And will mourn for Him and repent.
Psalms 22:16 records the prophetic words of Jesus, the Jewish Christ, while being executed on the cross .... which was demanded by the Jews and performed by the Romans. Within those agonizing, but glorious, words Jesus cried out, in the prophecy, "they pierced my hands and my feet." That predicts his crucifixion. But the Jews did not crucify, the Romans did. But this prophecy was given several hundred years before Rome occupied Israel. The prophecy:
"I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint .... My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death. For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet." Read the entire chapter - Psalms 22.
"I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint .... My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death. For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet." Read the entire chapter - Psalms 22.
Then, again, Jesus, the Christ (Messiah), spoke through the prophecy of Zechariah, a promise, that the day would come when He would pour out grace upon the Jews and they would repent and believe that the Jesus whom they had "pierced" and crucified ... was indeed their Christ (Messiah).
"And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn ... as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn." Zech.12:10.
After that prophecy, 500 years passed before Jesus came and was pierced with Israeli thorns, Jewish nails, a Roman whip's lash, and spear. And just hours before He was crucified, the Jews seized Him, beat him, and condemned Him to death. Then they delivered Him to the Roman Governor, Pontius Pilate, for a Roman execution. But Pilate found Jesus innocent of the charges and wanted to release Him, but the Jews demanded that He be executed .... and Pilate acquiesced and had Jesus, the king of the Jews crucified. In his interrogation of Jesus, Pilate reminded Jesus that it was His own Jewish people and Jewish chief priests who "delivered " Him to be executed.
"Pilate answered (Jesus), Thine own nation and the chief priests have delivered thee unto me." John 18:35.
"Then saith Pilate unto him … knowest thou not that I have power to crucify thee, and have power to release thee? Jesus answered, Thou couldest have no power at all against me, except it were given thee from above: therefore he that delivered me unto thee hath the greater sin." John 19:10-11.
It was in that same chapter, of John 19, that the Apostle John quoted the prophecy of Zech.12:10, above, and set the record straight that one day (2000 years later) the Jews would "look on him whom they pierced" , and recognize Jesus as their Messiah, mourn, repent and believe on Him as their Savior.
What I am suggesting is that the Jews "looking on Jesus whom they have pierced" and turning to Christ as their Messiah is another sign of the end times. And God is using Dr. James Tour, the subject of my last two posts, as a key figure in this spiritual transition to Christ among the world's Jews. Expect more Satanic attacks and fake news. R.B.
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This from A Journey Through NYCReligions:
National survey shows Jews leaving Judaism, assimilating, becoming Christians or “Nones”
Jews who are Christian now are one of the major components of the U.S. Jewish population.
Rise of the Messianic Jews
Jews who are Christian now are one of the major components of the U.S. Jewish population. 1.7 million adult Jews identify themselves as Christians. Only the denomination of Reform Judaism has more support among American Jews, with an estimated 1.86 million adherents.
Jews who are Christian now are one of the major components of the U.S. Jewish population. 1.7 million adult Jews identify themselves as Christians. Only the denomination of Reform Judaism has more support among American Jews, with an estimated 1.86 million adherents.
Mitch Glaser, a Messianic Jew and leader of Chosen People Ministries, emailed A Journey through NYC religions that the Pew survey's results are "stunning." Glaser added, "As a Messianic Jew and leader of Chosen People Ministries – it is incredible to think that hundreds of thousands of Jewish people in the United States somehow identify with Jesus the Messiah, according to survey results." But he also cautioned, "However, the number of these individuals who might be considered 'Christians by conviction' remains to be seen."
Although the PEW Center did not count Jews who are Christians as part of their Jewish population count, the researchers used screening questions that identified the number of Jews who identify themselves as Jews and who are “completed Jews,” Christians or Messianic Jews. A close analysis of the results of the PEW Center's screening questions reveals some surprising hidden dimensions of American Jews and possible revised projections about the adult Jewish population in the United States. The research center's report includes a chapter on the analysis of people of "Jewish background" and "Jewish affinity."
The multi-million dollar survey screened over 70,000 respondents in English and Russian by landlines and cellphones between February 20 and June 13, 2013 to identify 3,475 Jews by religion (but not Christian) or Jews of no religion. The screening survey has a very small margin of error. The margin of error for sample of Jews by religion and Jews of no religion is plus or minus three percentage points. The survey also interviewed 1,190 people of Jewish background (73% were Christians) and 467 people with a Jewish affinity (70% were Christians).
Judaic institutions usually don’t recognize as Jews those who say that they believe in Jesus or Gentile Christians who identify themselves as Jews. However, one finding by the Pew Center researchers suggests that the greater Jewish community is becoming more tolerant of Messianic Jews. 30% of Judaic Jews and 47% of Jews of no religion agree that believing in Jesus is compatible with being Jewish. Glaser said that the increased tolerance of Messianic Jews is an "amazing" story of the last decades. "The acceptance of Jewish people who believed in Jesus by the mainstream Jewish community has changed dramatically since I became a follower of Jesus in 1970," Glaser said. "I view this as a positive change, but I am also concerned about the survey results because it indicates that many Jewish people are no longer interested in practicing the Jewish religion, or even in being Jewish."
Most of the Jews who identify themselves as some sort of Christian (1.6 million) were raised as Jews or are Jews by ancestry. Another 100,000 come from mixed ancestral background.
A surprising finding is that 720,000 Christians are “Jews by affinity” who identify themselves as Jews understood under the terminology “grafted-in” Jew. The term originates from New Testament descriptions of Gentiles as being grafted in as a branch of Israel by believing in the Jewish messiah Jesus.
The PEW Center categories of “Jews by religion” and “Jews of no religion.” However, when we include their figures for other types of Jews, particularly those who are “completed Jews,” those believing in Jesus as the messiah, the total adult population of Jews in the United States is 7.0 million plus another 1.9 million “Jews by affinity"....
Here is a video on Israeli Jews converting to Christ:
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