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It's always seemed strange to me that so many Evangelical Christians support Israel, when so many of them are also so rabidly anti-Semitic. (Martin Luther called Jewry "an incorrigible whore and an evil slut" and advocated sending Jews to forced labor camps.)
But I was thinking today about how certain orthodox Jews are anti-Zionist because Jews aren't supposed to have a homeland until the Messiah comes, and using worldly means to establish one is an affront to God. (Especially if you do it with the help of followers of that one impostor Messiah...) It occurred to me that there might be a connection there. Perhaps American Christians view themselves as the fulfillment of Jewish prophecy. Perhaps they hope that by establishing a Jewish homeland, they will convince Jews that they are agents of the true Messiah. (And the ones that don't convert can still burn in Hell.)
But I was thinking today about how certain orthodox Jews are anti-Zionist because Jews aren't supposed to have a homeland until the Messiah comes, and using worldly means to establish one is an affront to God. (Especially if you do it with the help of followers of that one impostor Messiah...) It occurred to me that there might be a connection there. Perhaps American Christians view themselves as the fulfillment of Jewish prophecy. Perhaps they hope that by establishing a Jewish homeland, they will convince Jews that they are agents of the true Messiah. (And the ones that don't convert can still burn in Hell.)