The ninth of Av is the Jewish Day of Mourning. Calamitous events occurred on Tisha B’Av. Tisha B’Av, the 9th day of the month of Av, is the saddest day on the Jewish calendar, on which Jews fast, deprive themselves, and pray. It is the culmination of the Three Weeks, a period during which they mark the destruction of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem.
Calamitous events that occurred on the 9th of Av: 1. Poised to enter the Promised Land, spies are sent in to check it out, and they return with a bad report resulting in 40 years of wandering in the wilderness. 2. Both temples were destroyed on the 9th of Av. 3. In 133 BC, the Jewish rebels were brutally butchered in the final battle at Betar on the 9th of Av. 4. One year after their conquest of Betar, the Romans plowed over the Temple Mount, the nation’s holiest site on the 9th of Av. 5. The Jews were expelled from England and their possession confiscated on the 9th of Av. 6. The Jews were banished from Spain on the 9th of Av. 7. Hitler approved the “final solution” order, which was the Nazi’s death warrant for the Jews of Europe, on the 9th of Av.
The Jews know that these events were judgements from God and that is why they are still Jews, and why we should believe the Bible is God’s Word.
Considering we are in the end times Nelson Walters suggests we watch for what might happen this 9th of Av, on August 13th, 2024.