[bareford101]

this is nothing short of a miracle... an aswer to many, many prayers. now if so called believers would just get the message....

[Westbrook]

> You were God’s people long before we were

And they still are.

In Revelation 7, the Tribes of Israel are called out by name. I do not believe that this is figurative, and there is no way I can see Christians fitting into the Tribes.

[Not A Snowbird]

Makes me proud to be of Amish descent.

It takes courage to do the right thing, and these people have it in abundance.

[The Great RJ]

This is unbelievably touching that the Amish would do this and shows their deep faith. This should be an example to all of us.

[cowboyway]

Amish chicks are hot!!

[GiovannaNicoletta]

They should have advertised for a group trip.

There are thousands of Replacement Theology-believing CINOs who could have perhaps absolved themselves in the eyes of God by apologizing to His chosen people for holding onto such a Godless heresy.

[GOPJ]

“God reminded me that this is not who He is. We no longer want to reject you or look at you as not being God’s people. You were God’s people long before we were.”

Better late than never... that said, it was good of them to come forward... Prayers for Israel.

[mas cerveza por favor]

The Amish, both in the US and Europe, have a long history of anti-Semitism and have traditionally been firm proponents of Replacement Theology, which claims that God cast aside the Jews for their widespread rejection of Jesus as their messiah. Many Amish once believed the Nazi Holocaust was God’s punishment for that rejection of Jesus, and actually applauded Hitler.

These iPhone Amish are wrong for thinking they can atone for sin by throwing away the Bible to embrace dispensationalist heresy. Hopefully they did not also join John Hagee in rejecting Jesus' coming as Christ and Messiah.

[kara37]

Wow, I guess I didn’t know anything about the Amish. I really thought the headline was a joke.

[x]

The Amish, both in the US and Europe, have a long history of anti-Semitism

Compared to who?

and have traditionally been firm proponents of Replacement Theology, which claims that God cast aside the Jews for their widespread rejection of Jesus as their messiah.

As were pretty much all Christians at one point.

Many Amish once believed the Nazi Holocaust was God’s punishment for that rejection of Jesus, and actually applauded Hitler.

Many? How do we know?

It would be surprising if a group of German ancestry didn't have some sympathy with Germany in the 1930s, but I'd have to know a lot more about the background before accepting the author's claims as fact.

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

How inclusive is this? The Amish are a subgroup of the Mennonites, which are themselves a subgroup of the Christian Anabaptists.

Peers of the Amish include the Brethren, Hutterites, and Mennonites. Though this is not to say that those other groups believe in Replacement Theology (Supersessionism).

[Tainan]

clip...clop...clip...clop...BUMP!...clip...clop...clip...clop...

[topcat54]

Note there's no real information in this article as to who these folks are, how many there were, whether they have the approval of their bishop(s). “... on behalf of the entire Amish community.” Probably overstated. It's questionable whether the picture is real wrt this group, since Amish women do not usually wear clothing in any color other than black. But Amish on a plane makes for good headlines. Why not just head down to their local synagogue/temple in buggies?

Probably the Hagee/CUFI (pronounced “goofy”) folks put them up to it.

[vladimir998]

“Many Amish once believed the Nazi Holocaust was God’s punishment for that rejection of Jesus, and actually applauded Hitler.”

Really?

[Quix]

BLESSED BE THE NAME OF THE LORD.
BLESSED BE THE WORD OF THE LORD.
BLESSED BE THE WAYS OF THE LORD.

PRAISE GOD! PRAISE GOD! PRAISE GOD!

Now, if the Amish could just educate the Amils, Preterists, Postmils, REPLACEMENTARIANS in the Christian world, they’d really be miracle workers.

[agrace]

Wow, that’s amazing.

[Karliner]

Obama will arrest them,lok for the IRS to figure a way to slam them also. Them Amish just started a war God Bless them.

[Yaelle]

Just wow.

[Wuli]

“this is nothing short of a miracle”

DITTO - You beat me to the punch.

I want to add that I have honestly thought - off and on for years - that there is so much of this world I would like to leave behind and couldn’t I really be very happy living with the Amish.

It’s not just the technologically simple, uncomplicated life, its’ the simple, straight forward moral sense of life as well and their desire to refusal to allow “better” to bring with it all the temptation to compromise their moral sense.

I often envy them.

[Eleutheria5]

OK. Now lose the beards and the black coats. People think you’re Chassidic, especially when you also speak an archaic German dialect similar Yiddish. How about switching to Arabic? Nyuk. Nyuk.