51 per cent believe in the coming of the Messiah. Only 46 per cent consider them selves as “secular”.
The latest findings from the AVI CHAI Foundation in Israel is astonishing. The study was done in 2009. The findings are only being published now due to the passing of the head of the research team, Prof. Asher Arian.
Although 46 per cent of respondents defined themselves as secular, it turns out that this self-definition is not directly linked to a belief in extraordinary forces and in the veracity of the Jewish religion.

The longing for the Messiah is on the rise among Jews in Israel. Here are a flock of Ethiopean Jews.
Apart from the fact that four of five Israeli Jews believe in God, the study’s findings revealed that 77 per cent are convinced that the world is guided by an “extraordinary force”, 72 per cent believe that praying can improve a person’s situation, 67 per cent are convinced that the Jews are the chosen people, and 65 per cent think Torah and mitzvot are a divine order.
According to 34 per cent of the respondents, a Jew who fails to observe mitzvot puts his fellow people in danger.
As for the ramifications of the human conduct, 80 per cent believe there is a reward for good deeds, and 74 per cent say bad deeds are punished. Fifty-six believe in an “afterlife” and 51 percent believe in the coming of the Messiah.
Source: Ynetnews.com
My comment:
Working with ex-Israeli soldiers for four winters in India, I discovered that the longing for the Messiah was high even among “secular Jews’.
The last decade we have been told that 70 per cent of the Jews are secular. But his number has been to high. The latest survey expose this number to have fallen to 46 per cent.
All who have shared their faith with secular Jews, have discover that few Jews are atheists. They have “faith in God”, but is not willing to accept Orthodox Judaism. Frankly: They are right. No Messianic Jew can accept Orthodox Judaism.
When I have shared the good news about the incoming Messiah with secular Jews, almost two dozen of them have accepted a New Testament in Hebrew. The longing for knowledge about the Messiah is rising.
For the Evangelical Christian World, the alarm bells must sound in every congregation. Because the Bible explains that when the full number of gentiles have come into the Kingdom, Israel shall be saved.
The last days shall not be recognized by a massive revival in the paganized World, but rather the great apostasy and the falling away. In their tens of million, Christians who do not obey the Word of God will worship the last as false Messiah as “god”. Many Jews will join the last fatal deception.
Romans 11:25-26
I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers and sisters, so that you may not be conceited: Israel has experienced a hardening in part until the full number of the Gentiles has come in, and in this way all Israel will be saved. As it is written:
“The deliverer will come from Zion;
he will turn godlessness away from Jacob.
Now, all of this is taking place right in front of our eyes. To be acknowledged by all who are willing to listen and obey.
Written by Ivar

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