“Are they not sons of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob? Let me know why because in all my church teaching this is the first that I have heard that only the people of Judah are Jews. Really interesting!”
Look at Ishmael and Isaac. Then look at Esau and Jacob. Look at their relationship with G-d and with each other.
Let us know what you find.
I wasn’t considering it a matter of faith but of race or genetic heritage. When considering the conversion to Judaism I had NEVER considered the convert to be who I consider a Jew. Amazing to me. When defending “Jews” against prejudism I always told whoever I was talking to that some Jews are faithful and some Jews not, but always referenced the people as a whole to be children of Jacob, of the 12 tribes.
So are you telling me that faithful Jews do not consider unfaithful Jews to be Jews? If so, there needs to be new words created for English if there are Hebrew words being translated the same.
I did not study this in scripture yet since it is a cultural issue?