lieve that these things could ever happen. Yet seeing them fulfilled in our own lifetime gives us definite assurance and confidence that the remainder of the prophecies of the Old Testament which have not yet been fulfilled will transpire with equal literalness.” We have shown from such pass ages as Isaiah 49 and Jeremiah 23 that the Jews are coming back. All areas of the world are represented. Some have estimated that there are Jews in Israel now from over 100 different countries of the world. There are more than seventy differ ent languages spoken in Israel. How thrilling it is for the believer to see God fulfilling His Holy Word! He said He would return His chosen people to the land where they would dwell in perpetuity. Let us study our Bibles and rejoice in His faithful ness and majesty. Part III W HILE it HAS been thrilling to see the literal fulfillment of the return of the Jews to the Holy Land, it must be pointed out that this has not transpired without much conflict and turmoil. This, too, is prophetic of the future. In Ezekiel 38 and 39, we read of the greedy eyes from the north as the Russian power sweeps down in lust for this extremely wealthy area of the globe. There are trillions of dollars’ worth of minerals in the Dead Sea alone, to say nothing of the vast deposits of oil, perhaps the largest such reser voirs in the world. Daniel 12:7 tells us that there is going to be a coming conflict in the Holy Land. While there is an increase in the desire for peace, tensions are on the mount throughout the nations. In various parts of Israel there are military preparations seen in many quarters with service personnel in evidence everywhere. Conflict must come soon er or later, because so much as been left unresolved. Charles Malick, an
that you are a Jew and disinterested in your people’s land?” The man was somewhat on the defensive; however, he affirmed his position. Then the man of God asked, “I want you to do me a couple of simple fa vors. First of all, reach out your right hand toward me.” Dr. Tucker said, “I’m not a palmist, but rather a Psalmist.” Then he continued, “Stick out your tongue.” Although the fellow thought he was trying to make light of him, he followed his simple instructions. After that, Dr. Tucker quoted these words from Psalm 137, “If I forget thee, 0 Jeru salem, let my right hand forget her cunning. If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy” (vv. 5-6). Hear ing this, the Jewish man’s head fell into his hands and he said, “0 God, I have never been so rebuked in my life and that from a Gentile.” Even in his alleged contempt for his land, it was evident that the desire had been implanted in his heart and that of every Jew to return to his own land. It was my privilege to study two years with the world-famous Pales tinian archaeologist at Johns Hop kins University, Dr. William Fox- well Albright. In a statement before a group of men at the Jewish Theo logical Sem inary , he forcefully pointed out, “It has never happened in the history of the world that a nation should become a nation in servitude away from their own land and in that bondage for 430 years, and then go back to the land from which their ancestors first departed to take up where they had left off, and to have their national life all reinstituted and reinaugurated. With Israel, however, it has happened.” Surely no reasonable, thinking indi vidual can escape the reality of this clear-cut evidence. He further de clared, “I was one of those non-pro- phetic individuals, who did not be
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