U.S. embassy move to Jerusalem fulfills prophecy for some, causes mourning for others
The day after the embassy move was the anniversary of Israel's founding—a day Palestinians call the catastrophe, when hundreds of thousands of Palestinians fled or were expelled from their homes.
When U.S. and Israeli officials inaugurated the first-ever U.S. embassy in Jerusalem on May 14, more than 100 evangelical Christians were on hand, as well as scores of American Jews, many of them Orthodox, including Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump.
Some evangelical Christians and Orthodox Jews saw the embassy’s move as fulfillment of divine prophecy and a step toward the coming of the messianic era.
“When the world’s most powerful nation establishes its embassy in our eternal capital, we see the further realization of the ancient prophecy of how we have come home to rejoice in this ancient city,” said David Stav, founder of Tzohar, a rabbinical organization in Israel.
