Jewish Tanakh
"So
who should Conservatives outside your religion vote for? ... I happen to be Jewish..."
Since you are Jewish, please start with your Jewish
Tanakh
, which has the same content as our Old Testament. Did you know that
the
Jewish Tanakh prophesies about the crucifixion of the Messiah? For
example, Psalm 22:14-18 of the
Tanakh reads:
"I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint; my heart is like
wax; it has melted within me. My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my
tongue clings to my jaws; you have brought me to the dust of death. For dogs
have surrounded me; the congregation of the wicked has enclosed me. They pierced
my hands and my feet; I can count all my bones. They look and stare at me. They
divide my garments among them, and for my clothing they cast lots."
Here is another passage about the Messiah from the
Jewish Tanakh, this time from Isaiah:
"But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised
for our iniquities; the chastisement for our peace was upon him, and by his
stripes we are healed. All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned, every
one, to his own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all...
Therefore I will divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the
spoil with the strong, because he poured out his soul unto death, and he was
numbered with the transgressors, and he bore the sin of many, and made
intercession for the transgressors." (Isaiah 53:5-6 &12)
Non-Christians have their everlasting destiny to worry about before
their votes, and as a Jew you have the advantage of
your
Tanakh, whose
Ketuvim and
Nevi'im prophesied about
the Messiah as above.
To confirm these and other prophesies about the Messiah, please read the
New Testament for yourself. If the entire New Testament seems like too big a taboo to breach, just
read or study the
Gospel of John
to start.