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

2. 1440BC – Israelites take possession of the Promised Land Boundaries – Numbers 34 950BC – Solomon builds first Temple in Jerusalem 725BC – Assyrians take northern tribes into captivity

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

4. 1440BC – Israelites take possession of the Promised Land Boundaries – Numbers 34 950BC – Solomon builds first Temple in Jerusalem 725BC – Assyrians take northern tribes into captivity

5. 586BC – Babylonian captivity – Temple - Tisha B’Av Zedekiah – last king 516BC – Zerubbabel’s Temple (2 nd )dedicated 164BC – Antiochus Epiphanes, Maccabeean revolt - Hanukkah

6. 20BC – Herod – 2 nd Temple refurbished 0-33AD – Life of Jesus Christ 70AD – Romans destroy Temple Tisha B’Av – Temple worship ends – Jews begin to scatter again

7. 135AD – 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

8. 1947 – British Mandate ends UN votes to partition Palestine May 14, 1948 – Israel is re-born Miracle? Or Al Nakba? from 586BC – 1948AD – Babylon, Persia, Greek, Roman, Christian Byzantine, Arab/Muslim, Christian Crusaders, Arab/Muslim, Ottoman Empire, British Mandate

9. 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?

10. May 14, 1948 – Miracle? Or Catastrophe?