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Thank you for your post. Gives a lot to think about/research. I have been long pondering this situation. It would seem that God has intended a group of Jews to remain Orthodox and to remain within the borders of Israel, whether geographical or spiritual. This reality is tied to the conflict between Islam and the rest of us that began with Abraham, the child of his wife Sarah (Isaac, ancestor of the Jews) and the child of his concubine Hagar (Ishmael, ancestor of the muslims). At the point of the historic and inevitable collision yet to come (world war betweem muslims and the rest of us), He Who was known as the Christ will return in glory and will be recognized as the Messiah this time by Jews, and also by muslims, to reign over all peoples of the earth.

Here are some Bible verses that, to me, may indicate the Will of God to leave a remnant of Jews on earth to continue to set this situation in motion:

“Yet I will leave a remnant, so that you may have some who escape the sword among the nations, when you are scattered through the countries. --Ezekiel 6:8
“I will surely assemble all of you, O Jacob, I will surely gather the remnant of Israel; I will put them together like sheep of the fold, like a flock in the midst of their pasture; they shall make a loud noise because of so many people. --Micah 2:12
And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles, in the midst of many peoples, like a lion among the beasts of the forest, like a young lion among flocks of sheep, who, if he passes through, both treads down and tears in pieces, and none can deliver. --Micah 5:8
The coast shall be for the remnant of the house of Judah; they shall feed their flocks there; in the houses of Ashkelon they shall lie down at evening. For the Lord their God will intervene for them, and return their captives. --Zephaniah 2:7
Therefore, as I live,” says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, “Surely Moab shall be like Sodom, and the people of Ammon like Gomorrah — overrun with weeds and saltpits, and a perpetual desolation. The residue of My people shall plunder them, and the remnant of My people shall possess them.” --Zephaniah 2:9
“Therefore wait for Me,” says the Lord, “Until the day I rise up for plunder; My determination is to gather the nations to My assembly of kingdoms, to pour on them My indignation, all My fierce anger; all the earth shall be devoured with the fire of My jealousy. --Zephaniah 3:8
For I will gather all the nations to battle against Jerusalem; the city shall be taken, the houses rifled, and the women ravished. Half of the city shall go into captivity, but the remnant of the people shall not be cut off from the city. --Zechariah 14:2
Isaiah also cries out concerning Israel: “Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, the remnant will be saved. --Romans 9:27
Even so then, at this present time there is a remnant according to the election of grace. --Romans 11:5