Now I am reading that it is Jews who may be the biggest influencers of the 2024 election—because many won’t be voting Democrat. They have had some wake-up calls, and many now realize that leftists are far more pro-Hamas than pro-Israel. In fact, much of the world has been cheering for Hamas. Find a fascinating article here.
Yet many Jews will maintain their loyalty to a party that has never treated them well. Here are some reasons why from my 2019 article. And yes, it seems many remain under a spell.
The History
In the 1940s, the Jews overwhelmingly supported a President who was their enemy — Franklin Roosevelt. Over 90% of Jews voted for him in 1944. He looked the other way to the evils of the Holocaust. He could have saved hundreds of thousands if American troops just would have bombed the railroad tracks going to the camps. Roosevelt had no interest in intervening.
God removed him from the presidency before 1948, as he would not have voted for the independent State of Israel, as did Harry Truman.
Many Jews voted for two anti-Semites — Jimmy Carter and Barack Obama. No two U.S. Presidents did more damage to Israel than these men — yet they got the Jewish vote, by and large, though the Jews grudgingly voted for Carter! Jews also voted for Joe Biden, who also schemes night and day against Netanyahu and Israel.
Today’s Insanity
Today, we have two Muslim Congresswomen, Ilhan Omar from Minnesota and Rashida Tlaib from Michigan. Ilhan Omar is a shady character at best and would delight in the destruction of Israel, but many Minnesota Jews voted for her! I know, because I live here! It makes no sense. Isn’t it time to move on to someone who supports them?
I was present a few years ago at a local AIPAC meeting that featured another Muslim, Keith Ellison. What is a Muslim doing at ANY Jewish gathering?? He was celebrated that night with cheers. Ellison wants Sharia Law in Minnesota and other states! Yet Minnesota Jews were among those who voted Ellison in as Minnesota’s Attorney General.
So, How Do We Make Sense of This?
>Just as Evangelicals are taught to embrace candidates with more conservative principles and worldviews, Jews are taught to value the underdog in life — the persecuted, the minority, the downtrodden, the helpless. Since THEY are a minority, they must stand with other minorities who might be misunderstood, persecuted, and marginalized. Though leftists really don’t care about any life but their own, there is the misperception that the Democrat Party exists to lift up the marginalized.
>Many Jews just lack a loyalty to Judaism and Israel. They actually have MORE loyalty to liberalism than to the Jewish State or their heritage. Secularism leads to terrible choices!
>Most often, their grandparents fled from Socialist nations that were oppressive, yet leftist politics seems to remain in their DNA. Israel was founded on Socialist principles. Most are fine with Socialism. Again, there is the misperception that Socialists actually care about anyone.
>Many Jews remain in spiritual blindness. Does this blindness bleed over into other areas? Perhaps. Most cannot even see the Messiah in Isaiah 53. But Paul wouldn’t give up on the Jews, and neither should we! Know that the spiritual picture is changing by the hour today.
>Today, many Jews are secular and not religious. Secularists have no loyalty to traditional marriage, pro-life causes, religious freedom, etc. The result is their affinity for the Democrat Party and liberal values. Live and let live!
>There is the perceived mistreatment by the Jews of the Palestinians, which drives some Jews away from conservatism and any identity with the “religious right” that is ardently pro-Israel.
“More religious Jews and Orthodox Jews have voted Republican consistently.
It Is Not Just the Jews Who Are Blind
The blindness of the Jews has already been referenced here, but it is not just Jews who are blind today. Much of the world cannot see the truth. Even many Christians are blind to the signs of the times breaking all around us! Most Christians are focused on earthly interests, lacking the eternal view.
Those who see the truth and love the truth are few in number, be they Jew or Gentile! I call the real truth seekers today “remnant believers.”
Maybe we make sense of it by understanding that the Jews will fall for the biggest political con man in history — Mr. Antichrist, so perhaps the current lack of discernment is a set-up. But at that time, they will be fed up by abandonment and betrayal and fall for his lies. They will be drawn to his offers of security and safety. They will be terrified by out-of-control global anti-Semitism.
Let’s pray that both Jews and Gentiles get their spiritual eyes opened while there is still time. The forthcoming Tribulation, from which the Church is absent, is called the Time of Jacob’s Trouble. It will be a dark time like no other—particularly for the Jewish people. This seven-year time of agony will far exceed the horrors of the Holocaust and October 7 for the Jews. Can you imagine?
We need to focus on rescuing ALL people from this frightful time to come. And from the flames of a Godless eternity.
Terry James Prophecy Line 
very good article. The plain truth.
May be I’m mistaken but I think Barack Obama has still to play a great role against Israel in the last days. Remember he is a muslin (incognito), he is an African born (he denied it), he and his wife are leftist.
The worldwide antisemitism may be what opens their eyes up. When they see the violence and hatred directed towards them by the same party they have aligned with, they may have no choice but to return to Israel. The antisemitism is only going to get worse because the democrats have already aligned with the Islamists.
Jan Markell always hits the nail on the head and I often see her articles and TV presentations on Harbinger’s Daily. I, too, am mystified that the Dems have such appeal to Jewish voters when it is pretty clear that this party is run by left-wingers who are definitely NOT their friends.
Her observation is correct in that spiritual blindness is not limited to just the Jews but now afflicts all of humanity – and on a level I personally have never seen in 70+ years down here. Clearly, Satan is pulling out the stops, a process that will go into overdrive post-Rapture when the inhibiting effect of the Holy Spirit is removed, at least in the manner that it is operating today.
Even so, the Spirit will still be moving as evidenced by the appearance of 144,000 Jewish evangelists as well as the vast number of Trib saints who will be executed for their witness, not to mention the Two Witnesses.
To be sure, this age is rapidly drawing to a close and that last person to accept Jesus is soon to come.
And when that happens, we will be gone.
“Maybe we make sense of it by understanding that the Jews will fall for the biggest political con man in history — Mr. Antichrist”. There is nothing in the scriptures that does substantiate such a claim and in fact identifies the contrary!
And I will set my glory among the heathen, and all the heathen shall see my judgment that I have executed, and my hand that I have laid upon them. So the house of Israel shall know that I am the Lord their God from that day and forward – Ezekiel 39:21,22. Again, no room for the AntiChrist in this declaration.
Does anyone really believe that Israel will place their security in the hands of any earthly political leader after the failure of their alliance with the United States to protect them from the Gog/Magog coalition of Ezekiel 38/39? We know without a doubt this is a false assumption.
In the aftermath of the Gog/Magog war, Israel will be burying their enemies for 7 months and burning their weapons for fuel 7 years. To suggest that Israel will give credence to the AntiChrist as Messiah creates a false narrative not found in the reality of the scriptures.
“And Judah also shall fight at Jerusalem; and the wealth of all the heathen round about shall be gathered together, gold, and silver, and apparel, in great abundance”- Zechariah 14:14.
Further evidence that only the Gentiles were foolish enough to be persuaded by the AntiChrist, not Israel. Israel will be the last hold out to the AntiChrist establishing his global dominion.
Very well explained. Thanks!