Not to be overlooked, the ultra-wealthy Rothschild family – the banker of the bankers and monarchies of Europe – was also instrumental in the creation of the modern state of Israel. Then, after the Second World War, the modern state of Israel was established in 1947. After the Treaty of Versailles brought an end to the First World War and the Ottoman Empire was dissolved, London stated their intentions to create a Palestinian state, in what is known as the Balfour Declaration.
In actuality, the state of Israel was largely a creation and strategic asset of the British Empire. For that reason, Jerusalem is an appropriate symbol in prophecy for various aspects of Christ’s congregation and kingdom, particularly in relation to the Second Coming of the Messiah and the concluding harvest.Īlthough millions of people have been duped into believing that the modern state of Israel is the very centerpiece of Bible prophecy, Jehovah’s Witnesses realize that nuclear-armed Israel and the present-day city of Jerusalem, with its Islamic Dome of the Rock situated on, or near, the site of the demolished Jewish temple, does not factor into prophecy at all.
Also, Jerusalem was for a time the unofficial headquarters and base of operations for the apostles and older men who were directing the congregations. Afterward, the apostles and newly anointed Jews and proselytes preached regularly in the environs of the temple of the city of Jehovah. that holy spirit was poured out upon the small group of Jesus’ Jewish followers in an upper room of a dwelling in Jerusalem – thus inaugurating the Christian era. Significantly, Jerusalem was the birthplace of Christianity too for it was on the day of Pentecost in the year 33 C.E. In fact, Isaiah 60:14 refers to Jerusalem as “the city of Jehovah.” Since David captured the Jebusite stronghold about a thousand years before Christ appeared and shortly afterward had the sacred ark of the covenant moved there, Jerusalem became the city where Jehovah chose to place his holy name. Jerusalem, though, had a long and rich history as the administrative capital of Israel and Judah and the religious center for all the Jews, no matter where on earth they may have resided. It was not an important commercial center like Tyre once was. Jerusalem was not considered a great city such as ancient Babylon or Rome.
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