can you tell me within the context of the Scriptures?
2007-07-23 05:12:38 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Thanks to your answers! But can you tell me, is this really just a small sect that believes this or is this the Orthodox Jews religious standpoint on Israel
2007-07-23 05:50:50 · update #1
A very small group of Orthodox Jews believe that Israel should not exist until the Messiah comes.
2007-07-23 13:44:06 · answer #1 · answered by ST 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think 'condemn' is the wrong word.
Prophesies said that the Messiah would come and would lead the Jews into their homeland. In the time of Jesus, most Jews were waiting for a general who would rally the Jews against the Romans and win their independence. That was why most of them didn't recognize Jesus as the Messiah.
But the modern state of Israel was not created in this way. The whole region was taken over by the Brits at the end of WWI, and the Brits redrew the map. After WWII, they gave Palestine to the Jewish refugees from Europe.
Many fundamentalist Christians think that the creation of the state of Israel is a sign of the final days, of the coming of the Messiah. But Orthodox Jews believe they have it backwards, that the Messiah had to come first and -then- establish the state of Israel.
2007-07-23 12:20:25 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
A very small sect (less than 200) do not recognize Israel because the Messiah is suppose to lead the Jews back to Israel as David Ben Gurion was not the Messiah, it could not be he Israel of the bible.
2007-07-23 12:22:58 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because contrary to popular mis-opinion, not everyone in a religion always agrees on every issue.
The reasons vary -- some believe that the UN should not have gotten into the political debate by purchasing the land to create Israel.
Some oppose the politics of the country on political grounds that have nothing to do with their religion.
Some are members of a religious sect that opposes the activities of other religious sects.
There are many different reasons -- it's not all-or-nothing, and not everyone thinks exactly the same.
2007-07-23 12:17:45 · answer #4 · answered by coragryph 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I couldn't answer within the context of scripture, but then, not all Jews practice Judaism, so their reasoning may not even be based on scripture. Just a thought.
2007-07-23 12:19:44 · answer #5 · answered by Akayus 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Socialists.
2007-07-23 12:18:05 · answer #6 · answered by Thomas Paine 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