In 1948, Israel was recognized as a sovereign state, essentially for the first time since A.D. 70. God promised Abraham that his posterity would have Canaan as “an everlasting possession” (Genesis 17:8), and Ezekiel prophesied a physical and spiritual resuscitation of Israel (Ezekiel chapter 37).
Mwaka wa 1948, Israeli ilitambulika kama taifa huru linaojisimamia, kwa mara ya kwanza tangu A.D 70 (Baada ya Yesu kuzaliwa), na Ezekieli alitabiri kuwa kutakuwa na uhuisho wa kimwili na kiroho kwa Israeli (Ezekieli 37).