The Jewish people have gone through a sorrowful history. After they were scattered all over the world 2,000 years ago from the land that God had given them, the Jewish State is once again in existence since being re-established in 1948. For centuries, the Jews were considered a foreign minority and religious group. They had to live in fenced settlements. They were denied their recognition as a people. At the first World Zionist Congress in 1897 with Theodor Herzl in Basel, they qualified as a nation again and demanded to have their own state.

On November 2, 1917, the British Foreign Secretary Lord Arthur James Balfour informed the Zionist Movement of his government’s decision of wanting to assist with “the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people.” In 1922, Great Britain was entrusted with the Mandate for all of Palestine. On November 29, 1947, the UN General Assembly adopted the following resolution: “The territory of the British Mandate will be divided into an Arab State and a Jewish State.” On May 14, 1948, David Ben Gurion proclaimed the establishment of the State of Israel.

“When Israel was established in 1948, the country had approximately 806,000 inhabitants. 68 years later, on the Israeli Independence Day 2016, there are 8,522 million according to the official statistic.” (Israel Today, report from June 2016).

God has given many promises to the people of Israel, including in reference to the Promised Land. Jerusalem is mentioned in the Bible 780 times, Mount Zion 157 times – always in connection with the people of Israel. Their dispersion and their return have also been foretold in Bible prophecy. This is what the Bible states in this regard:

“And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.” (Lk 21:24).

“But, The Lord liveth, which brought up and which led the seed of the house of Israel out of the north country, and from all countries whither I had driven them; and they shall dwell in their own land.” (Jer 23:8).

“… set thine heart toward the highway, even the way which thou wentest: turn again, O virgin of Israel, turn again to these thy cities.” (Jer 31:21).

“… I will even gather you from the people, and assemble you out of the countries where ye have been scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel.” (Eze 11:17).

“For I will take you from among the heathen, and gather you out of all countries, and will bring you into your own land.” (Eze 36:24).

“Wherefore it shall come to pass, that when the Lord hath performed his whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem …” (Isa 10:12).

“Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the Lord of hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients gloriously.” (Isa 24:23).

According to Hos 9:10, the fig tree is a symbol for Israel: “I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness; I saw your fathers as the firstripe in the fig tree at her first time …”

“Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh …” (Mat 24:32; Mk 13:28).

We can see this development with Israel fulfilled before our eyes.

Balfour’s letter went down in history as the “Balfour Declaration” and is regarded as the basis for the establishment of the State of Israel. The Palestinian National Authority in Ramallah has now announced that they would lead a fight against the Balfour Declaration from November 2, 2016, until the 100^th anniversary on November 2, 2017. They want to bring legal action against this declaration and demand reparations from London.

We believe that God has brought His people back into the Promised Land to carry out His plan for the end time. This is not changed in the slightest by a lawsuit brought by an ethnic group that did not constitute itself until 1968 – that is 51 years after the Balfour Declaration.

God has announced the judgment for all of the nations that rise up against Israel: “I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.” (Joel 3:2).

The newest UNESCO Resolution, which identifies the Temple Mount as a “cultural heritage of Palestine” and Israel as “the occupying Power,” shows how severely people can be struck with blindness. The Temple Mount was first known as Mount Moriah in the Old Testament (Gen 22:2) and then as the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite. David purchased the entire mountain region for 600 shekels of gold (1 Chr 21:25) and declared in 1 Chr 22:1: “This is the house of the Lord God, and this is the altar of the burnt-offering for Israel.” Until the destruction by the Romans in the year ad 70, the Second Temple of Jerusalem was located at this site.

The promise that the Third Temple shall be built upon the same foundation where the First and also the Second Temple stood will be fulfilled, because in Rev 11:2 the newly-constructed Temple is measured in connection with the ministry of the two prophets.

We are living in the time period in which biblical prophecy is fulfilled before our eyes, even if the world is not aware of it. Blessed are those who recognize the signs of the time, indeed, of the end time!

