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To: TomSmedley

"The Olivet discourse was directed to a specific group of hearers. Those who heard and heeded headed for the hills in 70 AD, escaping with their lives, alone. They are the "we" who Jesus addressed, not us."

Exactly! As was the "love thy neighbor" not meant to love everyone, but only to love YOUR people. In Jesus times He meant the Jews to love the Jews.


187 posted on 08/02/2006 11:52:12 AM PDT by Marcaurelio
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To: Marcaurelio
As was the "love thy neighbor" not meant to love everyone, but only to love YOUR people. In Jesus times He meant the Jews to love the Jews.

Does that mean the parable of the Good Samaritan was just a joke?

190 posted on 08/02/2006 11:55:42 AM PDT by ShadowAce (Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
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To: Marcaurelio
In Jesus times He meant the Jews to love the Jews.

If that were truly His intent, it was not expressed specifically in that discourse and that discourse was addressed to a multitude in Jerusalem - a city where many Gentiles lived.

192 posted on 08/02/2006 11:58:59 AM PDT by wideawake ("The nation which forgets its defenders will itself be forgotten." - Calvin Coolidge)
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