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the symbols of our faith rather than allowing the symbols to lead us more deeply into the sacred mysteries. There is a hint that this may have been the case in the Gospel as “people were speaking about how the temple was adorned with costly stones and votive offerings” (Luke 21:5).
So Christ immediately responds with a disturbing prediction of the destruction of the temple. He warns that “the days will come when there will not be left a stone upon another stone...” (Luke 21:6).
The Lord’s words must have been shocking to pious Jewish sensibilities. The destruction of the temple was almost unimaginable. When it took place, in the past, it was always a sign of God’s punishment: “O God, the nations have invaded your inheritance; they have defiled your holy temple, they have reduced Jerusalem to rubble” (Psalm 79:1). ,;-.v
But the Lord’s rhetorical shock treatment was necessary to elicit the interest of his disciples and he began to teach them about “the end.”
As the end approaches, the Lord reveals, there will be false prophets, wars and insurrections; there will be earthquakes and famines; there will be hatred and persecutions; and “they will put some of you to death” (Luke
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