The Jerusalem spoken of has been rebuilt according to this prophecy and the prophecies of other prophets, through whom the Lord said to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be inhabited; and to the cities of Judah, Ye shall be built, and I will raise up the decayed places thereof (Isa 44:26-28). Therefore thus saith the Lord; I am returned to Jerusalem with mercies: my house shall be built in it…My cities through prosperity shall yet be spread abroad; and the Lord shall yet comfort Zion, and shall yet choose Jerusalem (Zech 1:16-17).
The realization of these great prophecies was made possible, in part, by the dedication of the land of Jerusalem for the gathering of the House of Israel. Ironically, there were very few who understood the significance of the dedicatory prayer uttered on the Mount of Olives by Orson Pratt in October 1941. But that priesthood ordinance dedicated the Holy Land “for the building up of Jerusalem again after it has been trodden down by the Gentiles so long, and for rearing a Temple in honor of Thy name….Let that nation or that people who shall take an active part in behalf of Abraham’s children, and in the raising up of Jerusalem, find favor in Thy sight” (History of the Church, 4:456-7)