Christ would have averted the doom of the Jewish nation if the people had received Him. But envy and jealousy made them implacable. They determined that they would not receive Jesus of Nazareth as the Messiah. They rejected the Light of the world, and henceforth their lives were surrounded with darkness as the darkness of midnight. The doom foretold came upon the Jewish nation. Their own fierce passions, uncontrolled, wrought their ruin. In their blind rage they destroyed one another. Their rebellious, stubborn pride brought upon them the wrath of their Roman 713 conquerors. Jerusalem was destroyed, the temple laid in ruins, and its site plowed like a field. The children of Judah perished by the most horrible forms of death. Millions were sold to serve as bondmen in heathen lands.

Kristus kunne have tilbagekaldt dommen over det jødiske folk, hvis de havde taget imod ham, men deres misundelse og skinsyge havde gjort dem uforsonlige. De traf den beslutning, at de ikke ville anerkende Jesus af Nazaret som Messias. De forkastede Verdens Lys, og fra det øjeblik blev de indhyllet i det sorteste mørke. Den dom, som var forudsagt, blev fuldbyrdet på det jødiske folk. Det var deres egne heftige, ukontrollerede lidenskaber, der voldte deres ulykke. I deres blinde raseri dræbte de hinanden. Deres utæmmelige stolthed vakte deres romerske sejrherrers vrede. Jerusalem blev ødelagt, templet lagt i ruiner og tempelpladsen pløjet som en mark. Judas børn blev dræbt ved de frygteligste metoder, og millioner blev solgt som slaver i hedenske lande.