The 9th of Av

Beginning tonight at sunset on the Hebrew Calendar is Tisha B'Av, the annual fast day named for the 9th of the month of Av. It's the conclusion of three weeks of sorrow for the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem. In fact, not just one, but two temples were destroyed on the same date, 656 years apart. This day has been called the saddest day in Jewish history.

More here:
http://www.jewfaq.org/holidayd.htm

And that is not the only thing has happened on this day. Here are some interesting things...

What happened on the Ninth of Av?

Picture this: The Israelites are in the desert, recently having experienced the miraculous Exodus, and are now poised to enter the Promised Land. But first they send out a reconnaissance mission, to assist in formulating a prudent battle strategy. The spies return on the eighth day of Av and report that the land is unconquerable. That night, the 9th of Av, the people cry. They insist that they’d rather go back to Egypt than be slaughtered by the Canaanites. G-d is highly displeased by this public demonstration of distrust in His power, and consequently that generation of Israelites never enters the Holy Land. Only their children have that privilege, after wandering in the desert for 40 years.

The 9th of Av would turn out to be a challenging day for our people throughout history. The Mishnah1 enumerates five sad events that occurred on this day:

1. The abovementioned episode (in the year 1313 BCE).
2. The destruction of the First Temple in Jerusalem (423 BCE).
3. The destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem (69 CE).
4. The conquest of the city of Betar by the Romans. This brought to an end the Bar Kochba rebellion (133 CE). The city was pillaged and hundreds of thousands of Jews were slaughtered.
5. The plowing of the Temple Mount by the Romans, one year after the conquest of Betar.

And that’s not all. The Jews were expelled from England in 1290 on - you guessed it - Tishah b’Av. In 1492, the Jews were expelled from Spain. King Ferdinand decreed that by the end of July, Spain should be Judenrein. They were then given two days extra, until the second of August, the 9th of Av. The expelled Jews were now susceptible to capture, murder, looting, and wild beasts—both the four-legged and two-legged varieties. Word War I was declared on the 9th of Av in 1914. This war ultimately led to the political and economic upheavals which caused the Bolshevik revolution and the Holocaust.

Source: www.askmoses.com

This leads one to wonder if anything else tragic will happen on this day in the future.

Related:

Tisha b'Av and Sovereignty on the Temple Mount
bible-prophecy-today.blogspot.com

Temple Altar Construction Begins on Day of Destruction
August 3, 2009
www.inthedays.com

MUST SEE the very significant video (10 minutes):
Obama & The Mourning of Israel
Pstor Bill Randles
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1jI34xWtvc