Not all Israel are Jews since the 12 sons did not all have the same mother.
Please tell me you are not really doing this. You can't be that ignorant.
Yes, all twelve tribes (or thirteen, depending on how you are counting them) are all considered Jews, no matter their mothers were.
Yes. Reuben, Simeon, Levy, Judah, Yissachar, and Zevulun were from Leah. Dan and Naftali were from Bilhah. Gad and Asher were from Zilpah. And Joseph and Benjamin were from Rachel. Granted.
But once Israel was considered a nation, they were all Jews. In the Book of Esther, it is rather clear that Mordechi is from Benjamin, but he is called "Ish Yehudi", or a Jewish man.
It doesn't matter which tribe Jews are from, we are all Jews. Please don't insult your or my intelligence by trying to expound upon this further.
And besides that other people joined them and converted (perhaps not all) but the same laws applied to the converted (stranger) and the home-born Ex.12v49. Jews are always trying to exclude others then and now.
It's not so much that we are trying to exclude others, as much as realizing that others don't appreciate being what we are, and having our responsibilities.
If people are willing to put in the commitment necessary to BE Jewish, there is an option to convert. But if non-Jews have SEVEN commandments, and Jews have 613 (before Purim and Chanuka), unless a person WANTS to have the obligations that being a Jew entails, it is far easier for non-Jews to stay to the seven Noachide laws.
One of the main claims that is made by Christians is that it is "impossible" to keep Torah law. It isn't (and no matter how much we say that perfection was never expected, though we keep striving towards it), but when you consider how much people want to "get out" of doing it, it is a lot easier to make sure that people are good and ready to deal with everything.
Why should a person choose to obligate themselves to a commitment they don't intend to keep, and by accepting it but failing to apply one's self sin thereby, when if a person stayed not Jewish would have been doing what God commanded of them without sin, within the boundaries of non-Jewish law?
In the NT it is GRACE that matters - not RACE, another reason they reject the NT Acts10v35.
So you say... It is FAR more than "race," but if you are looking for a reason to cast aspersions on Jews being separate and apart from other nations, "race" is as logical as any other nonsense excuse.
Is it any wonder there is no peace and unity among people and Jews are suffering so much punishment for their stubborn pride ? They are no longer and never have been the ONLY people God loves and scripture shows that.
No one EVER said that Jews were the ONLY people God loves. However, Jews ARE chosen to be special, and (when we do what we're supposed to) be a light unto the nations. Only WE can do that.
GOD wants us all to share and be equal ! :yes:
No. God wants us to deal equitably and justly with each other. We can share, sure.
But we are NOT the same, and our obligations are NOT equal. Personally, we might be. I don't know.
But the Christian concept of Grace has nothing to do with me.