It is not often that we get to witness the fulfillment of prophesy. But that occurred two years ago when President Donald Trump moved the  American Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.

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Following is a partial time line of Jerusalem events. 21st century BC  Melchizedek, King of Righteousness,  Priest of the Most High God,  King of Salem, calls Jerusalem to repentance and succeeds in righteous leadership.  Bible, Genesis and Hebrew.

17th century BC  Moses recorded in the Torah: “And the Lord shall scatter you among the nations, and ye shall be left few in number among the heathen, whither the Lord shall lead you.” Deuteronomy 4 verse 27. Jeffrey Holland ‘Return of the Jews’ 27 Oct 2016 [herein Holland]. Bible

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Following is a partial time line of Jerusalem events.

 21st century BC  Melchizedek, King of Righteousness,  Priest of the Most High God,  King of Salem, calls Jerusalem to repentance and succeeds in righteous leadership.  Bible, Genesis and Hebrew

17th century BC  Moses recorded in the Torah: “And the Lord shall scatter you among the nations, and ye shall be left few in number among the heathen, whither the Lord shall lead you.” Deuteronomy 4 verse 27. Jeffrey Holland ‘Return of the Jews’ 27 Oct 2016 [herein Holland]. Bible

https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/transcript-elder-holland-return-of-the-jews#_ednref7

15th century BC Joshua and Israelites conquer Jerusalem. Bible, Joshua.

11th century BC David becomes King, as tribe of Judah controls central Israel, David captures Jerusalem from Jebusites.  Bible,  1st Kings

10th century BC  Solomon, King of Israel, builds temple in Jerusalem. Bible, 2nd Kings

10th century BC   Rehoboam, Jeroboam, kingdom split along tribal boundaries into Israel and Judah.  Bible 2nd Kings.

811 or 792 BC  Amos records. Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob,  scattering and dispersion of that posterity, sifted “like as corn is sifted in a sieve.” [Holland] Amos 9 verse 9.

700 BC Jerusalem captured, removal of ten tribes of Israel, scattered remnants remain. Judah and Benjamin tribes survive. Bible.

600 BC  Lehi, Mulek and families flee Jerusalem, wind up in the Promised Land, Isles of the Sea. Lehi is tribe of Manassah.  Mulek is tribe of Judah. The Book of Mormon, First Book of  Nephi, Mosiah

598 BC  “Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will take the children of Israel from among the heathen, whither they be gone, and will gather them on every side, and bring them into their own land: “And I will make them one nation in the land upon the mountains of Israel. …“… So shall they be my people, and I will be their God [Holland]  Bible. Ezekiel 37:21–23.

597 BC Babylon sacks Jerusalem, Nebuchadnezzar 2nd, King, captures and removes inhabitants.  Bible, Jeremiah.

537 BC  Cyrus, King of Persia, saith, The Lord God of heaven hath charged me to build a temple in Jerusalem, in Judah.  Some return, others scatter to other nations.  Some lose their  patriarchal lineage. Bible.

432 BC  Last acknowledged prophet, Malachi, prophesies of return of Elijah.  “Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord: “And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.” [Holland].  Bible. Malachi 4:5–6.

4th century  320 BC  Greek warrior King Alexander the Great conquers Babylonian empire including Jerusalem. Sometime region of East Mediterranean is designated Palestine, or Philistia. Temple destroyed by Ptolemy 1st. 2nd century, 146 BC  Rome conquers Greek empire, assumes control over Jerusalem, and Palestine.  Judea name as district or province of Rome.

34 AD   Jesus Christ prophesies to Bountiful saints in Promised Land, that Jerusalem will be restored to Israel, as a sign before Jesus returns.  “And I will remember the covenant which I have made with my people; and I have covenanted with them that I would gather them together in mine own due time, that I would give unto them again the land of their fathers for their inheritance, which is the land of Jerusalem, which is the promised land unto them forever, saith the Father. …“Then shall they break forth into joy—Sing together, ye waste places of Jerusalem; for the Father hath comforted his people, he hath redeemed Jerusalem.Prophecy fulfilled in 2018.Book of Mormon another Testament of Jesus Christ Third Book of Nephi chapter 20.

70 August 10  AD  Romans sack Jerusalem, surviving Jews flee, or become prisoners.  Temple destroyed by Jews rather than by Romans. Gibbon History of Rome.

Artists suggestion of Gold Plates.

4th century AD  Mormon, the Nephite Prophet, writes and combines the record of Jesus Christ on gold plates to be buried for 14 centuries.  Gold Plates graphic. Book of Mormon, another Testament of Jesus Christ.

7th century AD, Siege of Jerusalem.  637-638 AD. Mahomet the Arab Prophet writes the Koran and founds Islam, beginning 8 centuries of expansion. Conquest of Jerusalem by. Omar, Saracen caliph,  selects location of Solomon’s temple as Mosch, called Dome of the Rock. Gibbon’s History of Rome.

