Who is a Jew?

According to the Law of Moses, a Jew is one whose mother is a descendent of one of the twelve Tribes of Israel, and who is circumcised on the 8th day, and is a follower of the law. If anyone contends with this I will listen (*and likely argue, if you don't know me by now).

There are millions of people who claim to be Jews, and they claim this based on the traditions of their families, and, what I would call a tangential relationship with, the law of Moses. There are millions of "Jews" who are living in Israel based on a claim to Israel existing "for Jews."

But here is the sticking point I find in our day. By the definition of the Law of Moses, to be a Jew by blood, I need to be able to track a bloodline, on my mother's side, to Jacob. But at this date, it is unclear if anyone on earth who claims "Jew" can actually trace ancestry that far.

Now, as for problems from this discovery:

Religiously, this brings the question of who gets the blessings and responsibilities of carrying out the law? Since "the Jew" is known by Moses's Pentateuch, clearly he is seeking to sacrifice at the alter when he sins,but he needs a Levite to do this, meaning someone must be able to trace a bloodline to Levi.
Politically, this would, logically, also infer that at some point, God decided to change his criteria for who gets to claim "His" land in Israel.

Both of these bring more questions, and I find few answers.
More troubling, the Gospels and subsequent instructional letters, seem to infer that the Christian is now Israel, meaning that Jerusalem is actually the home of every Church on earth.
Does this mean we should seek to move to Israel and make it ours? To which tribe would we claim blood line?

According to the Law of Moses, a Jew is one whose mother is a descendent of one of the twelve Tribes of Israel, and who is circumcised on the 8th day, and is a follower of the law. If anyone contends with this I will listen (*and likely argue, if you don't know me by now).

There are millions of people who claim to be Jews, and they claim this based on the traditions of their families, and, what I would call a tangential relationship with, the law of Moses. There are millions of "Jews" who are living in Israel based on a claim to Israel existing "for Jews."

But here is the sticking point I find in our day. By the definition of the Law of Moses, to be a Jew by blood, I need to be able to track a bloodline, on my mother's side, to Jacob. But at this date, it is unclear if anyone on earth who claims "Jew" can actually trace ancestry that far.

Now, as for problems from this discovery:

Religiously, this brings the question of who gets the blessings and responsibilities of carrying out the law? Since "the Jew" is known by Moses's Pentateuch, clearly he is seeking to sacrifice at the alter when he sins,but he needs a Levite to do this, meaning someone must be able to trace a bloodline to Levi.
Politically, this would, logically, also infer that at some point, God decided to change his criteria for who gets to claim "His" land in Israel.

Both of these bring more questions, and I find few answers.
More troubling, the Gospels and subsequent instructional letters, seem to infer that the Christian is now Israel, meaning that Jerusalem is actually the home of every Church on earth.
Does this mean we should seek to move to Israel and make it ours? To which tribe would we claim blood line?

Isaiah 40:3
The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.

John 1:23
He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias.

Black people were the original Israelites.By the time of Jesus they would have mixed with all the nations they came in contact with. Jesus has the physical characteristics of all nations.There is no black Jesus or white Jesus.
Black peoples hair are not straight.But their hair resembles an olive tree.When their hair continues to grow,it resembles a olive tree weighted down with fruit.
Man came from the dust/dirt.The darker the dirt,the richer the soil.
When John prepared the way making straight the way of the Lord,that's when the gentiles were grafted in."Make straight the way of the Lord"
The straight hair of the gentiles!
God created everything in it's order for his purpose.

Place your palms out facing you.See the line crossing over from your left hand to your right?The left side of your whole body is for the old covenant and your right the new covenant.The line crosses over from the old covenant into the new covenant.
The palm is liken to the desert.Thats why below the straight line there's a line that turns back and goes another way.
Just like what happen to the Israelites.
three rings on eight fingers for the spirit,water and the blood.Two on the thumbs for the covenants.

The reason why your left and right side of the body is in the image of the covenants is because you are a living Ark.Jesus fulfilled the commandments/covenants and he sits on the mercy sit.Your heart.

Just when I thought that I had heard everything, along comes the craziest post ever.

According to the Law of Moses, a Jew is one whose mother is a descendent of one of the twelve Tribes of Israel, and who is circumcised on the 8th day, and is a follower of the law. If anyone contends with this I will listen (*and likely argue, if you don't know me by now).

Isaiah 40:3
The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.

John 1:23
He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias.

Black people were the original Israelites.

According to this definition of a Jew, women can't be Jews?

A Jew, according to the writings, would be a member of the Tribe of Judah. There are eleven more tribes.

Ahh, yes, the females as property of the male of the house seems to be causing some issues in discussion.

But, you may have caught a mistake. on another part.
It seems that "Mother is Jewish" may be yet one More Traditions of Men which is carried by those who claim to be "Jews."

Indeed. And none of those claiming Israel today can prove any of them are related to any of those tribes. So where does that leave me?

Romans 2:28-29 For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh: But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God.

Ok, I will admit the definition fails to cover females adequately. It also fails to recognize that Israel is NOT only Judah. But how then should I discuss things like Land Ownership in what some claim to this day as "Holy Land?" If God wants our hearts, not our blood, how do I find agreement with people who reject Jesus having "right" to the territory around the Jordan?
In the New Heaven and the New Earth, will those claiming Jew get first claim on The New Jersualem homes?

First of all the church is the church....Israel is Israel.
Jesus is the redeemer....restorer. he does not replace. So no the church is not Israel.