The Old Jerusalem is not merely passing away, it is being brought to utter ruin by the One who the inhabitants of that city rejected, the One who came with salvation in His hands, Hosanna, the Lord and heaven and earth. Though He came to His own, His own did not receive Him, and for their rejection they inherited judgment. The reason for their rejection is made clear and greatly amplified in the vision that John has in Revelation 17. The reason the Jews rejected Christ, and Christ subsequently judged them, was that they had broken covenant with Christ and bound themselves to Rome (3-4), they persecuted the true Church (6), and had chosen the finer of pagan gods, of Satan, to the gifts the Bridegroom had prepared for His bride. For her betrayal, the woman who rode the beast, astride that wretched monster, would find herself riding it all the way to perdition (17:11).