Jeremiah 16:15: But, The LORD liveth, that brought up the children of Israel from the land of the north, and from all the lands whither he had driven them: and I will bring them again into their land that I gave unto their fathers.
Deut. 30:3: That then the LORD thy God will turn thy captivity, and have compassion upon thee, and will return and gather thee from all the nations, whither the LORD thy God hath scattered thee.
Isaiah 43:5: Fear not: for I am with thee: I will bring thy seed from the east, and gather thee from the west; 6 I will say to the north, Give up; and to the south, Keep not back: bring my sons from far, and my daughters from the ends of the earth;
According to the Jewish People Policy Planning Institute (JPPPI) the Jewish population in Israel is expected to grow by some 50,000 in 2006, which would make it the largest Jewish community in the world. Currently, the U.S. has a slightly larger population of about 5.28 million Jews. Israel's population is at about 5.235 million in 2005.
1948 - Israel was re-established as a Jewish state when it gained it's independence.
Between 1948 and 1949 approximately 250,000 Holocaust survivors made their way to Israel.
Operation Magic Carpet brought about 48,000
Jews from Yemen to Israel between June 1949
and September 1950. British and U.S. transport
planes made 380 flights from Aden in a secret
operation. Most Jews from Yemen had never
even seen an airplane before. They believed
the operation was the fulfillment of Biblical
prophecy where God promised to return the
children of Israel to Zion "with wings".
Between 1979-1983 many Ethiopian Jews began leaving their villages and making their way to the southern Sudan. Israeli Navy craft awaited them in the Red Sea and brought them to Israel. By mid-1984 Ethiopian Jews in Israel numbered about 14,000.
From mid-1984–1985 a mass rescue called Operation Moses was underway. Over this period of several months 8,000 Jews were flown from the Sudan to Europe and then on to Israel from there.
In 1990 the Soviet Union opened its doors to the three million Soviet Jews who had been held as virtual prisoners within their own country. From January to December 1990 more than 180,000 Soviet Jews chose to leave the Soviet Union and move to Israel. Soviet Jews continued to flood into Israel at a rate of about 1,400 per week throughout the 1990's.
In May, 1991 Operation Solomon rescued the remainder of Ethiopian Jewry (about 14,000) in a 36 hour, non-stop covert airlift by the Israeli government and Israeli Defense Forces.
2005-March 31 The Government of Israel officially recognizes the Bnei Menashe people of North-East India as one of the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel, opening the door for thousands of people to immigrate to Israel. - In late July of 2005, the Bnei Menashe community of Mizoram were completing the building of a mikvah, or a Jewish ritual bath under the supervision of Israeli Rabbi’s in order to begin the process of conversion to Judaism. A similar mikvah is also planned for the Bnei Menashe community in Manipur. This step will allow a possible mass immigration to Israel under Israel’s right of return law in the coming years.- September 2005: A beit din (panel of rabbis) fully converts 700 Bnei Menashe to Judaism (200 from Mizoram, 500 from Manipur). An estimated 9,000 people still await conversion.
Isaiah 40:31 - But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
There are several phophecies in the Old Testament that foretell this phenomenon:
One of the signs that helps us know that we are living in the SEASON of Christ's return is the number of Jews returning to Israel. In Matthew 24:32 Jesus used the parable of the fig tree to refer to Israel: Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh: 33 So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors. 34 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled. - If Israel represents the fig tree and it's blooming the re-establishment of Israel in 1948, then "this generation" that shall not pass is us!
Isaiah 43:6 I will say to the north, Give up.
Isaiah 43:6...and to the south, Keep not back: bring my sons from far, and my daughters from the ends of the earth;
The following is a timeline of these prophecies being fulfilled:
Between 1948 and 1988 a total of 2.9 million Jews immigrated to Israel.
Between 1989 and 2002 a total of 1.8 million Jews immigrated to Israel.
Isaiah 11:12: And he shall set up an ensign for the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.
