The Catholic Defender: Band of Survivors

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“Learn a lesson from the fig tree.

When it’s branch becomes tender and sprouts leaves, you know that summer is near.

In the same way, when you see all these things, know that he is near, at the gates.

Amen, I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all these things have taken place.

Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away”.

It seems that mankind does not learn from the past.

Jesus words were fulfilled with the destruction of Jerusalem on the 9th of AV, 70 A.D (Tish’a B’ Av) at the three O'clock hour.

(Incidentally, this was the very same day and time, (9th of Av, in 586 B.C.) (Tish’a B’ Av) with

the destruction of the Temple (2 Kgs 24:18-25).

This event was known as the Babylonian Captivity when the Jews were taken to Babylon as slaves.

Yet, the spiritual rebellion that cause the destruction of Jerusalem is growing today in our own time.

Jesus continues to warn: “But of that day and hour no one knows, neither the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father alone.

For as it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man.

In those days before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day that Noah entered the ark.

They did not know until the flood came and carried them all away. So will it be also at the coming of the Son of Man”.

The "band of survivors" (or "remnant") in the Bible refers to a faithful group, often from Jerusalem and Mount Zion, who survive divine judgment, persecution, or military destruction (e.g., Assyrian invasion) to carry on God's covenant promises. This group signifies hope and restoration, often prophesied to "take root downward and bear fruit upward" (2 Kings 19:30-31). 

They are considered the "faithful minority" or "remnant of Israel" who, despite overwhelming odds or exile, are preserved by God.

The survival is often attributed to "the zeal of the LORD of hosts".

They are the foundation for rebuilding and renewing the nation.

Isaiah 37:32 speaks of God's promise to preserve a faithful remnant of His people. Despite the threat from the Assyrian army and the widespread destruction in Judah, God assures King Hezekiah that Jerusalem will not be completely destroyed.

Psalm 91:4, which says "He will cover you with his feathers, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart.".