Dd-88. WHAT MAKES A JEW A JEW?

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Now, I was taught from Pastors, different church denominations, and Bible commentaries that the children of Israel are called Jews because of their religion. And if you dig deeper you will find that some Bible commentaries teach that a Jew is a person who is BORN of the tribe of JUDAH. But I have also found that some Bible commentaries have NOT been correct concerning some topics.

So then, since one of my readers accused me of being a false teacher of the Bible simply for me using the word “Jews” when referring to the children of Israel and HE also claimed that ALL the Bible commentaries are wrong, I decided to search the word of God for myself to see if what I had been taught is the truth or not.

Now, in order to give you some more background as to how this Bible study has grown to several Bible studies on this same subject concerning various groups of Christians who sincerely believe with all their heart that Jesus died for the sins of the children of Israel ONLY. Then I will need to share a little of what three different readers wrote to me. All three of these readers were salvation for Israel ONLY Christians. This means to THEM that they sincerely believe that Jesus died for the sins of ONLY ONE RACE of people. And that one race, according to them, is the Hebrew Israelite race of people. So then, according to these Christians, if you are not born of one of the twelve tribes of Israel, then you cannot be saved. To THEM it is impossible for you to be saved if you are NOT a natural born Hebrew Israelite.

Now, you may be thinking to yourself of how ridiculous this sounds to you. But I assure you that to THEM, they sincerely believe with all their heart that the Jews in the land of Israel today are NOT the TRUE Jews. They believe that THEY are the true Hebrew Israelite people. And whatever caused them to come to this conclusion has also caused them to sincerely believe that even the Jews back in the days of Jesus were also NOT TRUE Jews.

Again, I know this may sound confusing to some of my readers who have not yet come across any salvation for Israel only Christians because you can clearly see that the Bible ITSELF says that many of those who believed the Gospel of Jesus Christ in order to be saved were in fact called JEWS in the Bible. So then, in our minds we are wondering how anyone can even think that the Jews talked about in the Bible were NOT TRUE Jews. And that is why I am writing these studies in God’s word. I not only want to help those who have been deceived to not see the truth but I also want all my readers to be rooted and grounded in the truth, so that you will never be deceived by false teaching.

One of my readers who wrote to me first on this subject was a dear sister in our Lord Jesus Christ. She was a salvation for Israel only believing Christian. Now, she was a white Caucasian Christian who sincerely believes that Jesus died ONLY for the white race of people. She went on to explain that I was in error for MIXING the children to Israel with the Jews. And she was very insistent to say that only those of the tribe of JUDAH are called Jews while all of the other chosen people of God, from the other 11 tribes of Israel, are called the children of Israel, the house of Israel, the men of Israel, and just plain Israel. So, I tried to explain to her that all of the twelve tribes of Israel are the children of Israel and that they all had the same religion. And I also told her that both the house of Israel and the house of Judah had the same Law of Moses. But she kept insisting that only the tribe of Judah can be called Jews.

Now before this dear sister in the Lord wrote to me, I had encountered some Black African American Hebrew Israelites who said many of the same things. They also sincerely believe that Jesus died only for the Hebrew race of people. And thus, according to them, Jesus died to save only the black race of people. And they teach as well that the Jews are those born of the tribe of JUDAH. However, they sincerely believe that the Jews that are in Israel today are NOT the TRUE JEWS.

So then, according to both of these groups of salvation for Israel only Christians, they AGREE with all the Bible commentaries and with what all the mainstream church denominations teach. In other words, they agree that “technically”, those of the tribe of Judah are the men of Judah who are called Jews. And they also agree agree that their religion is called the Jewish religion or the religion of the Jews which is also known as Judaism. And they agree that the whole word of God teaches us that all the children of Israel, of all twelve tribes, have the same religion. However, I had one brother in the Lord who kept insisting that Jesus died on the cross for the Hebrew race only and that the Jews are NOT of the seed of PROMISE.

I finally convinced him that Jesus did indeed die for the sins of the Gentiles as well but he still insists that the whole world has been deceived. He wrongly believes that all the Bible commentaries are wrong concerning this subject of the JEWS being a part of the children of Israel because they are born from the tribe of JUDAH. He keeps insisting that a Jew is called a Jew because they live in the land of Judah just the same as those who live in Galilee are called Galileans.

