The Jews have been regathering
ever since the late 1800s and especially in 1917 and 1948. They
are still regathering to this day. If this is what Ezekeil
39:28 is saying and if its true that ALL the Jews will be regathered
not leaving any behind then we might
be looking at the years 2030. 2040, 2050, 2080, or
later for the end of age.
Ezekiel 39
39:27 When I have
brought them back from the nations and have gathered them from the countries
of their enemies, I will show myself holy through them in the sight
of many nations.
39:28 Then they
will know that I am the LORD their God,
for though I sent them into exile among the nations, I will gather them
to their own land, not leaving any behind.
39:29 I will
no longer hide my face from them, for I will pour out my Spirit on the
house of Israel, declares the Sovereign LORD.”
Projections
for the Future
One
study predicted that in the next 80 years America's Jewish population
would decline by one-third to 3.8 million if current fertility rates
and migration patterns continue.
In the same period, according to the study, the number of Jews in Israel
would likely double, swelling to 10 million. The study also anticipated
a severe decline in the number of Jews in the former Soviet Union. By
2080, the data suggested, the Jewish community there would be virtually
non-existent.
Among
the study's conclusions was that Israel would be home to the world's
largest Jewish community as early as 2020, and the majority of the world's
Jews by 2050. Between the years 2030 to 2040 the majority of Jews will
be living in Israel rather than in the Diaspora, where communities are
aging.
In
2000, 48.35% of Jewish children 14 and under lived in Israel. By 2020,
that number is expected to reach 59.20%.
The
study noted in particular the rapidly aging Diaspora community, saying
that by the year 2080, more than 40 percent of Diaspora Jews would be
65 and older.
Ira
Sheskin of the University of Miami, a principal architect of the 2000
National Jewish Population Survey, which is currently under way, called
the recent projections "a great starting point for discussion."
But, he added: "Think if this were the year 1900, what could we have
predicted? The Holocaust? The State of Israel? The very concept" of
projections "is a difficult one."