Les Feldick Bible Study

Were the first temple and the later temple destroyed on the same day and month?

Yes. The first temple built by Solomon and the later temple were destroyed on exactly the same day of the same month. This fact illustrates God's meticulous timing, as He keeps even angels waiting for a particular hour, a particular day, and a particular month.

Les explains that God is meticulous in His timing, even keeping the four angels confined at the Euphrates—a boundary between eastern and western religions—waiting for a particular hour of a particular day of a particular month. He then shares a fact that shook him: the first temple, built by Solomon, was destroyed on exactly the same month, the same day as the later temple that was built and destroyed by the Babylonians. He stresses, 'On the same day of the same month.'