We see in this account that: 1. God is in control. None of this has or will take him by surprise. He is still on the throne and history is playing out as he said it would.
2. God promises to be with us and strengthen us through it all. He will not abandon us. He will bring us safely to his eternal kingdom if we continue to trust in him.
3. The destruction of the temple ought to remind us that it is Jesus alone who can save. And it ought to cause us to leave behind all our vain and useless efforts to procure our own salvation and simply to throw ourselves on the mercy of Jesus our Saviour.