I must have missed the part where he apologized to the kind, sweet Woman who took her time to acknowledge others.
What a putz.
Any apology is owed not to her, but to God.
[Any apology is owed not to her, but to God.]
And God is patient. Oy vey is He patient.
The line of Jewish traditional religious following that we see today is the legacy of the line that said no to Jesus. We Christians shouldn’t expect it to have a straight story and be ready to say “Aha! the Savior.” We get mad at modern “fake news” because we know so many people swallow it without thinking.
This fellow is doing something dangerous. He’s starting to think. Christ may arrive at the heart well before He arrives at the head.
And well I have been there and done that.
Modern Jewish theology is a difficult thing for Christians to understand. Even I didn’t really understand it. The unity of God is taken as a arithmetic singleness of person too, but people never had the right to make that assertion a priori. The secret things belong unto the Lord God. But among other things it makes the difference between a God who “can love” and a God who “is love.”
Perceived loyalty to God calls, and calls loudly. Even erroneous responses to that should be treated with respect. Conduct far worse than throwing away a card will yet meet with mercy if it is due to “ignorance and unbelief.”
Was he a jerk? If so, humanity itself has been jerks before God.