The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

Jeremiah 30:1-7, “The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,
2 ‘Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, “Write all the words which I have spoken to you in a book.
3 “For behold, days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when I will restore the fortunes of My people Israel and Judah.” The LORD says, ‘I will also bring them back to the land that I gave to their forefathers and they shall possess it.'”
4 Now these are the words which the LORD spoke concerning Israel and concerning Judah:
5 “For thus says the LORD, ‘I have heard a sound of terror, of dread, and there is no peace.’
6 ‘Ask now, and see If a male can give birth. Why do I see every man with his hands on his loins, as a woman in childbirth? And why have all faces turned pale?
7 ‘Alas! for that day is great, There is none like it; and it is the time of Jacob’s distress, but he will be saved from it.’” Israel is a major key to the literal return of the LORD Jesus Christ to earth.”

The Bible predicts over and over again that the Jews must be back in their homeland for the events of the end times to unfold (Jeremiah 30:1-5; Ezekiel 34:11-24; Ezekiel 37; Zechariah 10:6-10).

It is the most prophesied event in end times passages in the Bible, and for that reason it is often called the ‘super sign’ of the end times.” 9:27). The end times Tribulation officially begins when the Antichrist makes a seven-year treaty with Israel (Daniel 9:27).

Scripture further indicates that this regathering will occur in stages. In the famous “valley of dry bones” vision of Ezekiel 3:7, Ezekiel’s graveyard vision symbolizes the national return, restoration, and regeneration of “the whole house of Israel.”

The modern return of the Jewish People to the Land of Israel is virtually “miraculous!” Such a return by a people group that had been scattered among the nations is unprecedented in history.
Indeed, the Jewish people are the only exiled people to remain a distinct people despite being dispersed to more than 70 different countries for more than 20 centuries.
The modern-day return to the Holy Land began as early as 1871 when a few Jews began to trickle back into the land. By 1881, about twenty-five thousand Jews had settled there.

At the first Zionist Congress in 1897, led by Theodor Herzl, the Jewish people officially adopted the goal of reclaiming the land. The regathering was very slow. By 1914, the Jewish population in the land was only eighty thousand.

During World War I, the British sought support from the Jews for the war effort. So, the British foreign secretary, Arthur Balfour, issued on November 2, 1917, what has become known as the Balfour Declaration. The declaration was stated in a letter from Balfour to Lord Rothschild, a wealthy Jewish entrepreneur. In the letter, Secretary Balfour gave approval to the Jewish goal of reclamation. “His Majesty’s Government views with favor the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people. . . .” The declaration stirred Jewish hopes for establishing a homeland in the Holy Land and encouraged more Jews to return. By 1939, when World War II broke out, about 450,000 Jews had returned.

Hitler’s atrocities actually provided the greatest momentum for the establishment of a national homeland for the Jews. The United Nations approved a national homeland for the Jews, and British control of the land ended on May 14, 1948. The new nation was given five thousand square miles and had a population of 650,000 Jews and several hundred thousand Arabs.
In 2009, for the first time since AD 135, there were more Jews in Israel, than in any other place on earth; 5.4 million Jews now live in Israel, compared with 5.2 million in the United States…Israel has once again become the largest concentration of Jews in the world.

“Is Jesus coming back tonight?”
“Well, He no doubt could,” you say, “but I doubt He will tonight.”

At this writing, the Jewish population in Israel alone exceeds 17 million! There is no specific number of Jews required for Jesus to return, but the Jewish population in Israel is on the increase! What’s that song that says,

“Keep your eye upon the eastern sky;
Lift up your heads,
For our redemption draweth nigh”?

“Then they will see THE SON OF MAN COMING IN A CLOUD with power and great glory. But when these things begin to take place, straighten up and lift up
your heads, because your redemption is drawing nigh” (Lk. 21:27-28).

Heartily in Christ Jesus,

(Dado III)

Gene L. Jeffries, Th.D.
Springdale, Arkansas 72764
United States of America

“We never know that Christ is all we need until He becomes all that we have.” – Corrie ten Boom