The Jewish people have gone through a sorrowful history. After they were scattered all over the world 2,000 years ago from the land that God had given them, the Jewish State is once again in existence since being re-established in 1948. For centuries, the Jews were considered a foreign minority and religious group. They had to live in fenced settlements. They were denied their recognition as a people. At the first World Zionist Congress in 1897 with Theodor Herzl in Basel, they qualified as a nation again and demanded to have their own state.

On November 2, 1917, the British Foreign Secretary Lord Arthur James Balfour informed the Zionist Movement of his government’s decision of wanting to assist with “the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people.” In 1922, Great Britain was entrusted with the Mandate for all of Palestine. On November 29, 1947, the UN General Assembly adopted the following resolution: “The territory of the British Mandate will be divided into an Arab State and a Jewish State.” On May 14, 1948, David Ben Gurion proclaimed the establishment of the State of Israel.

“When Israel was established in 1948, the country had approximately 806,000 inhabitants. 68 years later, on the Israeli Independence Day 2016, there are 8,522 million according to the official statistic.” (Israel Today, report from June 2016).

God has given many promises to the people of Israel, including in reference to the Promised Land. Jerusalem is mentioned in the Bible 780 times, Mount Zion 157 times – always in connection with the people of Israel. Their dispersion and their return have also been foretold in Bible prophecy. This is what the Bible states in this regard:

“And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.” (Lk 21:24).

“But, The Lord liveth, which brought up and which led the seed of the house of Israel out of the north country, and from all countries whither I had driven them; and they shall dwell in their own land.” (Jer 23:8).

“… set thine heart toward the highway, even the way which thou wentest: turn again, O virgin of Israel, turn again to these thy cities.” (Jer 31:21).

“… I will even gather you from the people, and assemble you out of the countries where ye have been scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel.” (Eze 11:17).

“For I will take you from among the heathen, and gather you out of all countries, and will bring you into your own land.” (Eze 36:24).

“Wherefore it shall come to pass, that when the Lord hath performed his whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem …” (Isa 10:12).

“Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the Lord of hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients gloriously.” (Isa 24:23).

According to Hos 9:10, the fig tree is a symbol for Israel: “I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness; I saw your fathers as the firstripe in the fig tree at her first time …”

“Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh …” (Mat 24:32; Mk 13:28).

We can see this development with Israel fulfilled before our eyes.

Balfour’s letter went down in history as the “Balfour Declaration” and is regarded as the basis for the establishment of the State of Israel. The Palestinian National Authority in Ramallah has now announced that they would lead a fight against the Balfour Declaration from November 2, 2016, until the 100th anniversary on November 2, 2017. They want to bring legal action against this declaration and demand reparations from London.

We believe that God has brought His people back into the Promised Land to carry out His plan for the end time. This is not changed in the slightest by a lawsuit brought by an ethnic group that did not constitute itself until 1968 – that is 51 years after the Balfour Declaration.

God has announced the judgment for all of the nations that rise up against Israel: “I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.” (Joel 3:2).

The newest UNESCO Resolution, which identifies the Temple Mount as a “cultural heritage of Palestine” and Israel as “the occupying Power,” shows how severely people can be struck with blindness. The Temple Mount was first known as Mount Moriah in the Old Testament (Gen 22:2) and then as the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite. David purchased the entire mountain region for 600 shekels of gold (1 Chr 21:25) and declared in 1 Chr 22:1: “This is the house of the Lord God, and this is the altar of the burnt-offering for Israel.” Until the destruction by the Romans in the year ad 70, the Second Temple of Jerusalem was located at this site.

The promise that the Third Temple shall be built upon the same foundation where the First and also the Second Temple stood will be fulfilled, because in Rev 11:2 the newly-constructed Temple is measured in connection with the ministry of the two prophets.

We are living in the time period in which biblical prophecy is fulfilled before our eyes, even if the world is not aware of it. Blessed are those who recognize the signs of the time, indeed, of the end time!