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1 | name fullfilled bible prophecies. | Bible general Archive 1 | praisemaster | 18449 | ||
All I hear is Jew this and Jew that. The word Jew means a resident of Judea. What about all the other tribes. Do you know where they are, and who they are? Do you know their standards? Do you know their names? Read Amos 8:11-12, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord God, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the Lord; (12) And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the Lord, and shall not find it. | ||||||
2 | name fullfilled bible prophecies. | Bible general Archive 1 | Norrie | 18454 | ||
I have a friend who says a Jew is only from the tribe of Judah, rest are impostors. Does that mean that whenever they said Jews in the Bible, they meant tribe of Judah only? :) | ||||||
3 | name fullfilled bible prophecies. | Bible general Archive 1 | Jensen | 18462 | ||
It really is a definition of terms and I am glad that you noticed how terms have become interchangeable. It was not always this way. May I make an analogy (however imperfect)? Israel the land mass; like America the land mass Israel the nation; Like Abby Hoffmans "Woodstock Nation" - an idea, concept, or common belief systems. I have been "grafted" into the this nation of Israel. But I would never be considered an "Israeli" in the common use of the term. Hebrew; Like English to America, Spoken by most Americans but not always the first language. When someone from old Israel was out of the country, Greece or Rome for example, they were called Hebrews because of their language. Jew as a resident; Like a Floridian is to America; a specific part of the country. Remember that the kingdom was divided and part of it was called Judah and the other was called Israel. So you could be called a Jew if you lived in Judah but were from the tribe of Levite, for example. Jew as cosmopolitan; Like a "native-American" in America. Can live anywhere but may be known as "Indians" I am always careful to understand the context of these terms when speaking with other Christians. They have become so interchangeable that they have lost much of their original meaning. I do not know if the rest are impostors as your friend says. To be an impostor one must make a deception and mostly it is just a matter of term definition. I hope that my note does not muddle things further :) God Bless Jensen |
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