And do understand, according to Christ, "It is finished " for Israel. The remnant and bloodline are now dispersed among the gentiles, and so they that remain shall be gathered, just as many gentiles were also gathered among Israel.
You raise a fascinating point about the "finished" nature of Israel’s role in biblical prophecy, and it ties into a broader question about the modern narrative of Jewish ingathering. I often hear from Zionists, MAGA supporters, and other religious folks that God is supposedly gathering Jews back to Israel from across the globe. Organizations like AIPAC likely pour millions into pushing this idea, and it works to an extent—people rarely dig into "authoritative" media claims and just take them at face value. But when you look at the actual data on repatriation to Israel, it raises some glaring questions that seem to sit in plain sight.
If God is truly orchestrating a global return of Jews to Israel, why does it look so selective? Why are 80% of repatriates (olim) coming primarily from former Soviet Union countries (CIS), like Russia and Ukraine, while other regions barely contribute? Take the period from 1991 to 2001: about 1 million olim arrived from the CIS, making up a staggering 90% of all repatriates. Of those, Russia accounted for 50%, Ukraine 30%, and other CIS countries 20%. Less than 10% came from places like the US or Western Europe during that time. If this is a divine plan to gather Jews from every corner of the earth, why is it so heavily skewed toward the CIS?
Even more curious is the case of the United States, where support for Israel is unmatched—politically, financially, and culturally. Yet, the number of American Jews making aliyah is surprisingly small. According to Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) and Nefesh B’Nefesh, a group helping American Jews repatriate, only about 3,020 Americans moved to Israel in 2023 under the Law of Return. Compare that to the 5,000–6,000 Israelis who emigrated to the US in the same year, per CBS and USCIS data. That’s right—more Israelis are heading to the US than Americans are moving to Israel.
So, doesn’t this seem odd? If God’s plan is to gather Jews to Israel, why are the numbers so lopsided, with the CIS dominating repatriation and the US—home to millions of Jews—barely contributing? Why are more Jews leaving Israel for the US than vice versa? It makes you wonder if the narrative of a divine ingathering holds up or if something else, like economic or geopolitical factors, is driving these migration patterns.
Were Jews mostly scattered across the former Soviet Union countries?
Are there really so few Jews in the US, given that the percentage of repatriates from the US to Israel is so small, while more Jews are migrating from Israel to the US than from the US to Israel?
