[GreensKeeperWillie]

Anti-Semitic or anti Jew? Most of the Apostles were Jews, Jesus and His Mother were Jews. By the end of John’s Gospel it is clear the term Jew was used in a theological construct and had nothing to do with race or DNA.

[ladyL]

You are absolutely correct...anti Semitic technically covers all the decedents of Ishmael and Isaac. The first church was made up of Israelites aka Hebrews. The Gentile church fathers...oh Gentile means pagan/heathen, came against the faith that Jesus/Yahshua practiced. They took away the Sabbath, they took away the Second Commandment, they took away the Holydays... It just goes on and on...so sad.

[ladyL]

I don’t know what a theological construct is but Jew had everything to do with DNA and race. The Jewish people only came from ONE Tribe...THERE WERE TWELVE TRIBES. All twelve tribes were ISRAELITES... You are correct that Jesus and Mary were Jews from the Tribe of Judah BUT PAUL SAYS HE IS A BENJAMITE. Paul is NOT A JEW. Actually, Abraham, Issac, Jacob and even Moses are not Jews! So you see there was an ABSOLUTE differentiation...even James writes his letter TO THE TWELVE TRIBES SCATTERED... He doesn’t write to the “Jews”.
If you don’t understand the Truth your not going to be able to interpret scripture correctly.