What to Expect in the Prophetic Jubilee - JESSILYN JUSTICE CHARISMA NEWS

Rabbi Jonathan Cahn

What to Expect in the Prophetic Jubilee

11/5/2015 JESSILYN JUSTICE  charisma news

Now that we've entered the Year of Jubilee—that is the 50th year after a seven Shemitah cycle—many are wondering what's to come. 

In order to provide insight, Rabbi Jonathan Cahn reviewed the last two Jubilees in 1917 and 1967.  

The parallels between those years and now are intriguing. For example, both included a major war that affected the Middle East and the land of Israel.  

All you have to do is turn on the news to see the similarities now.  

Watch the video to see the other parallels. 

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Some Great Answers to the Mystery Jerusalem Pictures taken on Passover Eve in 1917

Israel's History - a Picture a Day (Beta)

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Some Great Answers to the Mystery Jerusalem Pictures taken on Passover Eve in 1917 Posted: 30 Mar 2015 German soldiers, World War I,  Within minutes we started receiving answers from readers as far away as New Zealand suggesting the locations of these pictures of German soldiers marching down Jerusalem's streets during World War I.  Below are some of the answers, but we await pictures of how the streets look today today. Marching on Good Friday/Passover Eve 1917 Marching on Good Friday/Passover Eve 1917 A reader named Simon sent this answer:  The first picture is lower down Jaffa Road nearly at the Jaffa Gate: the building at the top left is the old Hotel Fast where the Jerusalem Pearl is today (with "Fast" just visible at the edge of the photo). Many of the same buildings are visible at http://cdn.loc.gov/service/pnp/matpc/20400/20457v.jpg   The second picture is outside Jaffa 17 (note the number ١٧ in Arabic numerals near the top left), along what is now the light-rail line outside the Municipality complex at Kikar Safra. The same shop fronts, arched doorways and balconies are still visible in Google Street View, not much changed.  -- Simon  Compare the features on these buildings in this picture from February 1941. (Library of Congress) We actually planned to present this 1941 picture, similar to the one Simon mentioned, to show the buildings 24 years later.  It shows Australian soldiers greeting the Australian Prime Robert Menzies and the commander of the Australian troops in Australia, Lt. Gen. Thomas Blamey. The "Matson Photo Service," shown in this picture, was a breakoff from the American Colony Photo Department, the creator of hundreds of pictures featured in this site. Some 20,000 of Eric Matson's photographs were donated to the Library of Congress where we discovered them. * From Jane: Greetings from NZ, The first picture looks like Jaffa Road and the building on the horizon looks like it is on the intersection with King George V Street. So the children in the foreground would be passing where Ben Yehuda street starts. But as I don't have any photos in front of me, I couldn't be sure. I have forwarded these pictures to my Israeli friends to see if they can assist. Kind regards,  Jane, Manakau * From Gil: The bottom photo is shot on the south side of Jaffa Road in front of the Armenian Block opposite the British-built city hall.  Chag sameach  -- Gil, Nachalat Shiva, Jerusalem  * From Gideon:  I still have to figure out the location of the German procession, but you may notice at the bottom right of the second photo two boys in uniform, one of whom is dressed very similarly if not identically to the "British soldiers" that you pointed out in the recent "mystery photo." This reinforces my opinion that the uniform in question is not a military one at all, but one of many that were used in schools and colleges. The other boy is wearing another variety. Thanks again for the pictures which are an unending source of interest and pleasure. Hag Sameah,

Gaza in 1917. What Led to Such Terrible Destruction?

Israel's History - a Picture a Day (Beta)

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Gaza in 1917. What Led to Such Terrible Destruction? -- Excerpts from a previous posting Posted: 21 Jul 2014 Gaza City in World War I, 1917 (Library of Congress). What caused such destruction? Turks prepare to attack the Suez Canal, 1915 In the early 1900s, the British Empire relied on the Suez Canal to maintain communications and trade with India, Australia and New Zealand.  And that was precisely why Germany encouraged Turkey to challenge British rule over Egypt and British control of the Suez Canal. In early 1915, the Turkish army in Palestine crossed the Sinai and attacked British troops along the Suez. The British army beat back the attacks, took the war north into Sinai and pushed the Turkish army back to a defense line stretching from Gaza, located on the Mediterranean, to Be'er Sheva, some 40 miles inland. Great Mosque of Gaza (circa 1880) The Mosque after the fighting (1917) In March and April 1917 the British army attempted to push through Gaza and up the Mediterranean coast in battles that involved as many as 60,000 soldiers, British and French ships firing on Gaza from the Mediterranean, the use of poison gas, and the deployment of newly developed British tanks. The British suffered a disastrous defeat. Ruins of Gaza, believed to be after the 1917 battles British trenches in Gaza. After the defeat, the  British army switched to more mobile tactics. British tanks destroyed in the Gaza fighting The British campaign for Jerusalem would be stalled for six months.  It would be led by a new commander, a large number of reinforcements, and a new strategy that took the war in a new direction, east toward Be'er Sheva.  British Prisoners of War, captured in Gaza 1917 Footnote: History records Jews living in Gaza for thousands of years.  [View the mosaic depicting King David from a 6th century synagogue in Gaza.] Mosaic of King David (Israel Museum) Ottoman tax records showed dozens of Jewish families in Gaza in the Middle Ages.  One of the most famous Gazan Jews was Rabbi Israel Ben Moses Najara (16th Century) who composed prayers and Sabbath zmirot (songs) popular to this day.  He was buried in Gaza. Jewish families fled Gaza in the 1929 pogroms. Population records still showed Jews living in Gaza until 1945. Kfar Darom, named for a community mentioned in the Talmud, was a Jewish kibbutz established in the Gaza Strip in 1930 that was abandoned in the 1948 war.  Kfar Darom was reestablished in 1970 but evacuated by Israel in the 2005 "dis