And in one sense he is correct because the Greek word that is translated as Jew and Jews literally means Judaean. And the children of Israel who lived in Galilee were indeed called Galileans. Even Jesus was said to be a Galilean because he was raised in the city of Nazareth. However, the Bible itself ALSO calls Jesus a JEW because he was BORN of the tribe of JUDAH that is in the city of Bethlehem, which is in the LAND of JUDAH. And also the RELIGION of Jesus was the religion of the JEWS.

Now, what this dear brother in our Lord Jesus Christ means by his insisting that the Jews are FAKE Jews is that the word “Jew” is a modern-day invention. He explained that the tribe of Judah that dwelt in the lower kingdom, which called Judah or the house of Judah, was taken captive and driven out of their land to be replaced with mostly Edomites of the seed of Esau. And that even in the day of Jesus, the land of Judah was predominately the Edomite people who were NOT of the seed of promise. But we both finally agreed that not ALL the Jews were Edomites and that there were some true Hebrew Israelites living in the land of Judah.

He went on to say that everyone living in the land of Judah was called Judeans. Again, he explained that the Greek word translated as “Jew” is actually “Ioudaios” and it means Judaean. In other words, even the Edomites are Jews simply because they LIVE in the land of Judaea. And according to his theology, even the GENTILES who lived in the land of Judah, in the days of Jesus, were ALSO Jews simply because they LIVED in the land of Judah. And thus to HIM, the whole world has been deceived by the word “Jew” in the Bible to be made to THINK that Jesus was a JEW.

Now, to him, it is blasphemy to say that Jesus is a JEW because he sincerely believes that most of the Jews in the Bible were Edomites of the seed of Esau and the word Jew simply means that those people LIVED in Judaea and were called Judeans that was translated as JEWS. And to him, it would be like saying that ALL those who lived in Galilee were children of Israel and thus it would be alright for the Bible translators to translate the Greek word for Galileans to say ISRAEL.

So then, this study in God’s word is to show from the Bible that Jesus is a JEW for two sound Biblical reasons.

REASON #1.

Jesus was a Jew because he was BORN in the LAND OF Judah in the city of Bethlehem as prophesied in the Bible. Jesus was BORN of the seed of Jacob through the tribe of JUDAH. And thus, Jesus is a NATURAL BORN JEW of the Hebrew race of people through the lineage of the tribe of JUDAH.

REASON #2.

Jesus was born under the LAW of Moses and kept the exact same FEAST days as the Jews or the “Ioudaios” which again means Judaean that is TRANSLATED as the English word “JEWS”. In other words, Jesus was a JEW because of the religion he believed and followed.

Now, TODAY, after the cross and shed blood of Jesus to establish God’s NEW COVENANT, a person can be a JEW for a number of reasons as well.

REASON A.

A person can be a natural BORN Jew of the tribe of Judah who was born anywhere in the world.

REASON B.

A person can be a natural born Hebrew Israelite of ANY of the twelve tribes of Israel who was born anywhere in the world whether they are practicing the Jewish religion called Judaism or not.

REASON C.

A person can be CONVERTED to the Jewish religion by becoming circumcised in the flesh and keeping the Law of Moses which is also called the religion of Judaism or the Jewish religion.

REASON D.

According to the Bible, a Jew is one who is a Jew INWARDLY. In other words, anyone in the whole world who BELIEVES in Jesus as the atonement of their sins BECOME the ELECT of God through the NEW COVENANT and thus INWARDLY they are God’s chosen people. To say this another way, the natural born Jews can BECOME a TRUE Jew INWARDLY by becoming a true born-again Christian.

Please read Romans 2:26-29.

“Therefore if the UNCIRCUMSION (Speaking of the unsaved uncircumcised Gentile) keep the righteousness of the law, (Speaking of the law written on their CONSCIENCE to know right from wrong) shall not his uncircumcision be counted for circumcision?

27. And shall not uncircumcision which is by nature, if it fulfills the law, judge you, who by the letter and circumcision do transgress the law?

28. For he is NOT a Jew, which is one OUTWARDLY; (In other words, the natural born children of Israel have ALL been cut off from God because God no longer accepts the OLD COVENANT. And therefore, a natural born Jew is NOT a TRUE Jew because God has concluded ALL of Israel to be under sin. And the ONLY way they can be grafted back into the root of the Olive tree is to receive God's NEW COVENANT) neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh:

29. 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.”

