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| Max Blumenthal: A real Jew or a phony Jew? |
What's the biblical definition of a Jew?
Let the apostle Paul explain it: "A person is not a Jew who is one only outwardly, nor is circumcision merely outward and physical. No, a person is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is circumcision of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the written code. Such a person’s praise is not from other people, but from God." (Romans 2:28-29)
Why was Paul qualified to define a Jew? Because he was once a Pharisee which was the ancient equivalent of a modern Orthodox Jew.
And Paul understood that the Jews were chosen by God to be His priesthood to the nations of the world. God chose them to reveal His presence to the nations and to teach them His laws and commandments.
He didn't choose them because they were better, smarter or more clever than anyone else on the planet. Rather, He chose them because they were the least of all the ancient peoples on earth. (Deuteronomy 7:7)
The popular definition of a Jew is a person who's descended from one of Israel's 12 ancient tribes. The term Jew comes from Judean; a person who belonged to the tribe of Judah. Judah was the tribe that the Messiah Jesus Christ came from.
But the genuine spiritual definition of a Jew--the definition that Paul referred to--is a person who truly praises God from the heart. And only a person who's been born again by faith in Christ's death on the cross for his or her sins and His resurrection from the dead can truly praise God from the heart.
Thus, in God's eyes, a genuine Jew is anyone--Jew or Gentile--who's been born again in Jesus Christ. All others may consider themselves to be Jewish by birth and lineage, but they aren't considered Jews by God unless they've been born again in Christ.
And so, people such as Max Blumenthal, Noam Chomsky and Barbara Streisand, who are identified as Jews, aren't. They're cultural Jews that can trace their lineage all the way back to Abraham. But to God they're heathens because they've rejected Christ.
Blumenthal is a radical leftist and the son of Sidney Blumenthal, a former senior adviser to President Bill Clinton. He also hates Israel and equates the Jewish nation with Hitler's Third Reich and the Islamic terror group ISIS. He's about as Jewish as Muhammad was a Roman Catholic.
Chomsky is another far-left zealot who hates conservatives and bashes Israel. And Streisand is a legendary singer and actress who's donated tons of money to far left politicians to further their Marxist causes.
None of these folks are Jews. In fact, they're an embarrassment and a reproach to the Jewish people. And they shouldn't be called Jews because they're detestable pagans.
They may take offense at that, but unless they repent and turn their lives over to Jesus Christ, they're going to find out on Judgment Day whether God recognized them as Jews.
He won't. And that means they'll be spending eternity in a very miserable place.
The popular definition of a Jew is a person who's descended from one of Israel's 12 ancient tribes. The term Jew comes from Judean; a person who belonged to the tribe of Judah. Judah was the tribe that the Messiah Jesus Christ came from.
But the genuine spiritual definition of a Jew--the definition that Paul referred to--is a person who truly praises God from the heart. And only a person who's been born again by faith in Christ's death on the cross for his or her sins and His resurrection from the dead can truly praise God from the heart.
Thus, in God's eyes, a genuine Jew is anyone--Jew or Gentile--who's been born again in Jesus Christ. All others may consider themselves to be Jewish by birth and lineage, but they aren't considered Jews by God unless they've been born again in Christ.
And so, people such as Max Blumenthal, Noam Chomsky and Barbara Streisand, who are identified as Jews, aren't. They're cultural Jews that can trace their lineage all the way back to Abraham. But to God they're heathens because they've rejected Christ.
Blumenthal is a radical leftist and the son of Sidney Blumenthal, a former senior adviser to President Bill Clinton. He also hates Israel and equates the Jewish nation with Hitler's Third Reich and the Islamic terror group ISIS. He's about as Jewish as Muhammad was a Roman Catholic.
Chomsky is another far-left zealot who hates conservatives and bashes Israel. And Streisand is a legendary singer and actress who's donated tons of money to far left politicians to further their Marxist causes.
None of these folks are Jews. In fact, they're an embarrassment and a reproach to the Jewish people. And they shouldn't be called Jews because they're detestable pagans.
They may take offense at that, but unless they repent and turn their lives over to Jesus Christ, they're going to find out on Judgment Day whether God recognized them as Jews.
He won't. And that means they'll be spending eternity in a very miserable place.
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