No Stone Left Unturned

-- The book of Matthew records that as the Savior departed from the temple he spoke to his disciples ….“And Jesus said unto them, “See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.” (Matt 24:1-2) We know that that prophecy was fulfilled in 70 A.D. when the Roman armies led by Titus destroyed Jerusalem and not one stone of Herod’s temple was “left upon another”. That prophecy was LITERALLY fulfilled when the temple burned and the gold from the temple melted down through the piled stones. The soldiers literally turned every stone searching for every piece of remaining gold. Today in Italy a monument to Titus (The Arch of Titus) built by his brother remains, depicting the soldiers returning to Rome with the menorah and other precious spoils of the temple in hand.