Jesus said that He will not come back until the Jews say, "Blessed is He [Jesus or Yeshua] who comes in the name of the Lord". The Jewish evangelist Paul of Tarsus revealed to the western world that the reason we gentiles were blessed with God's life changing Word was because Jesus [Yeshua] was rejected by His Jewish brothers. But he said in the last days, the His Jewish brothers would "wake up" and call to Him. As a result of the Jews faith, all believers in the world would be blessed...
Romans 11: 11 I say then *, Have they [Jews] stumbled that they should fall ? God forbid * : but rather through their fall salvation is come unto the Gentiles, for to provoke them to jealousy. 12 Now if the fall of them be the riches of the world, and the diminishing of them the riches of the Gentiles; how much more their fulness? 13 For I speak to you Gentiles, inasmuch as * * I am the apostle of the Gentiles, I magnify mine office: 14 If by any means I may provoke to emulation them which are my flesh, and might save some of them. 15 For if the casting away of them be the reconciling of the world, what shall the receiving of them be, but life from the dead?
Orthodox Jews have never been liberal in any significant number. If they even voted at all.
How is voting GOP coming to Jesus?
-Religious freedom? No
-Strong defense? No
-Low taxes (so we can pay our tithes to the mainly Jewish charities of our choice?) No
-School choice/vouchers (for my kid’s ultra-orthodox private school?) No
I think this is a non sequitur.
I love preachin’ and wrastlin’ with dogma as much as anyone but I really don’t buy the premise.
A substantial percentage of people in this country who identify as “Jewish” will tell you that they are,in fact,atheists.They see “Jewish” as an ethnic/cultural label rather than a religious one.That’s not the case with Orthodox Jews however.So,in keeping with the Judeo-Christian foundation of the country they,like *true* Christians (as opposed to phonies like Kennedy,Kerry and Pelosi) vote Republican.
Yo, Jan, Jews becoming more politically-conservative because that grouping of political positions most closely mirrors their faith does NOT equal Jews becoming Christian.
When are you going to realize that Orthodox Jews won’t give up their faith, EVER. G-d has a covenant (i.e. a holy contract) with the Jewish People to watch over them forever, and He does not back away from His promises. Thus, we Jews will be around forever - as Jews, not new Christians. A covenant with the Gentiles also evidently exists (though it does not appear in my Bible in the form you perceive it, but rather in form of the Noahide laws)...and like us, G-d is entitled to have more than one contract at the same time (of course, I’m being facetious - He is entitled to do anything He wishes, regardless of our wishes, etc.). Deal with it, just as Pastor John Hagee and many other Evangelicals (righteous Gentiles all) have. They understand that Jews should be good Jews, and Christians should be good Christians - and that we will all benefit both here and in Heaven as a result.
As for the subject of the article:
“”If the Orthodox grow as a share of U.S. Jews, they gradually could shift the profile of American Jews in several areas, including religious beliefs and practices, social and political views and demographic characteristics,” the report added.”
Yeah, well, Orthodox Jews have more kids and intermarry in far lower numbers than (religiously) Conservative and Reform Jews. It is simple mathematics to assert that Orthodox Jews will have a larger and larger influence over Jewish politics as time passes.
“Who is a liar but he that denies that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist that denies the Father and the Son. Whosoever denies the Son the same has not the Father; but he that acknowledges has the Father also.” (1 John 2:22,23)
Orthodox Jews may be looking for a messaih, but it’s not Jesus Christ. They want a conquering figure who perfectly fits the Antichrist.
When Christ does return, he comes to gather his own and pour out his wrath. By this time mm the News will have accepted the Antichrist and taken the mark of the beast.
The time to be saved is now, beach are God has “concluded all in unbelief that he might have mercy on all” his elect.