In a powerful Pentecost 2025 message, Messianic rabbi and bestselling author Jonathan Cahn declared that the restoration of Jerusalem in 1967 was not only a historic military victory but a fulfillment of biblical prophecy that continues to unfold today.
“The restoration of Jerusalem was an end-time prophetic event,” Cahn said. “Israel could never be complete without Jerusalem. And yet the world said, ‘No, Jerusalem does not belong to you.’ God said otherwise.”
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Cahn opened the message by reading from Ezekiel 37, which speaks of dry bones being brought back to life: “I prophesied as I was commanded, and behold there’s a loud noise… and the bones started coming together, bone to bone… but there was no breath in them. Then He said to me, ‘Prophesy to the breath… breathe on these slain so that they might come to life.’”
He emphasized this was a direct reference to the resurrection of the nation of Israel, which he said began in 1948 but reached a major milestone on June 7, 1967, when Jerusalem was restored to Jewish hands.
“June 7th, 1967,” he said, “the restoration of Jerusalem was an end-time prophetic event.”
Cahn recounted dramatic firsthand testimonies from Israeli soldiers who took the Temple Mount and Western Wall during the Six-Day War. Commander Motta Gur famously declared over the radio: “The Temple Mount is in our hands.”
General Uzi Narkiss, overwhelmed at the Western Wall, said, “The wall was before us… I bowed my head in silence.” Defense Minister Moshe Dayan added, “We have returned to all that is holy in our land. We have returned never to be parted from it again.”
Chief of Staff Yitzhak Rabin, who would later become prime minister, said, “I felt truly shaken. I stood there murmuring a prayer for peace… they had an overwhelming desire to cling to the wall.”
Rabbi Shlomo Goren, chaplain of the IDF, sounded the shofar from both the Temple Mount and Western Wall: “I am speaking to you from the plaza of the Western Wall, the remnant of our holy temple. Comfort my people, comfort them, says the Lord your God. This is the day we have hoped for.”
Cahn described the moment as the fulfillment of Psalm 137:5, referencing the generational vow: “If I forget thee, oh Jerusalem, may my right hand forget its cunning.”
He linked the restoration of Jerusalem to the prophetic outpouring of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost, saying, “Jerusalem was the city of God’s presence, His dwelling, His glory, and the city where God pours out His Holy Spirit. The city of Pentecost. The city of the Spirit.”
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Cahn also noted a global spiritual parallel: “The Jewish people begin returning to their inheritance… and at the same time, it appears the church… is returning to the Spirit.”
He connected the rise of Zionism with the Azusa Street Revival and the Six-Day War with the Jesus Movement, which birthed contemporary Christian worship and Messianic Jewish revival.
“It’s not that they tried to do it. God did it,” he said.
James Lasher is staff writer for Charisma Media.
