ANZAC, BEERSHEBA AND RESTORING THE KINGDOM TO ISRAEL How Australia helped - and still can help - to prepare the Way The Messiah is destined - according to the Bible - to establish His Kingdom in Jerusalem and from there to rule the world. Before He comes - says the same Source - God will have restored the Jews to their ancestral land and its ancient capital. A hundred years ago, the British Empire - spearheaded by soldiers waving the Southern Cross-inscribed flags of Australia and New Zealand - conquered Beersheba from the Ottoman Turks, driving them from Jerusalem, the Galilee and, finally, right out of the land. Fifty years ago, under the Star of David, Israeli fighters restored their biblical heartland with Jerusalem to its aboriginals. Today - in this double anniversary year - the battle is raging for Jerusalem. Nations and international organizations are trying to strip the Jews of their claim to this city and to its holiest site, the Temple Mount.