Record Number of Jews Continue Returning to Israel

 There is no doubt that the rebirth of Israel after 2000 years is the largest prophetic event that has happened in the last 75 years.  The dried up bones of Israel, as mentioned in Ezekiel 37, now have life!  And as persecution continues for Jews around the world, tens of thousands continue to return to the very land that God promised them 3000 years ago.

Some 70,000 people from 95 different countries immigrated to Israel in 2022 with the assistance of the Jewish Agency for Israel, in cooperation with the Ministry of Aliyah and Integration.

It was the most olim in 23 years and a dramatic increase from 2021, when about 28,600 immigrants arrived in the country.

Jewish Agency data for the period between Jan. 1 and Dec. 1, 2022, shows that 37,364 olim arrived from Russia; 14,680 from Ukraine; 3,500 from North America, with assistance from Nefesh B'Nefesh; 2,049 from France; 1,993 from Belarus; 1,498 from Ethiopia as part of Operation Tzur Israel; 985 from Argentina; 526 from Great Britain; 426 from South Africa; and 356 from Brazil. Final totals for 2022 will be available after the year concludes.

Approximately 27% (about 19,000) of this year's olim are young people between the ages of 18 and 35, who will boost Israeli society and the economy, including professionals in fields where there is a labor shortage in Israel such as medicine, engineering and education. Around 24% (16,500) of the olim are ages 0-17; 22% are between 36 and 50 years old; 14% are aged 51-64; and 13% are 65 and over.

"It was a dramatic year that emphasized the value of mutual responsibility among the Jewish people and during which the Jewish Agency helped strengthen the resilience of Jewish communities, empowered weaker populations in Israel, brought tens of thousands of olim, saved lives from all over Ukraine and brought them to a safe harbor in Israel," said Jewish Agency Chairman Maj. Gen. (res.) Doron Almog.

"Aliyah is of existential importance to the State of Israel, both at the practical and moral level. It expresses the nature of Israel as the state of the entire Jewish people and the strategic partnership between Israel and world Jewry. The tens of thousands of olim who came to Israel this year will help build the resilience of Israeli society and will be a major growth engine for the Israeli economy," he added.

It is predicted that by the year 2048, the 100th anniversary of the State of Israel, two thirds of the world's Jewish population, about 12 million, will live in Israel.

Here;  Ezekiel's Bones Live - Dramatic Increase In Those Making Aliyah To Israel (prophecynewswatch.com)

Let's remember that that vast majority of Jews are being brought back to Israel in a state of unbelief in Jesus.  This is also what the Bible says will happen.  Zechariah says that 2/3 of the Jews will be killed by the Antichrist and his teams during the Great Tribulation.  As Christians we should be bold in our witness to our Jewish friends.  They are not saved simply because they are Jewish.  No man comes to the Father except through Jesus...and that includes Jews.

But this news about Israel and returning Jews should be one more signpost on the road that tells us how near we are to the return of  Jesus.  And that should make us very excited indeed!