What Paul is saying here is that a person being BORN as a Hebrew Israelite matters NOTHING if so be that they TRANSGRESS God’s LAW. And thus, God will accept even a heathen Gentile if so be they OBEY God’s moral laws from the desires of their heart. Please understand that Paul is NOT saying that a person can be saved by keeping the Law of Moses.

You see, the Jews were BOASTING that they were BORN as God’s chosen people but Paul saw that their hearts were far from God. The TRUE Gospel of Jesus Christ teaches us that Jesus suffered and died on the cross for the sins of the WHOLE world. And the reason that Jesus died for the sins of every human being is so that WHOSOEVER of ANY person in the whole world who BELIEVES that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the living God, might be saved.

So then, Paul is saying that a TRUE Jew is a born-again Christian who has been circumcised INWARDLY with the TRUE circumcision of the HEART not made with human hands. And being a true Jew INWARDLY means that you are in a covenant relation with Almighty God. The TRUTH of the matter is that a true born-again Christian is a NEW CREATURE created IN Jesus Christ. And thus, Christians are NEITHER a Jew or a Gentile. We are simply sons and daughters of Almighty God being conformed into the image of Jesus Christ.

Please read two verses that clearly teaches us that God has CONCLUDED all the Hebrew Israelites, the chosen people of God, to be UNDER SIN just the same as God has CONCLUDED ALL of mankind to be under sin.

Romans 11:32.

“For God has CONCLUDED THEM ALL in unbelief (Speaking of every last branch of ISRAEL being cut OFF the natural Olive tree), THAT (Or so that or in order that) he might have mercy upon all.”

Galatians 3:22.

“But the Scripture has CONCLUDED ALL under sin, THAT (Or so that or in order that) the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe.”

So then, God has CONCLUDED every single human being, no matter how righteous they may be, INCLUDING his OWN chosen people, ISRAEL, so that he could show his love, mercy, and Grace to those who BELIEVE in his Son Jesus, as their Messiah, who suffered and died on the cross for their sins. In other words, under the Old Covenant, God chose a NATION of people but under the NEW COVENANT, God chooses INDIVIDUAL people based upon their FAITH IN his SON Jesus, as the atonement for their sins. So then, even those born of Abraham through the seed of Ishmael and Esau can come to Jesus to be saved along with every Gentile, every Jew, every race of people, and every religion of the world.

Please read Ephesians 2:8-19.

“For by grace are you saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:

9. Not of works, (Specifically speaking of the works of the Law of Moses but also means the work of every religion of the world as well as the works that are ADDED by different Christian church denominations) lest any man should boast.

10. For we are HIS workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, (Which we do through the power of the Holy Spirit dwelling in us as true born-again new creatures and not by our own strength and power) which God has before ordained that we should walk in them.

11. Wherefore remember, that you being in time past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision (Speaking of the Jews, the children of Israel who were circumcised as the children of Abraham) in the flesh made by hands;

12. That AT THAT TIME (Before you, as a NON-Hebrew Israelite chosen people of God, became true born-again Christians) you were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of ISRAEL, and strangers from the COVENANTS of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world: (Speaking of every person in the whole world of every world religion who were NOT given the COVENANTS of the one true God which he gave ONLY to the children of Israel. The children of Israel were ONCE the ONLY CHOSEN people of God under the old covenant. But NOW, God offers his NEW COVENANT to whosoever BELIEVES in his Son Jesus as the atonement for their sins. In other words, under the New Covenant both Jews and Gentiles become one as NEW CREATURES created in Jesus Christ. There is no more DISTINCTION between Jewish Christians and Gentile Christians. There is no more distinction between male and female when it comes to being ACCEPTED of God. Plain and simple, Christians do NOT become JEWS. Remember that every last child of Israel was CUT OFF from God’s old covenant of Moses in order that God could save them BY his GRACE and mercy through their FAITH in His great salvation. A Jew does not REMAIN a Jew under the Jewish religion when he or she becomes a Christian. Jews become new creatures the same as Gentiles when they become true born-again Christians)

