Lesson #4: Restoration of IsraelIntroduction: Premillennialist believe that Israel must return to its land and become a great nation. Christ will return to earth with the raptured saints, call the Jews back to Palestine (they will be in the process of returning, but this will complete the return), resurrect the righteous dead, and sit on David’s throne to establish the 1000-year reign in the millennium.From a Biblical perspective, we know that the kingdom of Israel was split after King Solomon’s death. Israel continues as a separate nation until taken into captivity by the Assyrians in 722 BC. Judah continues as a spate nation until taken into Babylonian captivity in 586 BC. God foreseen the captivity of His people and prophesied their return to the land of their fathers (Is.