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How Could the Temples Have Been Destroyed?

An annual Jewish observance commemorates the destruction of the first and second temples. Why did God allow the first and second temples to be destroyed?

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Jerusalem means “city of peace,” and yet this city’s history has been filled with rivers of blood! No city has suffered like Jerusalem. It has known almost no peace. But there is very good news. God established Jerusalem to be a city of peace—and will one day make sure that it becomes so! It is actually the city from which God’s Family will rule the entire universe!