Yes, the Jews must return to Israel. No, not every single one of them, but many of them! The Bible tells us in Matthew 24 that the Jews in Israel will be fooled by the Antichrist who makes a covenant with them (Daniel 9:27). He pretends to be their best friend, then turns on them halfway through the Tribulation. They flee to the wilderness (Petra) and are protected, and then they “see Him whom they pierced” (Zech. 12:10) and turn to the Messiah Yeshua.
But how and why would they give up the good life in the West, a life of prosperity and comfort, and go back to the land of Israel?
Then came this headline in The Times of Israel during the Israel-Hamas war: Dear Diaspora Jews: It’s Over.
The author, Josh Feldman, writes, “As an Australian Jew, I’ve always proudly contended that I live in the safest Jewish community in the world. We have no lists of synagogues shot up by white supremacists, nor politicians whose campaign to become prime minister prompted nearly half the country’s Jews to consider leaving.
“And while Australian Jewry — which is believed to have the world’s largest Holocaust survivor population per capita outside of Israel — is well aware of the dangers of Anti-Semitism, much of the community has long shared this sentiment. Anti-Semitism has always been present, but it was rarely, if ever, a cause for widespread anxiety.
“If the outbreak of Jew-hatred after the October 7 massacre didn’t change that, then November 10 did. As Melbourne’s Jews welcomed Shabbat, a mob of Arab and far-left thugs traveled from the other side of the city to protest in the heart of Melbourne’s Jewish community, forcing a synagogue only meters from the protest to evacuate mid-prayer.”
The writer concludes, “For much of Diaspora Jewry, this is an immensely disorientating time, and understandably so. But as I told a friend who said the other day that no matter where we live, Jews will always be outnumbered by those who hate us, there is, in fact, one place we can go. It’s home to some seven million Jews, is run by Jews, for Jews.
“If ever there was a time to move to Israel, it’s now.”
The author sums up saying, “In a post-Holocaust West, however, many Jews believed that they, too, had found countries that could guarantee not just their safety, but their sense of security. As long as that remained true, there was little reason to leave — hence, why approximately half of world Jewry lives outside of Israel. “The last few weeks and months have shattered that illusion for many Jews.”
God is calling the Jews home to Israel to complete His end-time plan, and to wind down history as we know it. The Time of Jacob’s Trouble is on the horizon.
