Christian enemies, like the Jews and also Catholics...
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Romans 11:28-32
[SUP]28 [/SUP]As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes: but as touching the election, they are beloved for the father's sakes.
[SUP]29 [/SUP]For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance.
[SUP]30 [/SUP]For as ye in times past have not believed God, yet have now obtained mercy through their unbelief:
[SUP]31 [/SUP]Even so have these also now not believed, that through your mercy they also may obtain mercy.
[SUP]32 [/SUP]For God hath concluded them all in unbelief, that he might have mercy upon all.
[SUP]28 [/SUP]As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes: but as touching the election, they are beloved for the father's sakes.
[SUP]29 [/SUP]For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance.
[SUP]30 [/SUP]For as ye in times past have not believed God, yet have now obtained mercy through their unbelief:
[SUP]31 [/SUP]Even so have these also now not believed, that through your mercy they also may obtain mercy.
[SUP]32 [/SUP]For God hath concluded them all in unbelief, that he might have mercy upon all.
Paul never claimed to be a "Jew". He only stated that he was from the tribe of Benjamin, which was a tribe of Israel. Do not confuse Israel, with Jews, for they are not one and the same. The term "Jew" meant you were a resident of Judea or Jerusalem, not that you were a seed of Adam, which both Paul and Christ were. Read John chapter 8. Also read Revelation 2-9 and 3-9.
Au Contraire. Being a Jew, meant you were a resident of Judea, Christ, was from Nazareth. Christ said He was a seed of Adam, but He never mentioned being a Jew. Read John chapter 8, then read Matthew 13- the parable of the wheat and the tares. You must remember that the majority of Israel had already moved north into Europe and Scandinavia and only a small remnant of true Adamic peoples still resided in Jerusalem at that time, which is why Christ said that He had other sheep, but not of this fold.
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As all human beings, Jesus Christ was born in a particular place and at a specific time in history. Although His Father was God (through the agency of the Holy Spirit), His mother was a Jewish woman named Mary. Her husband, Joseph, was Jesus' legal father or guardian. According to the genealogy from Mary, on His human side Christ is descended from the Israelite tribal patriarch Judah and his descendant King David (Luke:3:31Which was the son of Melea, which was the son of Menan, which was the son of Mattatha, which was the son of Nathan, which was the son of David,, 33; compare Acts:2:30Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne;; 2 Timothy:2:8Remember that Jesus Christ of the seed of David was raised from the dead according to my gospel
. The biblical testimony is plain. The book of Hebrews tells us that "it is evident that our Lord arose from [the tribe of] Judah . . ." (7:14). And those descended from Judah are known by the abbreviated term Jews. The apostle John wrote that "He came to His own [the Jews], and His own did not receive Him" (John:1:11He came unto his own, and his own received him not.). Both a Samaritan woman and the Roman governor Pontius Pilate clearly recognized that Jesus was Jewish (John:4:9Then saith the woman of Samaria unto him, How is it that thou, being a Jew, askest drink of me, which am a woman of Samaria? for the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans.; 18:35).
We are further told that "the scepter shall not depart from Judah" (Genesis:49:10The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.). The scepter symbolizes the promise of kingship and salvation. Jesus, the King of the Jews, is the Messiah. Christ (the Greek term for Messiah) is the ultimate fulfillment of the ruler mentioned prophetically in 1 Chronicles:5:2For Judah prevailed above his brethren, and of him came the chief ruler; but the birthright was Joseph's: "Yet Judah prevailed over his brothers, and from him came a ruler."
The Bible's final book refers to Jesus as "the Lion of the tribe of Judah" (Revelation:5:5And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof.). On Jesus' human side, David is called His father, meaning ancestor, in Luke:1:32He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David:. Romans:1:3Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh; likewise says he "was born of the seed of David according to the flesh." Thus, from numerous testimonies, He was certainly a Jew.
What ultimately counts, however, is that He is the Savior of all mankind because He died for all men, women and children, regardless of their race or other ethnicity (John:3:15-17 [15] That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
[16] For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
[17] For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
). Indeed, in Christ we are told that there is no division between Jew and gentile—for all become one in Him (Galatians:3:28There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.).
. The biblical testimony is plain. The book of Hebrews tells us that "it is evident that our Lord arose from [the tribe of] Judah . . ." (7:14). And those descended from Judah are known by the abbreviated term Jews. The apostle John wrote that "He came to His own [the Jews], and His own did not receive Him" (John:1:11He came unto his own, and his own received him not.). Both a Samaritan woman and the Roman governor Pontius Pilate clearly recognized that Jesus was Jewish (John:4:9Then saith the woman of Samaria unto him, How is it that thou, being a Jew, askest drink of me, which am a woman of Samaria? for the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans.; 18:35).We are further told that "the scepter shall not depart from Judah" (Genesis:49:10The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.). The scepter symbolizes the promise of kingship and salvation. Jesus, the King of the Jews, is the Messiah. Christ (the Greek term for Messiah) is the ultimate fulfillment of the ruler mentioned prophetically in 1 Chronicles:5:2For Judah prevailed above his brethren, and of him came the chief ruler; but the birthright was Joseph's
: "Yet Judah prevailed over his brothers, and from him came a ruler."The Bible's final book refers to Jesus as "the Lion of the tribe of Judah" (Revelation:5:5And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof.). On Jesus' human side, David is called His father, meaning ancestor, in Luke:1:32He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David:. Romans:1:3Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh; likewise says he "was born of the seed of David according to the flesh." Thus, from numerous testimonies, He was certainly a Jew.
What ultimately counts, however, is that He is the Savior of all mankind because He died for all men, women and children, regardless of their race or other ethnicity (John:3:15-17 [15] That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
[16] For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
[17] For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
). Indeed, in Christ we are told that there is no division between Jew and gentile—for all become one in Him (Galatians:3:28There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.).
At one time Israel was the Priests of God who sacrificed for all nations.
That was an exclusive status and could make much money for them. even now.
To return to that status the have to absorb or eradicate Christianity.
They know what they must do.
Their time is gone.
Jesus is the immortal High Priest and the Apostles are his Priests.
God wants the Jews to come to Jesus, like the Gentiles must also come.
A proper approach is amazingly life changing PLUS... called unspeakable.
That was an exclusive status and could make much money for them. even now.
To return to that status the have to absorb or eradicate Christianity.
They know what they must do.
Their time is gone.
Jesus is the immortal High Priest and the Apostles are his Priests.
God wants the Jews to come to Jesus, like the Gentiles must also come.
A proper approach is amazingly life changing PLUS... called unspeakable.