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211 Jews' Return to Palestineof God and therefore spiritual Israelites . The restoration of thisnation is part of the composite sign pointing to the beginning ofChrist's reign and the end of Satan's rule .First Desolation of Jerusalem andJudah in Israel Occurred inFulfillment of Prophecy in607 B .C .Ezek . 21 :25-27, 30-32 "And thou,O deadly wounded wicked one,the prince of Israel, whose day iscome, in the time of the iniquityof the end, thus saith the LordJehovah : Remove the mitre, andtake off the crown ; this shall beno more the same ; exalt thatwhich is low, and abase thatwhich is high. I will overturn,overturn, overturn it : this alsoshall be no more, until he comewhose right it is ; and I will giveit him . . . . In the place wherethou wast created, in the land ofthy birth, will I judge thee. AndI will pour out mine indignationupon thee ; I will blow upon theewith the fire of my wrath ; and Iwill deliver thee into the hand ofbrutish men, skilful to destroy .Thou shalt be for fuel to the fire ;thy blood shall be in the midst ofthe land ; thou shalt be no moreremembered : for I, Jehovah, havespoken it ."Jer. 52 :4-14 "Nebuchadrezzarking of Babylon came, he and allhis army, against Jerusalem, andencamped against it ; and theybuilt forts against it round about .. . . Then they took the king, andcarried him up unto the king ofBabylon. . . . And he put out theeyes of edekiah ; and the kingof Babylon bound him in fetters,and carried him to Babylon, andput him in prison till the dayof his death. . . . And he burnedthe house of Jehovah, and theking's house ; and all the housesof Jerusalem, even every greathouse, burned he with fire . Andall the army of the Chaldeans,that were with the captain of theguard, brake down all the wallsof Jerusalem round about ."Restoration Foretold to Come in537 B .C . After 70 Years'DesolationEzek . 34:12-15, 23, 24, 29-31 "Asa shepherd seeketh out his flockin the day that he is among hissheep that are scattered abroad,so will I seek out my sheep ; andI will deliver them out of allplaces whither they have beenscattered in the cloudy and darkday . And I will bring them outfrom the peoples, and gatherthem from the countries, and willbring them into their own land ;and I will feed them upon themountains of Israel, by the watercourses,and in all the inhabitedplaces of the country . I will feedthem with good pasture ; andupon the mountains of the heightof Israel shall their fold be : thereshall they lie down in a goodfold ; and on fat pasture shallthey feed upon the mountains ofIsrael . I myself will be the shepherdof my sheep, and I willcause them to lie down, saith theLord Jehovah . And I will set upone shepherd over them, and heshall feed them, even my servantDavid ; he shall feed them, andhe shall be their shepherd. And I,Jehovah, will be their God, andmy servant David prince amongthem ; I, Jehovah, have spokenit . And I will raise up unto thema plantation for renown, and theyshall be no more consumed withfamine in the land, neither bearthe shame of the nations anymore . And they shall know thatI, Jehovah their God, am withthem, and that they, the houseof Israel, are my people, saiththe Lord Jehovah. And ye mysheep, the sheep of my pasture,are men, and I am your God,saith the Lord Jehovah ."Ezek . 36 :4, 7-10, 22-24, 37, 38"Therefore, ye mountains of Israel,hear the word of the Lord