Recall too that the foundational basis of the Hebrew faith lay in the might and invincibility of their God, the Lord of Hosts, who did not, in their view, look passively upon the affairs of His people but took a fearsome and active part in their protection and defense. Rome the lawless would find herself not merely expelled from the Holy Land but ground to dust beneath the engines of the Almighty, at the hour of His choosing and in a manner that would demonstrate to all the world the majesty of the One God.
