I don’t see anything wrong with supporting Israel, I think antisemitism is wrong, and I think it’s dumb to blame Israel for things they didn’t do (like murdering Charlie Kirk -give me a break!)
BUT, I think Christians ought to be careful not to put them up on a pedestal, and bow down and worship them, as if they’re the superior race.
If Jews in the 1st century are guilty of removing things from the Hebrew Bible (as evidenced by the Greek Septuagint) then we should be honest and acknowledge that, and not resort to calling it antisemitism. Especially since there’s clear evidence even from Josephus (a Jewish historian) that the Jews did in fact alter things in the Hebrew text.
Josephus was given the Hebrew scrolls from the temple in Jerusalem, and yet he often sides with the Greek Septuagint (like including the extra 600 years in the genealogies Genesis 11).
Wanting to defend the ORIGINAL Hebrew over the Masoretic is not inherently antisemitic. In fact, it’s the opposite of antisemitism, because it’s wanting to defend the original.
But bowing down to the Masoretic, which has been altered, is similar to bowing down to the golden calf altar, because it’s not putting God first. It’s putting a text first rather than letting God lead you to the texts that Jesus and the disciples quoted from.
NathanH83
I don’t see anything wrong with supporting Israel, I think antisemitism is wrong, and I think it’s dumb to blame Israel for things they didn’t do (like murdering Charlie Kirk -give me a break!)
BUT, I think Christians ought to be careful not to put them up on a pedestal, and bow down and worship them, as if they’re the superior race.
If Jews in the 1st century are guilty of removing things from the Hebrew Bible (as evidenced by the Greek Septuagint) then we should be honest and acknowledge that, and not resort to calling it antisemitism. Especially since there’s clear evidence even from Josephus (a Jewish historian) that the Jews did in fact alter things in the Hebrew text.
Josephus was given the Hebrew scrolls from the temple in Jerusalem, and yet he often sides with the Greek Septuagint (like including the extra 600 years in the genealogies Genesis 11).
Wanting to defend the ORIGINAL Hebrew over the Masoretic is not inherently antisemitic. In fact, it’s the opposite of antisemitism, because it’s wanting to defend the original.
But bowing down to the Masoretic, which has been altered, is similar to bowing down to the golden calf altar, because it’s not putting God first. It’s putting a text first rather than letting God lead you to the texts that Jesus and the disciples quoted from.
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