I am always fascinated by the history of Israel; both the land and the nation. This... this is the nation that God promised to Abraham. This is the nation that Moses led out of Egypt. This is the land that King David fought for. This is the land saw conquerors and empires rise, reign, but in the end, fall; the Egyptian Kingdoms, Assyrian Empire, Babylonian Empire, Alexander the Great, the Roman Empire, etc. This is the land that hosted the birth of the greatest man in the history of the world; Jesus of Nazerath. Then after He went up into heaven, and the the jewish nation was casted out after the Fall of the Temple, the Jewish Nation still lived on and survived throughout all the kingdoms despite all perscution, even to the point of delebrate extermination at the hands of Adolf Hitler... God brought them back. God brought them back to their land. Their promised land. Israel. (Good Lord, I am tearing up right now, just seeing the majesty and sovreignty of the Lord and His neverending promise to Abraham's descendants that have become numerous as the stars!) Israel, Jeruselum, the City Set on the Hill, God be praised to you!!