13. BUT NOW IN Christ Jesus you who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.

14. For he is our peace, who has made BOTH one, (Speaking of saving the natural born Jews who were circumcised the eighth day under the Law of Moses in order to be under the old covenant relationship with God that he made ONLY with the children of ISRAEL. BUT when the Jews receive God’s NEW COVENANT through their FAITH IN Jesus, then they become new creatures created in Jesus Christ. They are NO LONGER under the OLD COVENANT. AND likewise, ALSO the Gentiles or every NON Hebrew Israelite who had NO COVENANT with God could now come to God through their FAITH IN Jesus to become new creatures created in Jesus Christ as well. God has made ONE NEW covenant so that he could save ALL of mankind of WHOSOEVER BELIEVES and OBEYS his NEW COVENANT) and has broken down the middle wall of partition between us; (Between the Jews and the Gentiles, as in, between the circumcised in the flesh according to the Law of Moses and the uncircumcised in the flesh. In other words, God destroyed the WALL of the OLD Covenant between the Hebrew Israelite race of people and every other human being so that he could create ONE NEW people that would be equal in every way in their relationship with God and His Son)

15. Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace; (What Paul is saying here is that Jesus FULFILLED that law contained in ordinances that were fleshly services to God. For example, that LAW of circumcision in the outward flesh was a sign or a shadow pointing to the TRUE circumcision of the HEART, the INWARD circumcision that is not made with our own human hands as our OWN WORK of the Law of Moses. In other words, Jesus BECAME our true circumcision and thus FULFILLED the law of circumcision for those who BELIEVE in Jesus as the atonement for their sins)

16. And that he might reconcile BOTH (The Jews AND the Gentiles) unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby:

17. And came and preached peace to you which were afar off, AND to them that were nigh. (Meaning that the true Gospel of Jesus Christ is to BOTH the Jews AND the Gentiles, so that WHOSOEVER BELIEVES might be saved)

18. For through him we BOTH (The Jews who BELIEVE in God’s Son AND the Gentiles who BELIEVE in God’s Son) have access by one Spirit unto the Father.

19. Now therefore, you (Gentiles who BELIEVE in Jesus as the atonement for your sins) are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints, and of the household of God;”

Now, this does NOT mean that Gentiles who believe in Jesus become JEWS and that we must keep the Law of Moses, as the Jews, as some Christians wrongly teach. The Bible itself clearly teaches that ALL believers in Jesus whether they are Jewish Christians or Gentile Christians become NEW CREATURES who are created in Jesus Christ.

Please read Galatians 6:15.

“For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision avails anything, nor uncircumcision, but a NEW CREATURE.”

Now read 1 Corinthians 7:19.

“Circumcision is NOTHING, and uncircumcision is NOTHING, but the keeping of the commandments of God.”

But WHAT commandments must Christians keep in order to receive eternal life in the world to come. We have already seen in Ephesians 2:15 that Jesus abolishes or more precisely Jesus FULFILLED the Law of Moses contained in ordinances for those of us who BELIEVE.

Ephesians 2:15.

“Having abolished (Remember that Jesus said in Matthew 5:15-19 that he came not to abolish the law but to FULFILL the law and the prophets. So some CHANGES in the WAY that we KEEP the Law of Moses have been made by the suffering and dying on the cross of the Son of man) in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace;”

Every Christian can easily see that the WAY in which we, as Christians, ARE in fact KEEPING the Law of Moses, when it comes to the law of sacrifices and shedding of blood for sin, In other words, we ARE KEEPING the LAW of God BY our FAITH in Jesus as the ONE TRUE sacrifice, the ONLY sacrifice that God now accepts. Almost every single Christian understands that the WAY in which we KEEP the shedding of blood for the forgiveness of sins has been CHANGED from animal sacrifices to our FAITH IN Jesus as our sacrifice or the atonement for our sins. So in truth, the LAW of sacrificing or more precisely, the shedding of blood for the remission of sins was NOT abolished. But rather, the Old Covenant Law of Moses of the shedding of blood was CHANGED to become a different WAY in which we now KEEP that law of the shedding of blood under the NEW COVENANT.

You see dear children of God, we as Christians, ARE KEEPING the law of sacrificing, speaking of the shedding of blood, BY our FAITH IN Jesus as our TRUE sacrifice for sins. The animal sacrifices were ORDINANCES that pointed to Jesus. They were added UNTIL the Messiah came. And once Jesus came there is no more need to keep those ORDINANCES of the Law of Moses. ALL of the commandments in the Law of Moses that contain ORDINANCES have been FULFILLED by Jesus. Keep in mind that none of the MORAL commandments CONTAIN any ORDINANCES. It was ONLY the law that was ADDED because of transgression that CONTAIN ORDINANCES.

