In the New Testament, the town is described as the childhood home of Jesus, and as such is a center of Christian pilgrimage, with many shrines commemorating biblical events.
In the New Testament, the town is described as the childhood home of Jesus, and as such is a center of Christian pilgrimage, with many shrines commemorating biblical events.
march of the templars
Revelation 19
17 Then I saw an angel standing on the sun.
He cried out in a loud voice to all the birds flying high overhead,
“Come here. Gather for God’s great feast,
18 to eat the flesh of kings, the flesh of military officers,
and the flesh of warriors, the flesh of horses and of their riders,
and the flesh of all, free and slave, small and great.”
Jesus, Mahdi vs the antichrist
who is this man? the lawless one? who turned the world into a desert and beat the nations with unrelenting blows?
Saladin Quotes
If you want to destroy any nation without war, make adultery or nudity common in the young generation. …
I warn you against shedding blood, indulging in it and making a habit of it, for blood never sleeps. …
I have become so great as I am because I have won men’s hearts by gentleness and kindliness.
These penances were aimed at turning away God’s wrath from the city, but “…Our Lord did not deign to hear the prayers or noise that was made in the city. For the stench of adultery, of disgusting extravagance and of sin against nature would not let their prayers rise to God.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Jerusalem_(1187)