RR	Re: Re: Pastor Russell and 1914
	And did this transpire in 1914?  Or did Israel become a nation in 1948?  I fail to see a connection between the two dates. Neither, it started in 1878, and culminated in 1917 as a result of the War and the ending of Gentile Times. In 1878, after a ban of Seventeen Hundred Forty-three years, Israelis were given permission to own property in the ancient land of their forefathers. In 1878 , they immediately established their first settlement, Petach Tikvah. Their return had begun. In 1897, Theodor Herzl issued a worldwide call to organize the Zionist movement In 1917, Her Majesty?s government of Great Britain endorsed a Jewish state in the famous Balfour Declaration. From 1936 to 1945 over six million Jews were killed in the Nazi Holocaust. In 1948, as a result of a United Nations partition, Israel became a sovereign nation. Have you ever read Pastor Russell's speech to the Jews at thye New York Hippodrome? It was the first time a Christian addressed a mass Jewish audience of that size. They cheered him on, skepticalin the beginning and gave him a standing ovation when he was done. Russell was a Christian Zionist , and did much work among the Jews, as Bible Students still do today. RR
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