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Originally Posted by awareness
Other than that I'm a gentile. So why do I need to become Jewish?
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Thank you.
I detect a slippery precipice. Abraham was not a Jew so God's covenant with him does include us. Then there was the Old Covenant with natural Israel that finally ended in 70 AD. The New Covenant that started with the death, resurrection and ascension of the Lord Jesus Christ in 30 AD includes us.
Isn't there some confusion here between the Jews of Judaism and Zionism? Orthodox Jews in Israel and especially in New York distance them from Zionism and they refuse to fight in the Israeli Defense Force.
Who are we talking about now? David Ben-Gurion, the father of modern Israel "hated Judaism more than any other man he had met", according to modern orthodox philipsopher, Yeshayahu Leibowitz. (Source: Wikipedia.)
So, if the Zionists hate Judaism and the Jews of Judaism hate Zionism, where does that leave us?