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213written may be fulfilled . . . . andthey will fall by the edge of thesword and be led captive into allthe nations, and Jerusalem willbe trampled on by the nations,until the appointed times of thenations are fulfilled ."Second Restoration, According toPattern of First, Not Fulfilled inModern Israeli Government1 Cor. 10 :11 "Now these thingswent on befalling them as examplesand they were written for awarning to us upon whom the accomplishedends of the systemsof things have arrived ."Rom . 15 :4 "For all the thingsthat were written aforetime werewritten for our instruction, thatthrough our endurance andthrough the comfort from theScriptures we might have hope ."Repossessed land not uninhabitedas in 537 B. C .Jer . 33 :10, 12 "Thus saith Jehovah: Yet again there shall beheard in this place, whereof yesay, It is waste, without man andwithout beast, even in the citiesof Judah, and in the streets ofJerusalem, that are desolate, withoutman and without inhabitantand without beast . Thus saithJehovah of hosts : Yet again shallthere be in this place, which iswaste, without man and withoutbeast, and in all the cities thereof,a habitation of shepherdscausing their flocks to lie down ."Jer . 32 :43 "And fields shall bebought in this land, whereof yesay, It is desolate, without manor beast ; it is given into the handof the Chaldeans ."No modern government took thelead to decree or financerehabilitation movementEzra 6 :3-5 "In the first year ofCyrus the king, Cyrus the kingmade a decree : Concerning thehouse of God at Jerusalem, letthe house be builded, the placewhere they offer sacrifices, and letthe foundations thereof be stronglylaid ; the height thereof three-Jews' Return to Palestinescore cubits, and the breadththereof threescore cubits ; withthree courses of great stones, anda course of new timber : and letthe expenses be given out of theking's house. And also let thegold and silver vessels of thehouse of God, which Nebuchadnezzartook forth out of the templewhich is at Jerusalem, andbrought unto Babylon, be restored,and brought again untothe temple which is at Jerusalem,every one to its place ; and thoushalt put them in the house ofGod."Ezra 6 :8-12 "Moreover I make adecree what ye shall do to theseelders of the Jews for the buildingof this house of God : thatof the king's goods, even of thetribute beyond the River, expensesbe given with all diligenceunto these men, that they be nothindered. And that which theyhave need of, both young bullocks,and rams, and lambs, for burntofferingsto the God of heaven ;also wheat, salt, wine, and oil,according to the word of thepriests that are at Jerusalem, letit be given them day by daywithout fail ; that they may offersacrifices of sweet savor unto theGod of heaven, and pray for thelife of the king, and of his sons .. I Darius have made a decree ;let it be done with all diligence ."Ezra 7 :1-6, 10-15 "Now afterthese things, in the reign of Artaxerxesking of Persia, Ezra theson of Seraiah . . . went up fromBabylon. And he was a readyscribe in the law of Moses, whichJehovah, the God of Israel, hadgiven ; and the king granted himall his request, according to thehand of Jehovah his God uponhim . For Ezra had set his heartto seek the law of Jehovah, andto do it, and to teach in Israelstatutes and ordinances. Now thisis the copy of the letter that theking Artaxerxes gave unto Ezrathe priest . . . . I make a decree,that all they of the people of Israel,and their priests and the