Today's Favorite Verse: Jeremiah 33:7
"And I will cause the captivity of Judah and the captivity of Israel to return, and will build them, as at the first."
This made me think about the return of the Jews in the latter-days. May 14, 1948 the establishment of the State of Israel was proclaimed. The 75th anniversary of that event is this year. Almost two years after that event President Benson mentioned this in general conference.
"The gathering has three phases: the gathering of Israel to the land of Zion, the American hemisphere; the return of the Ten Tribes from the countries of the north: and the reestablishment of the Jews in Palestine as God's chosen people.
This miracle of the return of the Jews was to be one of the events to precede Christ's second coming, and the scriptures are very clear with reference to this fact. Isaiah said that they shall gather "the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth" and "set them in their own land," that they will "build the old waste," and "repair the waste cities" And I will cause the captivity of Judah and the captivity of Israel to return, and will build them, as at the first."
(Ezra Taft Benson, "Jews Return to Palestine and Fulfill Prophecy", April 1950 General Conference)
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