ONE of the most marvelous and significant fulfillments of prophecy in our time is the regathering of Israel to their homeland. According to the Scriptures, it is one of the evidences that signifies that the establishment of God's kingdom, with its accompanying blessings upon the whole world of mankind, is near at hand. (See, e.g., Isa. 2:2-4; Micah 4:1-4; Luke 21:29-31; Rom. 11:12, 15.) Both Jew and Gentile look for and hope for the establishment of this kingdom (Dan. 2:35, 44; 7:13, 14, 18, 22, 27; Matt. 6:10); hence a description of significant happenings connected with the regathering of Israel to their homeland, such as is given here, should be of deep interest to all.
THE TURNING POINT OF RETURNING FAVOR
In the Berlin Congress of Nations, in June 1878, the European Concert of Nations, under the leadership of Disraeli, a Jew, then Prime Minister of England, made it a matter of International Law that the Jews be given the right of settling in Palestine, with the removal of onerous handicaps from them. It was there that England assumed a general protectorate over the Asiatic provinces of Turkey, among which was Palestine; and the Turkish government amended its laws relating to aliens, which ameliorated the condition of Jews then residing in Palestine, as well as partially opened the door for others to locate there, with the privilege of holding real estate.
THE TURNING POINT OF RETURNING FAVOR
In the Berlin Congress of Nations, in June 1878, the European Concert of Nations, under the leadership of Disraeli, a Jew, then Prime Minister of England, made it a matter of International Law that the Jews be given the right of settling in Palestine, with the removal of onerous handicaps from them. It was there that England assumed a general protectorate over the Asiatic provinces of Turkey, among which was Palestine; and the Turkish government amended its laws relating to aliens, which ameliorated the condition of Jews then residing in Palestine, as well as partially opened the door for others to locate there, with the privilege of holding real estate.
