God slowly started fulfilling Ezekiel's vision, from around the world Jews started going back to the promised land. God breathed new life and spirit into the Jews. On May 14, 1948, exactly 2,520 years, since the end of the Babylonian captivity, the Jews shocked the world. They proclaimed the independence of the reborn state of Israel , even while six Arab nations simultaneously prepared to invade the tiny country to destroy it at its birth. In a sudden and unprovoked onslaught, the armies of Syria, Lebanon, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan and volunteer forces from Saudi Arabia, converged upon Israel. It was David versus Goliath all over again. To any intelligent observer it was obvious that the Arabs would make short work of the undermanned and under-equipped Jews. If Israel was to survive it would take a miracle.

By God's grace, the outnumbered and outgunned Israelis were victorious. Humanly speaking, there is no way to explain the well-trained, heavily armed Muslim army that outnumbered them ten to one. The restoration of Israel is a modern miracle in every way. Its continuing survival is an even greater miracle. Never in history has such a thing happened. From being scattered around the world for over 2,500 years they returned to the original piece of real estate that God had promised them. Amazingly their culture, customs, religious and dietary laws remained intact. And in spite of living under horrible conditions in lands that did not belong to them, a sense of nationhood survived in their hearts.

Fulfilling the words of the prophet Zephaniah, even the Hebrew tongue, a dead language even before the days of the Roman occupation, is the working language of Jerusalem today. "Then will I purify the lips of the peoples, that all of them may call on the name of the LORD and serve him shoulder to shoulder. Zephaniah 3:9 Conversational and working Hebrew was restored by Jewish scholar Ben Yehuda in the early 20th century, but did not replace Yiddish until 1948.

With the restoration of Israel on May 14, 1948, God started the prophetic watch again. When the six-pointed Star of David ascended for the first time over the newly established nation of Israel, the countdown to the end of the present age began.  "Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its twigs get tender and its leaves come out, you know that summer is near. Even so, when you see all these things, you know that it is near, right at the door. I tell you the truth, this generation will certainly not pass away until all these things have happened. Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away. Matthew 24:32-35 In the parable of the fig tree we are commanded to learn about the general time right before return of Jesus Christ. We are the generation that has seen and witnessed the rebirth of Israel.

There can be no mistake. The rebirth of Israel is the key sign around which all other prophetic signs began to appear. Never before has this explicitly predicted event appeared in history. And it can't be undone, Israel can't un-become a nation, they can't stop speaking Hebrew again. In other words once the rebirth of Israel was set in to motion all the other predicted events also fell into place, and, they all lead to one final conclusion. The Second Coming of Jesus Christ ! If you want to learn more about Jesus, click on the cross below. You'll thank God you did!

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