One of the most frequent e-mails I get is asking why American Jews continue to vote for a party that has some leaders who cannot stand the stench of Israel. In the November 4 mid-terms, Jews voted 3 to 1 for Democrats over Republicans.

Barack Obama has not been the first liberal President to dislike Israel. So did Jimmy Carter and Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Bill Clinton was not fond of the Jews or Israel but he admitted that he needed to tap into the “Jewish genius” and thus had more Jewish advisers than any president.

Jews appealed to FDR during WWII to come to the aid of suffering Jews enduring the Holocaust. As I bring out in my “Understanding the Times Fall 2014” conference message, he almost always looked the other way. Yet they voted for him overwhelmingly. He could have saved hundreds of thousands or more but chose to be rather uninvolved. Many said that had he been President during Israel’s founding, rather than Harry Truman, Roosevelt would not even have voted in favor of the independent state.

One almost has to conclude that it is more important to many Jews that they be liberals first and Jews second.

It is important to know that they tend to sympathize with the less fortunate and with minorities as they are a minority and in the past, they have paid dearly for that. They are “discrimination minded” and they are “justice and equality minded.”

A recent online article by The Guardian states that, “On the issue of Israel, only 40% of Jews believe God gave them Israel. This percentage is lower than the general public’s belief and far below the Evangelical conviction.”

The Guardian concludes that “Only 43% of Jews believe that caring about Israel is an essential part of being Jewish.”

Some suggest that this is a part of their spiritual blindness spoken of in the Bible though that should have nothing to do with politics. Others say it is a generational issue in that many Jews have parents and grandparents who came from socialistic nations in the late 1800s and early 1900s. That socialism is a part of their DNA. Soviet Jews came out of Communism although they were persecuted by the Marxists.

Israel was founded on socialistic principles. That is why President Eisenhower was not a friend of Israel as his focus was Communism. He felt sure Israel’s socialism would lead to Communism.

American Jews are in favor of the proverbial “two-state solution” and giving “land for peace.”

Israeli Jews are far more conservative as they are fighting for their very survival. While there is most certainly an Israeli Left, they are more in the minority. Over the years, however, they have elected liberal leaders who have harmed them including Shimon Peres, Yitzhak Rabin, Ehud Barak, Ariel Sharon, and others. A recent poll suggests many Israelis feel the response to terror in Israel should be more peace talks. “Peace through strength” is a fading concept.

Sadly, the stakes have gotten much higher in the last year. America is now trying to “negotiate” with Iran, allowing them a nuclear bomb. We are trying to gain Iran as an ally in the war with ISIS while Iran continues to swear to obliterate Israel. I maintain that there will be a strike by Israel on Iran in 2015. Will that wake up American and other Western Jews? Will they come out from being under the liberal spell?

The Jewish people have a “great awakening” during the Tribulation and they may not have eyes to see properly until then. Great numbers come to faith at that time, although a remnant are doing so in this Church Age.

With that extensive introduction, I encourage you to view the 30 minute video below to better understand America’s abuse of Israel under our current President. Understand that there are consequences to this, based on Genesis 12:3. It should be no surprise that we have unprecedented problems in America now that some of our highest leaders have made our best ally our enemy.

Our times can be trying. One hesitates to even tune into the latest Internet or cable news program and watch the updated saga of suffering. The recent blood bath in Paris is a prime example of why people are disconnecting and disengaging in disgust.

Sure, we were warned. Those last days were to be “perilous times.” But who knew? Who could have warned us about the blood-soaked details? Then modern technology brings it all home to us in real time.

A weariness has set in as the weight of the world’s sin presses down so heavily that it is harder and harder to keep going. We feel like we are climbing a steep mountain with a heavy load. Up is down, black is white, evil is good. Political correctness will eventually destroy the planet. We’re tired of the Keystone Kops running the show in nearly every capital of the world.

Those of us anticipating Christ’s return have a great advantage. We listen for a trumpet in the midst of the carnage. If we listen carefully, we think we hear the hoof beats of the four horsemen in the distance. The end is nearis not a saying on a sandwich board worn by some homeless person marching down Main Street. Rather, it is the hope of the believer. Most people call it the Rapture.And no, it’s not an escape hatch.

