It was also prophesied that the Jews would begin to be regathered to their land prior to the return of Jesus and the Kingdom of God.
Jeremiah 30:3 For, lo, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will bring again the captivity of my people Israel and Judah, saith the LORD: and I will cause them to return to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they shall possess it.
This state of Israel was re-established in 1948, which is a testimony to the truth of the Bible.
Jerusalem was taken back into Israeli control in 1967.
Luke 21:24 And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.
Israel are largely astray from God and faithless at the moment.
They will go through a time of very great trouble and partial destruction, which will be a humbling process for a remnant who will turn to God. This will involve conflict with surrounding nations and finally a confederacy of nations led by a powerful northern nation will invade the land of Israel and there will be much loss of life.
Zecharian 14:2-4 For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city. Then shall the LORD go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle. And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem.
There will be a huge earthquake over the whole earth and fires that will cause much destruction and loss of life of people in many nations who have refused to honour God in their lives.
Ezekiel 38:19 & 20 For in my jealousy and in the fire of my wrath have I spoken, Surely in that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel; So that the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the field, and all creeping things that creep upon the earth, and all the men that are upon the face of the earth, shall shake at my presence, and the mountains shall be thrown down, and the steep places shall fall, and every wall shall fall to the ground.
Isaiah 13:11 And I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible.