Loved this book. Lots of interesting information to digest. This is a great read for anyone who loves to read about history. Very well written

The author begins the book by reminding the readers of Israel's past - the 3 major exiles in Israel's history.
The first exile was 430 years in Egypt, Joseph was sent as a slave to Egypt, he was an overseer in Potiphar's home, unjustly accused of assault and jailed, there he interpreted dreams and was asked to interpret Pharaoh's dreams and was appointed as 2nd in importance and command to Pharaoh.
The second exile was 70 years to Babylon, after Manasseh's evil 58 year reign when Israel forsook God and worshipped evil deities and sacrificed to them.
The third exile was 70 A.D. when Titus destroyed Jerusalem and her surrounding towns and Israel was exiled to other countries until 1948 when she was voted in as her own separate country as a Jewish refuge after World War II.
In the book of Jeremiah 31 1-40 God speaks about calling His children from the 4 corners of the earth, and Jews from all over the world have been making Aliyah (return) to Israel in fulfillment of this prophecy.
The author highlights Solomon, a young Messianic Jew who arrived in Israel as a 13 year old, and he met Yeshua and he is now a pastor.
The author shares some horrific Holocaust survivor stories that highlight the desperation of the Jewish people to have their own country.
The founding of Tel Aviv is described as being built on sand dunes, it is now a thriving cosmopolitan city and the place where a Messianic pastor named Avi Mizrachi has established a House of Prayer to pray for Tel Aviv.
The difficulties and testimonies of those who were Arabic Muslims who became Believers in Yeshua is shared also, and their desire to join with Messianic Jews to spread the Good News.

Always interesting to view Israel through a lens other than than media. The Christian lens offered insight and perspective from a refreshing angle.

Thank you to NetGalley for the ARC.

Such an interesting perspective. Truthfully, I should've read the description instead of glancing at it because I really wanted to understand the happens of Israel as we know it today and why it is the target of so many countries, peoples, groups, and activists, but this really looked at Israel through the Christian lens. It was still interesting and I appreciated the author's research and hard work.

In UNDERSTANDING MODERN ISRAEL, JULIA FISHER takes us from Genesis to the modern age, and even to the future, as she gives us a biblical perspective of the history and importance of God's Holy Land. It is a lovely book, not at all heavy, and one I highly recommend to anyone who loves the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. This is not a political treatise, it is a book that shows us the outworking of biblical prophecy as it affects both Jew and Arab (Gentile) in the land of Israel and, in fact, people all over the world.
I particularly like the interviews with both Messianic Jews and Christian Arabs who, in spite of danger, preach the Gospel of reconciliation.
It is an interesting and inspirational read.
I was given a free copy of the book by NetGalley from Lion Hudson Ltd. The opinions in this review are completely my own.