Emphasis Preaching Journal

In 70 AD, General Titus (destined to become Caesar) brought the Roman Legions to Jerusalem to quell a rebellion that had begun a few years earlier. He virtually destroyed Jerusalem and burned the temple (never to be rebuilt to this day). This monumental event signaled the effective end of the animal sacrifice system that had been in place since the time of Abraham and codified in the time of Moses. No longer would there be a ritual atonement offered by the high priest in the temple for the sins of the people.