But if you believe this, one Christian outfit calls us “zombie Christians.” Christian Today magazine is not secular, it is Christian but with a Leftist bent. It has more of an ecological agenda than a spiritual agenda, and their version of the world ending is because we’re killing the planet. The apocalypse to them is climate change. I’m quoting a few paragraphs:

“It’s easy to point a finger at the fundamentalist fringe who have been mass marketing the apocalypse through films like ‘A Thief in the Night’ and ‘Left Behind.’ These are based on weakly-constructed theology of a Rapture where believers are beamed up to Heaven to avoid catastrophes awaiting the planet.”

The magazine continues, “Their theological version is called Premillenialism. You don’t have to live in the Bible belt to be affected by this way of thinking. Many of us started our Christian journey with a version of the gospel message that emphasizes escapist eschatology. Sadly, with the best intentions, Christians have tended to deliver an altered and edited gospel that is robbed of its scale and supremacy,producing zombie Christians that are merely souls waiting for Heaven…..”

Sure. Bring it on. Heaven, that is. In the meantime, tell me more about this good news. We can only tolerate looking around if we also look up. The Bible says the world will only have “distress with perplexity” as we enter the end-of-days. (Luke 21:28) That means our headlines won’t be getting better this side of Heaven.

Disengage. Disconnect. Despair. Without God and the hope of Heaven, what other options are there?

Noted author and co-founder of the Rapture Ready website, Terry James, writes in an article titled, Pastors, Be Forewarned, “When one gently probes one or the other of the Bible-believing/preaching pastors with the question, ‘Do you preach prophecy?’ the answers are along the same line. It’s my experience, and that of others who ask the question, that 95% of those asked say something like the following.”

• Prophecy is just too hard for people to understand.
• I just don’t know enough about the subject because we barely touched on it in seminary.
• Teaching people how to live as a Christian is more pressing.
• It scares people, so I just don’t want to worry them unnecessarily.
• People have been talking about this for years and we’re still here. We need to deal with the here and now.

Terry James continues, “Despite the fact that there are those who are overly speculative in their views of Bible prophecy, the following must be said. To the pastors of America who claim the Bible as the inspired, inerrant Word of the Living God but callously ignore its prophetic content–be forewarned.

“Your excuses/arguments won’t stand the test of the Bema — the Judgment Seat of Christ. You will be held accountable by the very Lord you proclaim you love so much — the same Lord about whom the angel told John: ‘for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.’ ” (Revelation 19:10b)

James says, “That same Jesus gave us the Olivet Discourse, during which He laid out general and specific things to come. The Gospel accounts give Christ’s commandment of what to do about the many prophesied things He had just foretold: ‘And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch.’ (Mark 13:37)

“Prophecy makes up at least 27% of the Bible. Half of that 27% has been fulfilled, with half yet to be fulfilled. Anyone with spiritual ears to hear and spiritual eyes to see is capable of following the Lord’s command: ‘And when you see these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.” (Luke 21:28)

“Certainly, if God calls people to be pastors-shepherds of His flock — He equips them to feed the flock His whole Word, not just parts the pastor selects as important, while summarily dismissing the other parts of God’s Word.”

The author concludes, “The world is in an end-times rage.The seas and waves of humanity are roaring with distress and perplexity. Violence fills the whole earth.

“Israel stands alone in the global spotlight as the most-hated nation on the planet. The world is in economic chaos, headed for total collapse. All the while, technology is progressing geometrically in ways that will one day provide earth’s last tyrant with the satanically-endowed ability to enslave most all people on this fallen sphere.”

I am just off of “Understanding the Times 2015,” my annual conference that examines current events in the light of the Bible and prophecy. People come with expectancy each year — because their own pulpits are silent. Because their home churches deny them the privilege of hearing about the fact that the King is coming, they fill our mega-church almost to capacity. This year we had almost 7,000 over two days. (See video review below.)

They want to understand the end-time rage the world is in if it helps them to better keep an eye on the sky. If we are “zombies” as that magazine states, we are proud of it. We are not ashamed to say we can’t wait for Heaven.

The King is, indeed, coming. Somebody get very excited about it. Thankfully, this world is not our home.