Post by kriss on Nov 9, 2021 13:25:36 GMT -5
What's the Balfour Declaration ?
Dated 2 November 1917 A letter issued by the British government favoring the establishment of a national home for the Jewish People began the process fulfilling Bible prophecy concerning Israel in these last days.
The consequences of that letter, the Balfour Declaration of 1917, still reverberate around the world today. In fact, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas would like to sue Britain over this letter.
A few years ago, he told the UN General Assembly:
"We ask Great Britain, as we approach 100 years since this infamous declaration, to draw the necessary lessons and to bear its historic, legal, political, material and moral responsibility for the consequences of this declaration, including an apology to the Palestinian people for the catastrophes, misery and injustice this declaration created and to act to rectify these disasters and remedy its consequences, including by the recognition of the state of Palestine. This is the least Great Britain can do."
Former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu responded to this far-reaching attempt to delegitimize Israel by telling the UN Assembly:
“That’s almost 100 years ago. Talk about being stuck in the past! The Palestinians might as well sue Iran for the Cyrus declarations [that allowed Jews to return from exile to Judea in 539 BC], or file a class action suit against Abraham for buying land in Hebron.”
According to "And the Hills Shouted for Joy; the Day Israel Was Born", "The Balfour Declaration was the first public acknowledgment by a Great Power of the Jewish connection with Palestine as well as an undertaking by that government to help restore the Jewish people to its homeland. For the first time, a sovereign government had entered into a pact with a people scattered over the face of the earth to return them to a land."
The Balfour Declaration—the fruit of 12 months of intensive negotiations between Foreign Office officials, British Prime Minister David Lloyd George and leading British Zionists—was issued by Arthur James Balfour, the British Foreign Secretary, to Lord Walter Rothschild, a British Jewish leader who was to convey the news to the Zionist Federation of Great Britain and Ireland.
Bible Prophecy Fulfilled
The Balfour Declaration was incorporated into the Sevres Peace Treaty with the Ottoman Empire and the League of Nations Mandate for Palestine, which gave international sanction for the establishment of a national Jewish homeland and, therefore, became the legal cornerstone for the Jewish State.
The door opened by the Balfour Declaration helped fulfill Bible prophecy that foresaw God would “gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.” (Isaiah 11:12)
God was moving through a world power to fulfill countless Bible prophecies concerning Israel, as well as His covenant promises to return His people to their land.
“Then it will happen on that day that the Lord will again recover the second time with His hand the remnant of His people, who will remain…. And He will lift up a standard for the nations and assemble the banished ones of Israel, and will gather the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.” (Isaiah 11:11–12)
(*for those who have know the two sticks take note it was Judah who was gathered here )
Apparently, Lord Balfour was aware of God’s plan for Israel. According to The Jewish Chronicle, “The Balfour Declaration was born out of religious sentiment.
Arthur Balfour was a Christian who believed that the Almighty had chosen him to be an instrument of the Divine Will, the purpose of which was to restore the Jews to their ancient homeland—perhaps as a precursor to the Second Coming of the Messiah.......
Dated 2 November 1917 A letter issued by the British government favoring the establishment of a national home for the Jewish People began the process fulfilling Bible prophecy concerning Israel in these last days.
The consequences of that letter, the Balfour Declaration of 1917, still reverberate around the world today. In fact, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas would like to sue Britain over this letter.
A few years ago, he told the UN General Assembly:
"We ask Great Britain, as we approach 100 years since this infamous declaration, to draw the necessary lessons and to bear its historic, legal, political, material and moral responsibility for the consequences of this declaration, including an apology to the Palestinian people for the catastrophes, misery and injustice this declaration created and to act to rectify these disasters and remedy its consequences, including by the recognition of the state of Palestine. This is the least Great Britain can do."
Former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu responded to this far-reaching attempt to delegitimize Israel by telling the UN Assembly:
“That’s almost 100 years ago. Talk about being stuck in the past! The Palestinians might as well sue Iran for the Cyrus declarations [that allowed Jews to return from exile to Judea in 539 BC], or file a class action suit against Abraham for buying land in Hebron.”
According to "And the Hills Shouted for Joy; the Day Israel Was Born", "The Balfour Declaration was the first public acknowledgment by a Great Power of the Jewish connection with Palestine as well as an undertaking by that government to help restore the Jewish people to its homeland. For the first time, a sovereign government had entered into a pact with a people scattered over the face of the earth to return them to a land."
The Balfour Declaration—the fruit of 12 months of intensive negotiations between Foreign Office officials, British Prime Minister David Lloyd George and leading British Zionists—was issued by Arthur James Balfour, the British Foreign Secretary, to Lord Walter Rothschild, a British Jewish leader who was to convey the news to the Zionist Federation of Great Britain and Ireland.
Bible Prophecy Fulfilled
The Balfour Declaration was incorporated into the Sevres Peace Treaty with the Ottoman Empire and the League of Nations Mandate for Palestine, which gave international sanction for the establishment of a national Jewish homeland and, therefore, became the legal cornerstone for the Jewish State.
The door opened by the Balfour Declaration helped fulfill Bible prophecy that foresaw God would “gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.” (Isaiah 11:12)
God was moving through a world power to fulfill countless Bible prophecies concerning Israel, as well as His covenant promises to return His people to their land.
“Then it will happen on that day that the Lord will again recover the second time with His hand the remnant of His people, who will remain…. And He will lift up a standard for the nations and assemble the banished ones of Israel, and will gather the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.” (Isaiah 11:11–12)
(*for those who have know the two sticks take note it was Judah who was gathered here )
Apparently, Lord Balfour was aware of God’s plan for Israel. According to The Jewish Chronicle, “The Balfour Declaration was born out of religious sentiment.
Arthur Balfour was a Christian who believed that the Almighty had chosen him to be an instrument of the Divine Will, the purpose of which was to restore the Jews to their ancient homeland—perhaps as a precursor to the Second Coming of the Messiah.......
