Grailhunter
Well-Known Member
Hmmm... I would disagree with you here, but I know you can be as quick-tempered as I am sometimes, so I think I'll wait to see of you want my response before giving it. Not a big deal, but I think ancient Judaism was of much greater worth than simply to show us the sins of man.
Romanizing the scriptures...the feel of that exhilaration of defending the Bible or God! It is all par for the course. But it does not bear close scrutiny. I am going to assume you know more about the Mosaic Law than most. So if you want to write a post about all the things that you think Christianity should adopt from the Jews or the Mosaic Laws....we can discuss it. But most don't know enough to point out what they think is good or bad. They get on their soap boxes and shake their Bibles and yell, I believe God! And they have no idea what they are talking about.
The Apostle Paul and his Jewish heritage. This is just me of course....just me....I can envision Paul in Romans sitting around a campfire at night with a cup of wine and reflecting and reminiscing about his brothers....the Jews. Their past, their present, and did he know what the future held for them? When Paul was in Heaven did He see they would become the outcasts of the world? Of course He knew their history....he was educated....He knew that in the NT they had done just about everything they could to damn themselves. Then they denied the Messiah and cried Crucify Him! Crucify Him! Let His blood be on us and our children! And history made it so!
Did Paul know that tens of thousands of Jews would be crucified during the Roman siege of Jerusalem? The horror of the Jews as they watched their temple being destroyed again. Did he see their cruel enslavement by the Romans? Did he see that the Christians would treat them like witches in the Middle Ages....in the dungeons of the Witch-hunts and inquisitions? They were kicked out of one Christian country after another....some living on boats off the coast. Some going to Africa. For more than a millennium they had no home. The story of the Jewish ghettos and the millions that would die horrible deaths during the holocaust at the hands of the Germans.
I think if you read closely you can see the sadness of Paul, not wishing he had to stand against them. Wishing and hoping and praying for their salvation instead!
And Hey!!! I only get rough when I am facing off against evil.
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