1. The Testimony of History

Timeline of Palestine:

• 2000 BC: Abrahamic Covenant
• 1400 BC: Conquest of Canaan
• 722 BC: Northern Kingdom of Israel captured by Assyria
• 605-586: Southern Kingdom of Judah captured by Babylonians and Solomon’s temple destroyed
• 538-515 BC: Jews return and rebuild Temple
• AD 70: Jerusalem and the 2^nd Temple destroyed by Romans
• AD 70 – Present: worldwide dispersion of Jews
• AD 117-138 Hadrian renamed Jerusalem “Aelia Capitolina” and Israel “Palestina”
• AD 622: Islam founded
• Post WWI: end of Ottoman Empire, British Mandate, Balfour Declaration
• WWII: Holocaust, 6 million Jews murder, many Jews immigrate to Palestine
• 1948: Israel’s War of Independence and Statehood
• 1967: Six-Day War
• 1973: War of Yom Kippur
• October 7^th, 2023: Hamas terrorist attack and Israel’s war to destroy Hamas 

II.  The Testimony of Scripture

• Abrahamic Covenant (Genesis 12, 13, 15, 17)
• Palestinic Covenant (Deuteronomy 28)
• The New Covenant (Ezekiel 36)

III.  A Biblical Christian Perspective