2 ESDRAS: The Hidden Book of Prophecy With 1st Esdras - Book - Page 26
WHO DEFILED THE
SECOND TEMPLE?
The Books of Maccabees, not found in the Dead Sea Scrolls
make the claim Greece defiled the Temple. That is a lie!
Greece Did NOT Defile the Temple
From the account of the Temple Priests which appears within
their commentaries of prophetic interpretation of events that had
already occurred in their time, they record that Greece did not
defile the Temple nor even attack Yahudea with their military.
This is consistent with Greek history that does not mention this
Maccabees account which is not history nor Bible. This is a
major problem for modern Judaism which has only this claim to
link it to their being Hebrews. They are not.
“Whither the lion goes, there is the lion’s cub, [with none to
disturb it] (ii, 11b).
[Interpreted, this concerns Deme]trius king of Greece who
sought, on the counsel of those who seek smooth things, to enter
Jerusalem. [But God did not permit the city to be delivered] into
the hands of the kings of Greece, from the time of Antiochus
until the coming of the rulers of the Kittim. But then she shall be
trampled under their feet...” –COMMENTARY ON NAHUM, p. 505
Thus, from the time of Demetrius to the time of Antiochus I
including the time of Antiochus Epiphanes and until the time of
the Kittim takeover which is the Roman Empire, Yahudea is not
subdued with Greece’s military. Even Alexander the Great was
welcomed in a peaceful takeover not military conquest especially
in the Temple where he even burnt the sacrifice of the Temple.
Greece wanted the tax revenues and Israel agreed to that in
all accounts even Josephus, Tacitus, Origen and others agree
on that. However, who trampled Yahudea? Who defiled the
Temple? This community did not keep that a secret...
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