One of the most fascinating pieces of history, it's significance cannot be understood without a thorough understanding of Biblical history.

It's basically a retelling of the Israelites coming out of Egypt and into their homeland and is foretold in detail in the Bible.

Jesus warned of the destruction of the Temple and of the takeover of Israel by the Romans.

Throughout the Old Testament God warns the Jews that their homeland will be taken away and that they will be scattered throughout the nations of the earth where they will be despised and mistrusted. Leaders will rise up to destroy them and they will be pursued by the sword wherever they go.

But, says the Bible that God will not forget them utterly but will bring them back from all corners of the world, and from the ends of the earth back to their homeland.

In Christian and Jewish theology the return of the Jews back to their homeland marked the end of the Times of the Gentiles and was to be one of the signs of the end of the age.

It's THE most significant event in modern history.