Return of the Jews

"For the Israelites will live many days without king or prince, without sacrifice or sacred stones, without ephod or idol. Afterward the Israelites will return and seek the Lord their God and David their king. They will come trembling to the Lord and to his blessings in the last days."--Hosea 3:4-5

For those who haven't noticed, there's a burgeoning conservative movement taking place among the Jews that began about 30 years ago.

Though that movement is still largely a political one, it has motivated many Jews to take a new look at Jesus Christ to seriously consider whether he is indeed the Jewish Messiah that Israel's ancient prophets foretold of thousands of years ago.

Though the majority of Jews throughout the world--and particularly in the west--still identify as liberals and progressives, a growing number of them have turned away from liberalism in recent years to embrace conservative values.

But why? Largely because of two reasons: (1) the resurgence of anti-Semitism throughout the world and (2) the support they've received from bible-believing Christians who pray for the peace of Jerusalem and Israel's survival.

The first reason why many Jews are abandoning liberalism for conservatism is an obvious one: because many Jews have finally discovered that the nexus of global anti-Semitism is found in liberalism.

Leftists make up one of the largest groups of anti-Semites in the world. They not only call for the destruction of Israel--like some of the worst fascists of old--they increasingly blame the Jews for everything from climate change to poverty to global economic problems.

And they really believe that if Israel would just go away, true peace would come to the Middle East. That's why liberals hate Israel and hate those who support the Jewish nation.

Tragically, many Jews continue to side with these monsters, not realizing or caring that a lot of these folks want to resurrect Hitler's Final Solution and eradicate world Jewry.

The second reason why many Jews are abandoning liberalism is because they've found that evangelicals are genuine friends who truly care about them and the survival of Israel.

For many centuries, the Jews tried to avoid Christians because they believed that Christians who tried to befriend them were only interested in converting them.

And of course, for centuries, the Jews were persecuted harshly by the Roman Catholic Church that taught that they were eternally cursed and cutoff by God for rejecting Christ. Though God promised through His prophets to bring the Jews back to Him and restore their nation (Amos 9:11-15, Zephaniah 3:14-20, Joel 3:18-21), the Catholic Church ignored the Bible by arrogantly claiming that she had replaced Israel as God's chosen people.

In fact, much of the modern anti-Semitism that continues to plague the Jews today wherever they go in the world can be traced to the Roman Catholic Church that remains one of the most anti-Semitic organizations on earth.

Sadly, when many Jews think of Christianity, they think of the Catholic Church and her historical persecution of their ancestors. Who can blame them for having a such a negative view of Christianity?

And yet, in accordance with God's will and the fulfillment of His word spoken to His ancient prophets, the Jews are beginning to come home.

The apostle Paul recorded this prophecy, ironically to the early pre-Catholic Roman Church nearly 2,000 years ago: "I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers, so that you may not be conceited; Israel has experienced a hardening in part until the full number of Gentiles has come in. And so all Israel will be saved, as it is written: The deliverer will come from Zion; he will turn godlessness away from Jacob. And this is my covenant with them when I take away their sins." (Romans 11:25-27)

Amen. Are we seeing the fulfillment of biblical prophecy concerning the Jews? I believe we are.