Can a country be born in a day

Can a country be born in a day or can a nation be brought forth in a moment? Isaiah 66: 7 -11 May 14, 1948

1440 BC – Israelites take possession Promised Land Boundaries – Numbers 34 950 BC – Solomon builds first Temple Jerusalem 725 BC – Assyrians take northern tribes into captivity of the in

Borders of the Promised Land (Numbers 34) & Present-Day Borders

1440 BC – Israelites take possession Promised Land Boundaries – Numbers 34 950 BC – Solomon builds first Temple Jerusalem 725 BC – Assyrians take northern tribes into captivity of the in

586 BC – Babylonian captivity – Temple - Tisha B’Av Zedekiah – last king 516 BC – Zerubbabel’s Temple (2 nd) dedicated 164 BC – Antiochus Epiphanes, Maccabeean revolt Hanukkah

20 BC – Herod – 2 nd Temple refurbished 0 -33 AD – Life of Jesus Christ 70 AD – Romans destroy Temple Tisha B’Av – Temple worship ends – Jews begin to scatter again

135 AD – Hadrian – Aelia Capitolina Palestina Jews continue to scatter 1800’s – Zionism – some Jews begin returning to Israel (Palestine) 1917 – WWI ends – Balfour Declaration 1933 -1945 – WWII – Nazi Germany

1947 – British Mandate ends UN votes to partition Palestine May 14, 1948 – Israel is re-born Miracle? Or Al Nakba? from 586 BC – 1948 AD – Babylon, Persia, Greek, Roman, Christian Byzantine, Arab/Muslim, Christian Crusaders, Arab/Muslim, Ottoman Empire, British Mandate

May 2006 – for the first time in 2000 years – more Jews in Israel than other location from 1948 - 2011 – 650, 000 to almost 6 million Jews in Israel – 2 nd ingathering continues 3 rd Temple ? – Davidic King?

May 14, 1948 – Miracle? Or Catastrophe?