775 years ago: Jerusalem's Tower of David surrenders to invading Muslims

and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled. Luke 21:24b

On August 23, 1244, Jerusalem's citadel, the Tower of David, surrendered to forces of the Khwarezmian Empire, a Sunni Muslim dynasty of Turkic Mamluk origin that ruled parts of Greater Iran from approximately 1077-1231. The surrender of the citadel came 39 days after the Khwarezmian forces had concluded a siege of Jerusalem by sacking the city, which had been under nominal Christian control since the end of the Sixth Crusade in 1229.

Jerusalem has been "trodden down of the Gentiles" through the centuries, but the time is approaching when the Lord Jesus Christ will return to Jerusalem and sit on the throne of David:

And in mercy shall the throne be established: and he shall sit upon it in truth in the tabernacle of David, judging, and seeking judgment, and hasting righteousness. Isaiah 16:5

While the Tower of David surrendered to invading forces, there is another tower that provides complete safety:

The name of the Lord is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe. Proverbs 18:10