It is certainly a miracle that Israel is in existence today. It ceased to be a free nation about 2500 years ago, beginning with the first siege of Nebuchadnezzar, which started the ``servitude of the nation'' in 606 B.C. Israel ultimately ceased to exist in any form after the year 70 A.D., when Jerusalem was destroyed and the Jewish people were scattered to the four corners of the earth. Never before in the history of the world had a country that had been so utterly devastated been regenerated after almost twenty centuries and even on the exact location where it originally existed!
It could only have been an act of God, especially considering the Holocaust and the attempted genocide carried out against the Jews by Stalin.
But if prophecies can show that Israel's rebirth in this generation was not a coincidence, but the sovereign work of God,then it is time to get excited. There would no longer be any doubt that Israel is the fig tree and that we are the generation that will not see death before the return of Messiah.
Let's examine Ezekiel, chapter 4, verses 1-8. In this passage, we see 430 years of judgment pronounced upon Israel. Seventy years can be accounted for by the Babylonian captivity. This leaves 360 years that does not seem to fit any particular date in history. However, there are passages in Leviticus (26:18,21,24,28 ) that indicate that if Israel does not obey Him the first time, God will multiply her punishment by seven. So if we take the 360 years of punishment pronounced on Israel and multiply by seven, we get 2,520 years.
Knowing that the Bible deals in 360-day years (the Jewish calendar consists of twelve 30-day months), if we convert the 2,520 ``360-day years'' into today's ``365.242-day'' years, we get 2,483 years plus nine months and 21 days. Starting with the first siege of Nebuchadnezzar, which began the ``servitude of the nation'' in 606 B.C., the initial 70 years of Babylonian servitude ended in 537 B.C. as follows:
Seventy (360 day) years = 25,200 days = 69 (365 day years) less 2 days or: 606 B.C. (69 years - two days) = 537 B.C.
Counting from July 23, 537 B.C. with the release from servitude, we get:
537y 7m 23d (B.C.) plus 1year (because no year between 1 B.C. & 1 A.D.) plus 2483 years 9months and 12days =
the 1948th year 5 mon 14th day.
And what happened on May 14, 1948?
David Ben Gurion, citing the book of Ezekiel as his authority, proclaimed ``Israel'' as the new Jewish homeland. The nation of Israel was re-established on the exact day predicted by the Bible.
Some coincidence!
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