“Lord, you have been favorable to your land,
you have brought back the captivity of Jacob.”
Psalm 85:1

Jacob was renamed Israel. The Jews were dispersed throughout the world in the year 70 AD. They were banished to every country on earth where they would remain until the time of their dispersion would come to an end. During the 1900’s they began going back to their homeland and in 1948 the nation of Israel was re-established in the same place from which they left 2,000 years ago, to the glory of the God who foretold it.

There are MANY Scriptures telling about the generation in which Israel is re-established. It is a progressive work, and we know there are at least three great wars to come culminating at Armageddon with the coming of the Messiah. Then, Israel will go into mourning for having rejected him when he came the first time (Zechariah 12:10).

But before the last seven years, before “the Tribulation” begins, the Lord will remove the church as the church age comes to an end and the program on earth transitions to “the time of Jacob’s trouble,” as God breaks Israel’s pride and prepares her to receive the Messiah.

These prophecies are found throughout the Bible, both in the Old Testament and in the New. It is an incomparable privilege to be living in these days, to actually witness the fulfillment of those great and ancient prophecies which were set to unfold “in the last days,” defined as the generation that sees the return of the Jewish people to the land of their fathers.

Israel is restored and now we are watching as the events of “the last days” unfold – all of which is prophesied in the Word of God. At the end, all will know that the God of Israel is the one true God.

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