1917 - Dr. Chaim Weizman, a Jewish scientist, developed the explosive TNT for the British government and
thereby assisted them to win World War I. When the British leaders wanted to reward him, he said: ―give me
not money, but give me Palestine as a national homeland for my Nation Israel.‖ The Balfour declaration, on 2
November 1917, led to Palestine being declared Israel‘s legal homeland. On 9 December 1917, the British
soldiers under Lord Allenby recaptured Jerusalem from the Turks without firing a single shot. (Pamphlets
warning the Turks that the city would be invaded were thrown out of aeroplanes with Allenby‘s name on it.
The Turks, who had never seen an aeroplane before, thought it was ―Allah‖ their god and fled). Since then,
the Israelites started to return to their new homeland (Isaiah 31:5).
1948 - Israel is declared a Nation again, miraculously reborn on 14 May 1948 after Britain gave the land to
Israel, due to the ongoing conflict between the Jews and the Arabs. At 16:00 hours, David Ben Gurion
declared a meeting and they sang the Israeli anthem, the ̳Ha-Tikvah.‘
1950‘s - Israel began to use the monetary unit of Shekel again (Ezek 45:12).
1955 - Planting of foreign plants and seedlings in Israel (Isaiah 17:10).
1967 - (5 June 1967) The six day war with Egypt, Syria and Jordan – Israel won and gained more ground
(from 20,560 km^2 to 67,000 km^2 ) and old Jerusalem was re-gained for the first time in ± two thousand years
(Luke 21:24).
1980 - Jerusalem is declared the only and un-dividable capital city of Israel. The then mayor, Mr Teddy
Kollek, said this: ̳I have a bigger task than any other mayor, as Jerusalem must be prepared for the return of
the Messiah.‘
1992 - The desert and hills in Israel are planted and prepared for Israelites when they return to Israel (Ezek
36:8-10).
1993 - Israelis return from one hundred and twelve countries in the world:
From 1991 to 1998 – seven hundred thousand returned.
From 1948 to 2003 – more than three million returned.
There is an estimated population in Israel now of more than six and a half million (Ezek 37:21;
Joel 3:1).
1995 - The blue prints to rebuild the Temple in Jerusalem – all the Temple vessels, priestly garments etc.,
are completed and the building material readily available. Jewish men have already been trained in ancient
animal sacrifice (Isaiah 2:2-3).
1996 - Build up of mourning and tears at the Wailing Wall. More than ever, the tears are down the wall. Israel
is crying for their Messiah (Lam 2:18).
2001 - International conflict over Israel started - many of the world‘s tensions and problems are in some way
linked to the Middle East; example, the World Trade Centre, etc. The present worldwide recession is a direct
result of Israel refusing to give old Jerusalem back to the Arabs (Zech 12:2- 3 ).
―In the third day he will raise us up‖ means in the third thousand years from Y‘shua‘s first coming,
speaking of the dawn of the third millennium!
Look at the track record of how they returned...
1917 – 25,000
1922 – 83,000
1932 – 80,000
1935 – 300,000
1937 – 430,000
1945 – 500,000
2000 – 5,000,000+
2001 Onwards –?
―But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days (after 2
millenniums), saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be
their God, and they shall be my people.‖ (Jer 31:33)
Y‘shua came as their Messiah for the Jewish nation ± two thousand years ago; and sadly, they rejected him.
He then opened the door for the Gentle nations, which started with the outpouring of the Holy Spirit. This
period will last for two thousand years. The Scripture is clear that He will return on the ―third day‖, early in
the third millennium.
Magdala, home of Mary Magdalene
On the Sea of Galilee near the base of towering Mount Arbel, lie the ruins of the ancient city of Magdala.
Today, the remains of the city can be found by travelling north about six kilometres on the coastal road from
Tiberias.