Land of the Past /// State in the Present /// Kingdom of the Future
‘A King Shall Reign’
In 1864 – nearly 20 years before the first wave of Jews began returning to their ancestral land – the Charles Spurgeon declared: “Israel is now blotted out from the map of nations; her sons are scattered far and wide; her daughters mourn beside all the rivers of the earth. … But she is to be restored; she is to be restored “as from the dead.” When her own sons have given up all hope of her, then is God to appear for her. She is to be re-organised; her scattered bones are to be brought together. There will be a native government again; there will again be the form of a body politic; a state shall be incorporated, and a king shall reign.”
(Note to Jewish readers: This is written by a Christian Zionist specifically for our Christian readership, using references that will resonate with them but not
U.S. Secretary of State Blinken arrived in Israel today “to build on the ceasefire, discuss relief efforts, and lay the groundwork for brighter futures for