Why is Israel “blinded”? For how long? 532-2 - 12 - 6

Luke 19:41, " As he approached Jerusalem and saw the city, he wept over it and said, “If you, even you, had only known on this day what would bring you peace—but now it is hidden from your eyes.” Jesus most certainly held the Jewish people responsible for knowing the time of their visitation and less than 40 years later the temple was destroyed and the people were dispersed.

The Jewish leadership was without excuse as they had the prophets. When Jesus rode into Jerusalem in fulfillment of Zechariah 9:9, “Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.” to the very day prophesied in Daniel 9:25, the Pharisees told him to “rebuke thy disciples.” Jesus replied, “I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out.”

Romans 11:25 speaks to how long the blindness would last. “For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.”

One thing that has long weighed on my heart is the eternal destination of the millions of Jews who died in the Holocaust not having accepted Jesus as their Messiah and were of the age of accountability. Would the people in the 20^th century be held accountable for the blindness that was pronounced on their ancestors nearly 2000 years ago? Would they be condemned to the lake of fire for what might be considered a generational curse?

I have a Messianic Jewish friend who is concerned about her parents who remained firm in their conviction that Jesus was not the Messiah at the time of their deaths. She hopes that her parents are is the presence of Jesus rather than the alternative. She found some assurance in Scripture that there was/is a second chance/ judgment. Matthew 19:27-28, “Then answered Peter and said unto him, Behold, we have forsaken all, and followed thee; what shall we have therefore? And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That ye which have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.”

Added later from another post:

In his article on the rapture ready website "Dual Covenant Theology" Daymond Duck writes:

"Are the Jews saved under one covenant and the Gentiles saved under another or is Jesus the only way to be saved? Are the Jews saved under the everlasting covenant God made with Abraham or do they have to believe in Jesus (Genesis 17:7-8)? The answer seems clear to me, but some Christians have heard someone they respect say today’s Jews are saved even though they haven’t accepted Jesus as their Messiah. That confuses many people and the controversy just won’t go away.

http://www.raptureready.com/featured/duck/dd107.html

I find his conclusion to be rather discouraging as he doesn't seem to hold out hope for Jews who are in unbelief today, however, at the second coming the remnant will become believers. All well and good for the remnant, but what about the 6 million human beings murdered in the Holocaust. Those below the age of accountability, most likely are with the Lord but what about the others. I realize it's for God to sort out but I pray that he is merciful.