For a while now, Israel and the Jewish people have been caught in a vise that is increasingly threatening their very existence. That vise is known as the red/green axis. Red being the ever-growing Marxist radical left (Communism on steroids), and Green being radical Islam (Sharia Law). Zohran Mamdani embodies the Red/Green axis all in one person. How such a person can exist, combining two opposite sides of an ideological spectrum remains a mystery to me. It is highly irrational.

This has all the signs of America being destroyed from within! There is a quote attributed to Abraham Lincoln that says, "America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we lose our freedoms it will be because we have destroyed ourselves from within" While those were not the exact words he uttered, the quote can be thematically connected to Lincoln's 1838 speech in Springfield Illinois, at the Young Men Lyceum, "At what point then is the approach of danger to be expected? I answer, if it ever reach us, it must spring up amongst us. It cannot come from abroad. If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen, we must live through all time, or die by suicide." The point is clear, America's demise will most likely come from within, and Zohran Mamdani might be the first major step toward that!

Yet, there is a greater danger coming from Mamdani's policies, and that is his utter disdain for Israel and the Jewish people. How 20-30% of New York Jews would vote for him in the primaries is so irrational. It is evident that Israel and Jewish customs and traditions are playing a very small role if any, in the fabric of modern American Jewry. They have been slowly replaced by social justice, multiculturalism and tolerance. The erosion of Jewish loyalty has created a vacuum that people like Mamdani will fill in a heartbeat. To be sure, when I speak of "Jewish loyalty", I do not imply that American Jews should pledge allegiance to Israel first or worse...Israel only. Yet, as Jews in America we cannot ignore our deep connection to our people globally and to our biblical, historical and political homeland, Eretz Yisrael. It is absolutely fine to uphold Israel–without blindly agreeing with every move that the Israeli government makes– and be an American patriot. Those among our people who disagree with that notion probably voted for Zohran Mamdani. They will soon pay a high price if he gets his agenda implemented. Will it be too late for them?

A couple of days before Mamdani won the NY mayoral elections, a memo from his party, the Democratic Socialists of America, was leaked. In that memo, many demands were listed that have a direct effect on the Jewish people and Israel. Nine of the twelve points are a direct hit on Jews:
• Divest City pension funds from Israeli bonds and securities
• Withdraw City funds from banks that lend money to Israel or do business in Israel
• End City contracts with companies that do business with Israel
• Operate City-run grocery stores free from Israeli products
• Investigate real estate agents hosting illegal sales of stolen lands in the West Bank
• Remove non-profit status from charities that raise funds for IDF
• Divest CUNY endowment and reinstate wrongly fired professors
• End NYPD training with IOF
• Arrest Netanyahu and active IDF soldiers for war crimes

There are items on that list that Mamdani has no authority to implement as a mayor. He would need the backing of the New York Governor Kathy Hochul, who has both praised Mamdani's victory and opposed some of his Marxist ideas. Mamdani doesn't have the authority to remove 501(c)3 status from non-profit organizations, but, this shows his mindset with absolutely no ambiguity–He hates Israel! The rest of his leaked agenda reinforces the fact that he wants to cripple Israel in so many ways. He has also declared multiple times that he would ask NYPD to arrest Benjamin Netanyahu if he came to NY, something he also doesn't have the legal grounds to do. Yet, to him, it feels good to say it, and he will probably try anyway, as it lines up with the politically correct social justice agenda that he adheres to.

Mamdani is the poster child for end times antisemitism becoming mainstream. If we don't say or do anything, before we know it, antisemitism could become "state antisemitism." The last time an "elected" official was allowed to expand his destructive agenda, was during Nazi Germany, and it cost the lives of twelve million people, six million of them being Jewish–one of them being my maternal grandfather.

Does this line-up with Bible prophecy? It certainly does, directly and indirectly.
Directly, based on Zechariah 12:3:" But it will be in that day, that I will make Jerusalem a heavy stone for all the peoples; all who heave it up will be severely injured. And all the nations of the earth will be gathered against it." We are at a crossroads for humanity as the whole planet is increasingly turning against Israel. A 2025 ADL survey found that 46% of all adults in the world arbor some sort of anti-Jewish sentiment. That is the half way point for the fulfillment of Zechariah 12:3. We have probably passed 50% by now.

Indirectly, as seen in Ezekiel 36:24-28: "And I will take you from the nations, gather you from all the lands, and bring you into your own land. Then I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean; I will cleanse you from all your uncleanness and from all your idols.  Moreover, I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; and I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you will be careful to do My judgments. And you will inhabit the land that I gave to your fathers; so you will be My people, and I will be your God.

This passage of Scripture is referring to the return of the Jewish people from the global diaspora, that started in the late 1800s with a series of aliyahs (returns), and continues to this day. This global surge of judeophobia to such unbearable levels might have a part to play in the return of the Jews to Israel to escape antisemitism. I am not saying that God is causing antisemitism, because that would go against His character (Genesis 12:3; Psalm 83:5; Jeremiah 31:35-37), but it is very possible that He is allowing it to happen to lead Jews back to the homeland in the end times.

Mamdani's victory is frustrating and concerning to most people. This should also be scary to those who do not have the hope we have as followers of Yeshua–as we are forgiven by grace through the shedding of his blood and resurrection, for our sins. To those without Yeshua, simply believe and invite Him into your life today. To the rest of us believers, as crazy as this world is quickly becoming, and as irrational and evil a man like Mamdani might be, this should strengthen our faith, because there is nothing in what is currently happening that isn't part of God's master plan, and nothing is catching Him by surprise. The stage is set for God's final act revolving around Israel and the Jewish people.

There will be more Mamdanis sooner than we think, and both the Red agenda of Marxism and the Green agenda of Sharia law will work in concert to push Americans aside or into submission as dhimmis (subjects to Islam). When it comes to our rights and our freedoms, this is known as the "Salami Effect" where you cut a thin slice at a time, so that nobody notices anything, until of course, the whole salami is gone! It's not too late to stop this if we are vocal and active against it. Our response must be biblical but firm!

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