"let's restore the jews" in 1891, fellow christian zionist william blackstone drafted a letter to president benjamin harrison, signed by hundreds of prominent americans, including j.p. morgan and john rockefeller, sr.: let us restore the jews to the land which they so cruelly were deprived by the romans". although harrison did not help, this group continued to watch the news for any sign that god's plan was underway. when the british government issued the balfour declaration in 1917, advocating the creation of a "national home for the jewish people" in palestine, it did so for geopolitical reasons. evangelicals, however, interpreted the move as divine deliverance. "if we interpret the scriptures correctly the restoration of the jews to palestine will hasten the day foretold in both the old and new testaments, when the lord jesus will again be revealed to the sons of men" was the conclusion of an evangelical writer. celebrations these beliefs remained alive throughout the interwar period, and when the modern state of israel was created after the horrors of the holocaust, evangelicals celebrated. pastor jerry falwell would later claim that, aside from the day of christ's birth, "the most important date to remember is may 14, 1948"  the day israel was created. as the new nation prospered and later triumphed in the six-day war in 1967, defeating three of its powerful neighbors and consolidating its borders, evangelicals felt increasingly confident that "god's clock"israel itselfwas recording the final countdown. cont
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