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Here is what the Bible says about Israel in the end times:

There will be a mass return of Jews to the land of Israel (Deuteronomy 30:3; Isaiah 43:6; Ezekiel 34:11-
13; 36:24; 37:1-14). In 2006, for the first time in nineteen hundred years, Israel became home to the
largest Jewish community in the world, surpassing the Jewish population in the United States. From the
650,000 who returned when the Jewish state was founded in 1948, the population of Israel has swelled
to approximately 5.4 million, and it is expected to exceed 6 million by 2020. The significance of Israel’s
reemergence in her ancient homeland is that this had to occur in order to set the stage for the final
fulfillment of biblical prophecies.

The Antichrist will make a 7-year covenant of "peace" with Israel (Isaiah 28:18; Daniel 9:27).

The temple will be rebuilt in Jerusalem (Daniel 9:27; Matthew 24:15; 2 Thessalonians 2:3-4; Revelation
11:1). But how is this possible with the current situation of the Muslims having a mosque and the Dome
of the Rock located on the exact site of the ancient temple? We will discuss this shortly.

The Antichrist will break his covenant with Israel, and worldwide persecution of Israel will result (Daniel
9:27; 12:1, 11; Zechariah 11:16; Matthew 24:15, 21; Revelation 12:13). Israel will be invaded (Ezekiel
chapters 38-39).

Israel will finally recognize Jesus as their Messiah (Zechariah 12:10). Israel will be regenerated, restored,
and regathered (Jeremiah 33:8; Ezekiel 11:17; Romans 11:26).

There is much turmoil in Israel today. Israel is persecuted, surrounded by enemies—Syria, Lebanon,
Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Hamas, Islamic Jihad, Hezbollah, etc. But this hatred and persecution of Israel
is only a hint of what will happen in the end times (Matthew 24:15-21). The latest round of persecution
began when Israel was reconstituted as a nation in 1948. Many Bible prophecy scholars believed the six-
day Arab Israeli war in 1967 was the "beginning of the end." Could what is taking place in Israel today
indicate that the end is near? Yes. Does it necessarily mean the end is near? No. Jesus Himself said it
best, "Watch out that no one deceives you… You will hear of wars and rumors of wars but see to it that
you are not alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come" (Matthew 24:4-6) xxxiv .

Israel in the Tick of It!

Most every fulfilled prophecy in the OT centers on the coming of Israel’s Messiah or the nation of Israel.
And it is no different when you carefully study those prophecies which have not yet been fulfilled. They
may speak of Gentile nations or non-Jewish individuals, but they almost always are related to how the
prophecy affects Israel as a nation.

Ezekiel foretold of the miraculous rebirth of Israel:

Ezekiel 37:21-22 Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will take the children of Israel from among the
heathen, whither they be gone, and will father them on every side, and bring them into their own land:
and I will make them one nation in the land upon the mountains of Israel; and one kind shall be king to
them all.

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