the first time in two thousand years.
“The plan then took the form of a resolution to be put to a vote before the United Nations General Assembly. It required that those occupying the land, the British, relinquish it, and those to whom the land belonged return to it.”
“It was a Jubilean resolution,” I said.
“It was the fulfillment of the First Zionist Congress. The day on which that congress concluded was August 31, 1897. So what happens if we add fifty years, to the exact day? When would the exact day of its Jubilee fall?”
“August 31, 1947.”
“So could the mystery be pointing us to that day? Was there anything significant about that day connected to Israel’s restoration?”
“Tell me.”
“The Partition Plan, which would give the land back to the Jewish people and bring Israel into existence, was completed on August 31, 1947.”
“Fifty years to the exact day!”
“Yes, the Jubilean document was born on the exact day of the Jubilee. In fact it was on that very same day, August 31, 1947, that a special event was taking place in Basel, Switzerland.”
“The place where the First Zionist Congress convened.”
“It was the commemoration of the event that began Zionism. They called the Jubilee . . . the Jubilee of the First Zionist Congress. One of the leaders attending the event was Chaim Weizmann. As he addressed the gathering, Weizmann actually made reference to what he believed was taking place that same day on the other side of the world—the completion of the plan. He even stated that the event could signal the beginning of the redemption.3 So on the same day that the Jubilee was being celebrated in the place where Zionism began, the plan that would fulfill the ancient prophecies of redemption and the dream that was birthed fifty years earlier was completed—fifty years to the exact day.”
“Amazing.”
“After its completion the plan was officially received and recorded by the United Nations General Assembly. That took place on September 3, 1947.”
“Was that significant?”
“The day that Herzl penned his prophecy was September 3, 1897.”
“Fifty years to the exact date!”
“The prophecy foretold that within fifty years everyone would know it. Fifty years later brings us to the exact day that the rebirth of Israel would become known to the representatives of the United Nations. Herzl recorded his prophecy in writing and marked it with the date September 3. The United Nations General Assembly recorded the plan that would fulfill Herzl’s prophecy fifty years later and would mark its opening page with the exact same date, September 3. 4
“The representatives of the United Nations had no idea that they were all part of the fulfillment of prophecy and the outworking of an ancient mystery:
And you shall consecrate the fiftieth year. . . . It shall be a Jubilee for you; and each of you shall return to his possession . . . ” 5
“The Oracle would next reveal to me the mystery that lay behind one of the most critical events of the modern world, a realm of two brothers, an ancient word, a mystery name, and an angel.”
“And how was it revealed?”
“Through two men in an arena.”
Chapter 26
THE RETURN OF JACOB
I FOUND THE Oracle in the cave, in the same chamber as before.”
“The two men in the arena,” I said, “who were they?”
“In the beginning of the twentieth century,” he said, “the Ottoman Empire stood against the restoration of the Jewish people to the land and so, against the prophecies. Therefore, it collapsed. The British Empire stood in favor of that restoration and of the establishment of a Jewish homeland. Therefore, it was lifted to the apogee of its power and would replace the Ottoman Empire as possessor of the Holy Land.
“But in the years in between the two world wars, the British Empire would change its policy and turn against the return it had once championed. The empire would block ships carrying Jewish refugees from the Holocaust to the land of Israel. It was now warring against the return, the prophecies and the mystery. Therefore, in a short time the largest empire the world had ever seen would collapse into near nothingness. And it would be forced to relinquish the Promised Land. Another power would then stand in favor of Israel’s restoration and the return of the Jewish people—America. Therefore, it was at that moment that America was raised up to a position of power, expanse, and influence unparalleled in world history.
“It was during this transition of power that the British government turned over the