And as we have already seen, we now KEEP the law of CIRCUMCISION as well by our FAITH in Jesus. You see, the law of circumcision is the SIGN of being in a covenant relationship with God. And the OLD WAY of keeping the law of circumcision has now been CHANGED to a NEW WAY of KEEPING the law of circumcision. Under the New Covenant we now KEEP the law of circumcision of our HEARTS by having FAITH IN Jesus. In other words, Jesus has BECOME our TRUE circumcision. And therefore all Christians ARE KEEPING the law of circumcision THROUGH our FAITH IN Jesus who has circumcised our heart. And the same is true with ALL the ceremonial laws of Moses contained in ordinances. They were all figures or SHADOWS pointing to the TRUE. We as Christians ARE KEEPING all the Law of Moses contained in ORDINANCES BY our FAITH IN Jesus.

Jesus has become our law of sacrifice for sins.

Jesus has become our true circumcision.

Jesus has become our true Passover Lamb.

And Jesus has become our TRUE Sabbath REST by our FAITH in him when we ceased from our own works of righteousness to be saved.

Now, all of this which you have just read answers the sound Biblical question of being a TRUE JEW means to be a Jew INWARDLY. But what does the Bible say a Jew is who is a Jew outwardly? Keep in mind as you read section two that those who wrongly teach that the Jews are NOT the children of Israel are all seventh day of the week Sabbath keeping Christians that also sincerely believe that Paul is a FALSE teacher. They believe that Paul saw a vision of Satan disguised as an angel of light to deceive Paul to pervert the true Gospel of Jesus Christ to wrongly teach that Christians do NOT have to keep the Law of Moses. In other words, for some reason they NEED the Jews in the Bible to be Edomites and NOT of the seed of PROMISE so that they can justify their keeping the Law of Moses to be saved. But is TRUTH, they are TWISTING the Scriptures to their OWN DESTRUCTION as the Apostle Peter WARNS them in 2 Peter 3:16.

Please read the context by reading 2 Peter 3:15-18.

“And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him has written unto you;

16. As also in ALL his epistles, speaking in them of these things; (Speaking about NOT being bewitch to keep the Law of Moses contained in ORDINANCES in order to be saved) in which are some things hard to be understood, (Or hard to be RECEIVED by Jewish Christians and even by Gentile Judaizing Christians) which they that are unlearned and unstable wrestle, (Or TWIST) as they do also the other Scriptures, unto their OWN DESTRUCTION.

17. You therefore, beloved, seeing you know these things before, BEWARE lest you also, being led away with the ERROR of the wicked, fall from your own steadfastness. (Of your FAITH in the TRUTH of the GOSPEL of Jesus Christ to also be brought under bondage to keep the Law of Moses contained in ORDINANCES in order to be saved)

18. BUT GROW IN GRACE, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. (Where there can never be any BOASTING in our own works of keeping the Law of Moses contained in ORDINANCES) To him be glory both now and forever. Amen.”

SECTION TWO

Let us begin this section of this study in God’s word by reading Esther 2:5.

Esther 2:5.

“Now in Shushan the palace there was a certain Jew, whose name was Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjamite;”

The Hebrew word that is translated as “Jew” in the Old Testament also means Judaean which again all Bible scholars agree refers to the RELIGION of the Judeans and also means those who are born of the tribe of Judah.

Now in this verse we see a certain man named Mordecai who was a JEW who was BORN of the tribe of Benjamin which was one of the twelve tribes of ISRAEL. And it appears rather certain that Mordecai was born to his parents while they were in exile. Otherwise, he would have been around 120 years old having his cousin Esther to be around 100 years younger than him. So this would mean that Mordecai was NOT born in the LAND of Judah to be called a JEW. Therefore, the obvious answer to ME, as to why the Bible calls a BENJAMITE a JEW is because Mordecai kept the same RELIGION as every single Hebrew Israelite. And this includes the Hebrew Israelites born of the tribe of JUDAH that is one of the twelve tribes of Israel. And that means that whether they were born IN the land of Judah or whether they were born somewhere else other than the land of Judah, they are still JEWS or Judeans. You see, Judeans are called JEWS because of their RELIGION.

