No doubt about it! When Israel became a nation————- May 14, 1948——— that’s when the fig tree blossomed! How do I know that Israel is the fig tree?  The law of first mention. When anything is mentioned the first in Scripture, it becomes that throughout God’s Word. For Instance, Joel 1:7 tells us that when the enemy armies were invading Israel, he hath laid my vine waste, and barked my fig tree (Israel). Then of course, Hosea 9:10 says, I saw your fathers as the firstripe in the fig tree. Here, again God is speaking to Jews. Thus, the fig tree is Israel.

All this information comes from Dr Van Impes book called Everything you always wanted to know about Prophecy but didn’t know who to ask!