Thousands of Christians convert to Judaism
This interesting cross-post by Gev over at the excellent Rosh Pina Project, immediately brought to my mind the following Scripture:
Deceptions of the last hour:-
1 John 2:18-19
Little children, it is the last hour; and as you have heard that the Antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have come, by which we know that it is the last hour. They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us; but they went out that they might be made manifest, that none of them were of us.
But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and you know all things.
This is the post:-
If you have stumbled onto this blog and are not a Christian, get yourself a hot drink, pull up a comfy chair and then tuck into the following article written by one of the best in the business:- All Of Grace by Charles SpurgeonThousands of Christians convert to Judaism!
The New York Times asks Why Is This Christmas Different From All Others? It investigates how numerous Christian converts to Judaism struggle when it comes to the big family time of Christmas. Claiming that Judaism is not a missionary religion doesn’t change the fact that thousands do convert to various strands of Judaism from Orthodox to Reform. There are many conversion courses online and your local rabbi only has to decline you three times before he will then consider you for starting the conversion process. However you can convert in the diaspora and find your conversion not valid in Israel. In fact the conversion of hundreds and perhaps thousands in Israel was recently put into limbo by a rabbinic controversy.
It would be interesting to investigate the stats but it may very well be that more Christians convert to Judaism per year than Jewish people to faith in Yeshua as Moshiach.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/26/nyregion/26convert.html?_r=2&scp=1&sq=jewish%20converts&st=cse
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