The Bible also says that the Apostle Paul was a Hebrew Israelite of the tribe of BENJAMIN who was a JEW. You see, Paul called himself a Judaean NOT because he was born of the TRIBE of Judah. Paul called himself a Jew NOT because he was born in the LAND of Judah. But rather Paul called himself a JEW because he believed and obeyed the same RELIGION as all the children of Israel.

Please read Acts 21:39.

“But Paul said, I am a man which am a JEW of Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, a citizen of no mean city: and, I beseech you, suffer me to speak unto the people.”

So Paul was born in the city of Tarsus which is a city in Cilicia that is in Modern day Turkey. In other words, Paul was NOT born in the land of JUDAH but yet Luke records in the book of Acts that Paul is a JEW. Paul also tells us that he was brought up or raised in a different city.

Acts 22:3.

“I am verily a man which am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, YET brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel (Speaking of the city of Jerusalem the capital city of the land of Judah), and TAUGHT according to the perfect manner of the law of the fathers, and was zealous toward God, as ye all are this day.”

So again, Paul was a Jew because he was a HEBREW of Hebrews of the tribe of BENJAMIN. Paul was an ISRAELITE who kept the Law of Moses as all the children of Israel.

Please read Philippians 3:3-6.

“For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh. (Speaking of Paul clearly identifying himself as a Hebrew Israelite of the tribe of Benjamin who was taught the Law of Moses and who excelled in the Jewish religion but then he converted to Christianity. In other words, Paul was a CIRCUMCISED Hebrew Christian who no longer kept the Law of Moses contained in ORDINANCES)

4. Though I might also have confidence in the flesh. If any other man thinks that he has whereof he might trust in the flesh, I more:

5. Circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of ISRAEL, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of the Hebrews; as touching the law, (Speaking of the whole Law of Moses) a Pharisee;

6. Concerning zeal, persecuting the church; touching the righteousness which is in the law, blameless.”

So then, according to the Bible itself, Paul was a Hebrew of the stock of Israel who was NOT born in the land of Judah. And neither was Paul born of the tribe of Judah. But yet he was still a JEW. So once again, to ME, being a JEW, according to the Bible, means that anyone who is born of any of the twelve tribes of Israel, INCLUDING the tribe of Judah, and who keeps the Law of Moses is a JEW. Therefore, according to the Bible, a Jew is any person who has been circumcised in the flesh in accordance with the Law of Moses and who follows the teachings written in the Torah and the Old Testament of the Bible. In other words, a Jew is ANYONE who has been circumcised in the FLESH and follows the Jewish RELIGION that is now called Judaism. Even though the religion of Judaism has had to make some changes since the destruction of the Temple in 70 AD they still keep the SAME Law of Moses which every Hebrew Israelite was taught back in the days of Jesus.

Now this fact that a Jew is a Jew because of what they BELIEVE can be clearly seen over and over, again and again, time after time, in the Bible. You see, the men of Israel, who were called Galileans, ALSO on the day of Pentecost kept the SAME FEAST as the JEWS. Please read the following verses.

Luke 2:41.

“Now his parents (Speaking of Mary and Joseph the parents of Jesus) went to Jerusalem every year at the feast of the passover.”

Luke 2:42.

“And when he was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem after the custom of the feast.”

So then, it was the CUSTOM of Mary and Joseph to go up to the city of Jerusalem every year to keep the yearly feast of Passover, which is taught in the LAW of Moses, under the Old Covenant, written in the Old Testament. And both Mary and Joseph were born of the lineage of King David and thus they were both true Hebrew Israelite children of Israel.

Now read where Jesus goes up to Jerusalem to keep the feast of the JEWS, the “Ioudeans”.

John 5:1.

“After this there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.”

Now some may argue that this verse does not specifically state that Jesus actually kept this feast. So it may be a DIFFERENT feast that only the JEW kept. Well, we know with absolute certainty that Jesus KEPT the Law of Moses and that he kept the FEAST of Passover. So please read the next verse.

John 6:4

“And the PASSOVER, a FEAST of the JEWS (Or a feast of the “Ioudeans”), was nigh.”

