[B.R. Burton]

"The Jews don't believe Jesus is the Messiah. Perhaps you can find some Biblical reference that indicates that the last few centuries of persecution is God's reward for being His chosen people, and not attonement for their inequities."

The Jews will believe in Jesus as the Messiah, and yes, the Diaspora of the Jews is in a sense, an atonement.

"Jesus lived for what, 30 years? Persecution for the Jews has been going on for centuries.

He was dead for 2 days, and rose on the 3rd. Israel has been "dead" for 2 thousand years, and have arisen again, and will soon become officially resurrected through their spontaneous faith in the Messiah.

[William Terrell]

The Jews will believe in Jesus as the Messiah, and yes, the Diaspora of the Jews is in a sense, an atonement.

You mean when Jesus returns? It would be about time, don't you think, since they were His source people the first time? But they don't now. The diaspora of the House of Judah was not, in a sense, an atonement; it was in atonement for their turning from God, same as with the House of Israel. God Himself spanked both Houses, one of which we know as the Jews. Maybe "chastisement" would have been a better word.

Israel has been "dead" for 2 thousand years, and have arisen again, and will soon become officially resurrected through their spontaneous faith in the Messiah.

It's Judah mainly that needs to accept the Messiah. Israel, if I read the numbers right, makes up the balance of the Christians. Apparantly they were more willing to listen than than the Jews.