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I agree!

If we love Jesus, how can we not look forward to His return!

Additionally, we are commanded to rema in n, and be ready for His return in multiple texts.

We will not know the “day or hour” but the command is there.

As well, many Christian’s, when written, presently, and in the future, only have this “Glorious Hope” and fulfillment of Gods promised return to look forward to.

For the world, which will largely reject Christ (as Scripture teaches), they can only hope these biblical promises from God are not true, and must mock and segregate out those who believe all of this is Gods word.

Changing thoughts here, as a historic nation, Israel has now returned to the land of Israel, as a sovereign nation, as prophesied in several dozens of texts in both Old and New Testaments, is biblically and historically pivotal. As well, the detail is literally impossible in the natural world.

I would state however, while 1948 is absolutely functionally critical, in my opinion pre 1967 Israel, without Jerusalem, was not nationally intact as the prophetically defined whole sovereign Israel.

In biblical eschatology, Jerusalem is critical to everything going forward.

Gods promise to David, to fulfill the cut off covenant includes Jerusalem. As well, Jerusalem is the “Apple of Gods eye”.

Jerusalem will be hotly contested,”a millstone around the neck of the nations”, a stumbling block, etc...

However, historically and prophetocally, Jerusalem is also the “City of David”, Israel’s Levitical order will be restored in Jerusalem’s millennial temple, and God will reign on the Earth from Jerusalem! And this includes with a restored King David in the future! Wow!

As such I strongly believe, “this generation” spoken of by Christ himself in His Matthew 24:32- “parable of the fig tree” (Israel), actually almost had to have begun when Israel’s historical and prophesied capital city was taken back. This too was a powerful fulfillment of Scripture, and happened not in 1948, but in 1967.

Put another way, the countdown arguably didn’t begin in 1948 (although 48’ was functionally critical to this prophesy), but rather the countdown of Jesus warning that “this generation shall not pass till all be fulfilled” began in 1967.

My opinion, (which could also be wrong, but not by far), would be Christ was referring to a 70 year generation (which contrary to some authors, was still actually traditional to Jewish culture when Christ was here), began in 1967.

This does not mean the generation must complete its 70 year cycle, but rather everything happens within this generation.

The further we push through “this generation” the more crazy and intense, and awful the world will become. And 7 years of Gods wrath will also be completed in this generation.

I believe the “Trump of God will sound” for His people soon, as “we are not appointed to Gods wrath” (as Paul defined in detail to the Thessalonians), which will mark the beginning of fulfillment of Daniel’s “70th week” (biblivally defined as 7 years), which is also synonymous
with the “time of Jacob’s trouble”, soon.

In the parable of “The Ten Virgins”, Christ warned us to be ready for His return.

What a time to be alive!

Amen and Amen.

I was a kid in 1967 and was never raised as a Christian. But I do recall an uncle who had been drafted and through the experience was led to the Lord and became Born Again. He often wrote letters testifying of his beliefs, and even back then I recall how they would persecute him while reading his letters.

Just recently he shared with me his experiences while on leave in the Marines in 1967 he found himself able to visit Israel in 1967. While he was there at the time, laying on his back sleeping under the stars rocket fire was flying directly overhead. He found himself in the midst of the 6 day war.

I have little desire to leave the U.S. to vacation in any other country, however, if I found myself fortunate enough to visit Israel today, I would do so in a New York minute. After all, one day soon we will rule and reigne with Jesus for a thousand years from His headquarters in Jerusalem. And that Trumpet is about to blow! Keep looking up my friend, we’re also about to be eternally “drafted”