'So adding to the pile of connections between the 2012 Olympics in London and the "aspirations" of Zion and the symbolic rebuilding/destruction of the temple, another tidbit has now come to light thanks to an email from a listener.

It turns out that "Tisha B’Av" falls on the 27th of July this year (2012) and this is the SAME DAY that the London Olympics opening ritual/ceremony takes place. So the eyes of the world will be on London on 27th of July 2012 for the Opening of the XXX Olympiad. How interesting!

Tisha B’Av (the Ninth of Av) is an annual fast day in Judaism, named for the ninth day (Tisha) of the month of Av in the Hebrew calendar. The fast commemorates the destruction of both the First Temple and Second Temple in Jerusalem, which occurred about 655 years apart, but on the same Hebrew calendar date.'

Read more: 2012 Zion Olympics in London Coincide with Tisha B’Av - Commemoration of the Destruction of the Temples in Jerusalem