• The miracle of Israel ' s rebirth in Palestine is the strongest evidence of God ' s intervention in History . ( Grant R . Jeffrey , Messiah , p . 113 ).
• The Jews have been for 2000 years — scattered , harassed , persecuted , hated , and found living in over 100 countries .
• 1948 The land of Israel is reborn after 2,000 years .
• During World War I when defeat seemed certain for Britain a Jew by the name of Dr . Cheim Weizmann invented smokeless gunpowder and TNT . His invention literally saved Britain . When offered " anything he wanted as a reward for his discovery " he replied that he wanted Britain to establish land in the Middle East for the Jews . As a result of the Balfour Declaration was signed — which marked out territory for Jews in Palestine . ( Tim LaHaye , The Beginning of the End , pp . 47-48 ).
• 1967 — Famous Six Day War , the Jews push into Jerusalem for the first time in almost 2,000 years .
• Jewish immigration : 1908 - 41,000 1948 - State of Israel is born 1953 - 1.5 million 1993 - 5 million
• Among the nations of the world , Israel has the highest immigration rate of any . ( Paul Lee Tan , 7700 Illustrations , p . 632 ).
• Jews are returning to Israel at the rate of 3,000 a day .
• And what about the Temple ? Historian David Solomon insists that a new Temple is essential : " It was the essence of our Jewish being , the unifying force of our people ." The Temple Institute ' s Golan admits it may be a long time before the building rises . " No one can say how , and no one wants to do it by force . But sooner or later , in a week or in a century , it will be done . And we will be ready for it ." He adds with quiet urgency , " Everyday ' s delay is a stain on the nation ." ( Time , " Time For a New Temple ," October 16 , 1989 ).
r Is it Apocalypse Now ? ( p . 43 )
Slip the floppy disk into your Macintosh . Your mission : explore how the future of the world can unfold , without bringing the planet to the brink of apocalypse . The screen shows a rat ' s nest of loops describing 225 measures , from fertility to soil loss to industrial capacity . Hidden deep in the software are the equations relating them . Now choose your poison . Cut the same 42 million acres of forests that are being taken
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