1187 – 1260 AD European Crusaders as Christian Armies capture Jerusalem for Byzantium. Kingdom of Jerusalem. Gibbon’s History of Rome.

13h century  AD Musulmans retake Jerusalem, spread east thru modern day India to Indonesia, spread west to North Africa into southwest Europe.  Gibbon’s History of Rome

13th century AD. Mongols sweep west, to modern day Hungary in Europe, conquest of Jerusalem, then return to Mongolia. Gibbon’s History of Rome.

1452  AD Musulmans capture Constantinople, Capital of Eastern Roman empire.  Beginning of Ottoman Empire rule of Jerusalem Gibbon’s History of Rome.1827   Joseph Smith retrieves gold Plates  compiled by  Mormon, containing prophesies about Jerusalem. Joseph Begins Translation of ancient writings into English. History of the Church.

1827   Joseph Smith retrieves gold Plates  compiled by  Mormon, containing prophesies about Jerusalem. Joseph Begins Translation of ancient writings into English. History of the Church.

1830  The Book of Mormon another Testament of jesus Christ is published in New York with prophesies about restoring Jerusalem. Book of Mormon, another Testament of Jesus Christ, 3 Nephi

1835, 1836. Kirtland Temple dedicated, Elijah returns. Joseph Smith wrote. “The heavens were again opened unto us; and Moses appeared before us, and committed unto us the keys of the gathering of Israel from the four parts of the earth, and the leading of the ten tribes from the land of the north.” [Holland]. Doctrine and Covenants 110:11.

1841 October 24  Apostle Orson Hyde travels to and dedicates  land of Palestine for building up Jerusalem and return of Abraham’s posterity and Jewish people, creation of a Jewish state, and rearing of a temple. The letter of credentials as missionaries to Palestine was written in Nauvoo on April 6, 1840, by Joseph Smith, President.

Orson Hyde dedicates Holy Land by Clark Kelly Price. Church News. President Kimball dedicates Orson Hyde Memorial Garden in Jerusalem.  Ensign December 1978

1895  Theodor Herzl calls for restoring Zion and Jerusalem, to gather Jews.

1917 December 19 AD United Kingdom (British troops) capture Jerusalem from Ottoman Empire (modern Turkey).

1917 AD. Balfour Declaration of United Kingdom policy  allowing immigration of Jews to Palestine.  British census of 1918 estimated 56,000 Jews.1930s-1945. Holocaust in Europe, North Africa, Jews displaced, survivors immigrate to Palestine.

1948 Arab Israeli War. President Truman recognizes Israel, capital at Tel Avi. Jerusalem is divided between Israel West and Palestine (East). Jordan claims East Jerusalem and old City, Israel claims west Jerusalem.

1947  United Nations resolutions  181, Partition Resolution. British-ruled Palestine Mandate into  3 parts, a Jewish state and an Arab state, and Special International Regime for the city of Jerusalem.  Jewish population 508,000.

1967  AD June War.  ISRAEL CAPTUREs  (EAST) JERUSALEM, LAND TO THE JORDAN RIVER (TERMED WEST BANK), and SINAI.  U.S. PRESIDENT JOHNSON ADMINISTRATION REJECTED  ISRAEL’S ANNEXATION OF EAST JERUSALEM AND DID NOT “ACCEPT OR RECOGNIZE THESE MEASURES AS ALTERING THE STATUS OF JERUSALEM. [AS AN INTERNATIONAL CITY.]

1972  GERALD FORD, MINORITY LEADER IN THE HOUSE, SUPPORTS BY MOVING THE U.S. EMBASSY TO JERUSALEM, UNTIL FORD BECAME PRESIDENT IN 1974.  1972 DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM SUPPORTS MOVING THE US EMBASSY TO JERUSALEM..

1976, 1980, 1984  DEMOCRAT PLATFORM SUPPORTS THE US EMBASSY in JERUSALEM.

1995. Congress votes to move US embassy to Jerusalem, Senate 95-5 and House 374-37,  bipartisan 1995 Jerusalem Embassy Act .

2015  Apostles and Jewish leaders celebrate 175th anniversary of Orson Hyde’s dedications of  Palestine for the return of the Jews.

2016  September. Presidential Candidate Donald Trump “acknowledged that Jerusalem has been the eternal capital of the Jewish People for over 3,000 years, and that the United States, under a Trump administration, will finally accept the long-standing Congressional mandate to recognize Jerusalem as the undivided capital of the State of Israel. CNN. Jerusalem Quarterly  70[1] 2017  – 1995 Jerusalem Embassy Act – unanimously reaffirmed by the Senate. President Trump orders move.

2018 May 4. American Embassy opens in Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, and updates Federal Government maps. 

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President Trump and Middle East Leaders Sign Abraham Accords. President Trump hosted the foreign ministers from the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain along with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House. C-span copyright policy does not require a license for events at the White House. September 15, 2020. The accords facilitate visits to the Temple Mount Mosque.

The Al Aqsa Mosque on Temple Mount , Jerusalem,was begun in 638 AD as noted above.