So then, the JEWS kept the SAME feast of Passover as taught in the LAW of Moses that Jesus kept, on the same day, in the same city of Jerusalem. This proves to anyone who has eyes to see and ears to hear that the RELIGION of the children of Israel that the salvation for Israel only calls HEBREWISM, is the SAME exact religion of the JEWS called JUDAISM. I fully understand that Judaism today is not the exact same Judaism that it was from Moses to Jesus. But the Jews today still keep the Law of Moses contained in ordinances the best that they know how, seeing that there is no more sacrifice to cover their sins.

John 7:2.

“Now the Jews' feast of tabernacles was at hand.”

The JEW’S feast of tabernacles is that SAME feast of tabernacles that is taught in the Law of Moses which the children of Israel keep. Do NOT be deceived by those Christians who claim that Hebrewism is not the same religion as Judaism. One of the reasons that Christians, who are the seventh day of the week Sabbath-keeping Christians, need for there to be a DIFFERENCE between Judaism and what they call Hebrewism is to try and explain away the teachings of Paul. They CLAIM that Paul is saying, in Colossians 2:16, to not allow others to judge you for you’re KEEPING of the Law of Moses. And they go on to explain that Paul is supposedly CORRECTING them to not keep the perverted, or incorrect way of keeping the Law of Moses as the Pharisees do by teaching commandments of MEN.

Colossians 2:16.

“Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:”

And when that argument or line of reasoning of Christians misunderstanding the writings of Paul did NOT work, then some of the seventh day of the week Sabbath-keeping Christians began to become HATERS of the apostle Paul. And they try to argue that Paul is a FALSE teacher but yet they KEPT some of their OLD arguments for keeping the Law of Moses that Christians have misunderstood the teachings of Paul. Well, you cannot use what you claim is a FALSE teaching to try and prove that something is Biblical.

Anyway, what I have observed is that it is ONLY the seventh day of the week Sabbath-keeping Christians who teach that salvation is for the children of Israel ONLY. Please read the study Dd-78. Is the HEBREW ROOTS Movement BIBLICAL? That study will answers the question as to WHY some Christians are drawn away from the true Gospel of Jesus Christ to embrace the teachings of the Hebrew Roots Movement and the seventh DAY of the week Sabbath-keeping groups of Christians.

And here is a link to a list of all the studies that I have related to the weekly Sabbath day and those groups that have gone to the EXTREME, to teach that Jesus suffered and died on the cross for the children of Israel ONLY, who are the natural born Hebrew Israelite race of people. Simply click on this link >>>Dd-0. What is the TRUE Sabbath?<<< And then, click on the desired in-depth Bible study that you feel led by the Holy Spirit to read.

Now in closing, I would like for those of my readers who may still DOUBT that the Jews in the Bible were TRUE Jews, whose religion was indeed JUDAISM, to watch the following video.

REBEL RABBIS: ANTI-ZIONIST JEWS.

And as you watch this video please pause the video and read the sign in the window in this strict Orthodox Jewish synagogue. The sign in the window will be around 4:57 but you can see it better at 5:11 and it says,

CHILDREN OF YISROEL

A TORAH PEOPLE - NOT NATIONALIST

A JEW IS NOT A ZIONIST

THE ZIONIST STATE IS NOT A STATE OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE

Now please notice that these people, whoever they may be, are very strict TORAH keeping people who are protesting AGAINST the people, living in Israel, who say that they are the Jewish people. So, the point that I am making here is that even the Jewish people call themselves JEWS. And even the very strictest sect of Torah keeping, Law of Moses keeping people, who are protesting AGAINST Zionist, Israel, call themselves JEWS and the JEWISH PEOPLE and the children of YISROEL or the children of Israel.

Therefore, the term or word “JEW” is interchangeable with the phrase “THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL”. And then at 10:18 you can see another poster or sign that says that Zion has no right to rule over the Holy land. So, basically, this strict sect of Jews are saying that the Jews can live anywhere in the world but they are NOT obeying God by their RULING in the land of Israel BEFORE God HIMSELF gathers them all into the Holy land to restore the kingdom to Israel.

And this is indeed taught in the Bible but it is ALSO prophesied, in the Bible, that SOME of the children of Israel would gather themselves together but it would not be God who is doing the gathering. In other words, this first gathering of the Jews is NOT the SAME gathering that will take place AT the coming of Jesus, to restore the kingdom to Israel and Jesus will rule over them for 1000 years.

Please read Isaiah 54:15.

“Behold, they shall SURELY gather together, BUT NOT BY ME: whosoever shall gather together against you shall fall for your sake.”

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