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 Members of the Jewish synagogue in Philadelphia would likely  be startled to learn that some of them were to "do obeisance" to the local Christian community.  In view of the fact that there are doubtless  many non-Jews in that congregation, they would expect the very opposite to take place. Why?  Because Isaiah foretold: "Non-Jewish kings  must become caretakers for you [the people of Israel], and their princesses nursing women for you.  With faces  to the earth they will bow down to you." (Isaiah 49:23; 45:14; 60:14) In a vein, Zechariah was inspired to wrote: "It will be in those days that ten men [non-Jews] out of all the languages of the nations will take hold, yes, they will actually take hold of the skirt of a man who is a Jew, saying: 'We will go with you  people, for we have heard that God is with you people.' " (Zechariah 8:23)  Yes, non-Jews were to bow down to Jews, not the other way around!  

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