今年五月8-9日以色列慶祝建國七十一週年，官方和非官方都有許多慶祝活動。回顧以色列亡國兩千年又復國的歷史，應驗了舊約聖經豫言中，以色列百姓要回歸的應許(參以西結書)，見證神的定旨必定成就。
公元70年，耶路撒冷的聖殿被羅馬軍隊焚毀；公元135年，猶太人興起大規模的反抗與叛亂，因而被羅馬趕出自己的土地，從此猶太人流亡到世界各地，原本猶太人的土地，也被羅馬人改稱為巴勒斯坦。後來統治此地的政權，先後有拜占庭、阿拉伯帝國、塞爾柱帝國、神聖羅馬帝國、蒙古帝國、鄂圖曼帝國，以及英國。猶太人在各地受到迫害，使他們深深體會一個民族沒有國家的痛苦，而向著復國的目標努力。終於在1948年5月14日，英國終止對巴勒斯坦之託管，以色列立即於次日宣佈建國，以本古里安為第一任總理。
On May 8-9 this year, Israel celebrates the 71st anniversary of the Independence Day. Looking back at the history of the resurrection of Israel in the past two thousand years, one can see that the prophecy in the Bible is fulfilled, and the will of God accomplished.
In 70 AD, the Second Temple in Jerusalem was burned down by the Roman Empire; in 135 AD, the Jews embarked on a large-scale revolt, and they were deported by Romans and scattered across the whole world. Rome renamed the land Palestine. Since then, the empires that ruled this place include Byzantium, the Arab Empire, the Seljuk Empire, the Holy Roman Empire, the Mongol Empire, the Ottoman Empire, and the United Kingdom. The Jews were persecuted everywhere, causing them to realize the suffering without a nation. Finally, on May 14, 1948, the United Kingdom terminated its mandate over Palestine. Israel immediately announced the founding of the country the next day, with Ben Gurion as the first prime minister.
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