terrible as it had been for the Jews being driven out of their country, moreover, Ezekiel wrote that it would become a mark, a sign of the time, of another more evil horror to occur; that of the Transatlantic Slave Ship era and the setup of another future massive world empire system.

  

Siege of masada