refers to the place or land of your birth. So the word is also translated as ‘ancestral land,’ ‘birthplace,’ or ‘homeland.’ The land of Israel is the place where the Jewish nation was birthed. It is their moledet. Thus the Scripture long appointed to be read on the day the United Nations would vote Israel back into existence could be rendered,
Return to the land of your birth, to your ancestral land, to your homeland.”
“And when did Israel actually come into existence?”
“Just over five months after that vote. It would be ushered into existence by a declaration. The first words of that declaration were ‘The Land of Israel was the birthplace of the Jewish people.’ 3 But the Hebrew word used in that declaration for birthplace was moledet, the exact word that appeared in the appointed Scripture.”
“What about Esau? What did he have to do with Israel’s rebirth?”
“Jacob’s return to the land revived an old conflict. When the two brothers were young, Jacob managed to obtain their father’s blessing, the birthright. The birthright had to do with the inheritance and the right to the land. Esau believed it belonged to him and vowed vengeance. So as Jacob returned to the land, he prepared for the worst.
“The conflict between the two brothers was also part of the Scripture appointed for the day of the United Nations vote and would be prophetic. The return of the Jewish people to the land would likewise revive an ancient conflict of two brothers, the Jews and the Arabs. And the United Nations vote involved them both. As for Esau, his bloodline ran through the Arab nations, the nations that would wage war on the day of Israel’s return. And as did Esau, so they vowed the death of their brothers and the destruction of Israel. And as did Jacob, the Jewish people began preparing for the attack to be launched against them on the day of their return. And it was all set in motion on the day of the appointed Scripture that spoke of Jacob’s return and the conflict of the two brothers.”
“And what happened to Jacob and Esau?”
“They would be reconciled. But it was prophesied that the children of Esau and the children of Jacob would be in conflict down through the ages. And so the war would continue into the time of Israel’s return. But on the day when the world assigned a homeland for the children of Jacob, the appointed word contained an ancient prophecy given to Jacob and specifically concerning his descendants:
To your descendants, I will assign this land.” 4
“What about the angel in my vision?”
“That,” said the Oracle, “is another mystery. In the Partition Plan, voted on at the United Nations, there was no name given to the future Jewish state. The name would only come on the eve of the nation’s rebirth the following year. Several different names were proposed, among them Judah and Zion. But it was another name that would be chosen. And on the day of the nation’s birth the name would be announced to the world. The new nation would be called Israel.
“In the ancient account, at the end of his wrestling, Jacob pleads with the angel for a blessing. The angel blesses him with a new name: Israel. He only received that name as he returned to the land. So too it was only when the children of Jacob were returning to the land that they received the name Israel.
“The angel’s blessing constitutes the very first appearance of the name Israel in the Bible. On the day the United Nations voted the Jewish nation back into existence without a name, do you know what the Scripture appointed for the day contained?”
“What?”
“The name Israel. . . the very first appearance of the name Israel.”
“How does it appear?”
“It appears in the words,
You shall be called “Israel.” 5
“So on the day that the United Nations gathered to vote the Jewish nation back into the world, the appointed Scripture was ‘You shall be called “Israel”’?”
“Yes.”
“Amazing.”
“Now, Jacob’s birth was recorded in an earlier portion of the Bible. But the angel’s words represent the birth of Israel. So on the day the United Nations voted for the birth of Israel, the Scripture appointed for that day was that which recorded . . . the birth of Israel. Therefore, when the nations of the world gathered together to vote on the birth of Israel, all throughout the world the birth of Israel was being proclaimed and chanted from the scrolls of