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Again, who so present an avenger of crimes against himself; so that, as the immediate consequence of their impiety, the entire Jewish people were scattered by an unseen power, their royal seat utterly removed, and their very temple with its holy things levelled with the ground? Who, like our Saviour, has uttered predictions at once concerning that impious nation and the establishment of his church throughout the world, and has equally verified both by the event? Respecting the temple of these wicked men, our Saviour said: "Your house is left unto you desolate": ¹ and, "There shall not be left one stone upon another in this place, that shall not be thrown down." ² And again, of his church he says: "I will build my church upon a rock, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it." ³