Nope, many Jews are tribeless. A convert is a full Jew.
Can we say the same about this in ancient times?
Although the terms of the Law covenant allowed for persons of all national backgrounds to come into membership of the congregation of Israel by accepting the true worship of Jehovah and becoming circumcised, there were exceptions and restrictions. The Egyptians and Edomites could not enter into the congregation until the third generation, that is, the third generation living in the land of Israel. (Deut 23:7, 8) Illegitimate sons and their descendants were denied entry into the congregation
to the tenth generation. (Deut 23:2) Ammonites and Moabites were prohibited
to the tenth generation . . . to time indefinite . . . You must not work for their peace and their prosperity all your days to time indefinite. (Deut 23:3-6) These restrictions all applied to males of these nations. Also, no male mutilated in his sexual parts could ever become a member of the congregation. (Deut 23:1)
Because within the sacrificial law, there are laws that strictly define where, what, and how to give sacrifices. Sacrifices can only be brought to the Temple in Jerusalem. It is actually a sin to bring sacrifices to another place. Christians make a major error in assuming that sacrifices must be made to atone for sins. Actually sacrifices could only be used to atone for unintentional sins.
If the temple was the only place for sacrifice to be offered under the law, then when did God say to discontinue the sacrifices?
Why not build another temple as had been done before?
Why did Judaism allow their enemies to rob them of their temple?
If it was the place for God to inhabit by spirit, where is he in today's Judaism?
In Psalm 80:1 God is described as
" you who are sitting upon the cherubs"
This is alluding to the Most Holy part of the Temple where the Shekinah light indicated God's presence above the cherubs on the cover of the ark.
Where is God's presence for Jews today?
For anything that was done purposefully like robbery, adultery, etc, the rules of atonement don't include sacrifice.
The law stated that capital offenses required the death penalty. Are these still carried out in Israel?
The law required criminals to compensate their victims....is this still carried out?
There were no prisons in ancient Israel because there was no need for them. What does incarceration accomplish? Does Israel have prisons today?
While the Temple was standing, most atonement took place without sacrifices. The basic steps for atonement for purposeful sins is 1) admit your error 2) make good with repayment or actions to the person that you wronged 3) seek forgivemess from the person that you wronged 4) swear to G-d that you won't repeat your error.
This may represent the modern day interpretation, but what do you understand Lev 1:1-9 to be speaking about?
The fact that we have records from then.
Do you know where they were procured from? How accurate are they?
With the destruction of Jerusalem and its temple in 70 C.E., the family records of the Levites were lost or destroyed, bringing the Levitical system to an end. How does a priest prove that he is of the correct tribe today?
How far removed is modern day Judaism from its ancient roots?....about as far away as Christendom is from hers.
The person that Christians worship fits the definition of an idol. According to the dictionary, an idol is an image or other material object representing a deity to which religious worship is addressed or any person or thing regarded with blind admiration, adoration, or devotion.
I have to agree with you here. Christendom has made an idol out of both the Christ and his religious symbol. Neither of which is supported in the Bible.
I believe that both Judaism and Christendom (as opposed to true Christianity) have lost their way.
Obviously. The Christian idol led people away from G-d. The Christian man-god caused wars and bloodshed in his name. Like the fella said, he came to bring sword and bloodshed.
Again you speak of Christendom, not Christianity. There is a huge difference.
The devil has led people away from God since the beginning. He uses whatever works. He has no scruples. Religion works for him.
The Pharisees had no power to do a death sentence.The Romans took it away from them.
According to the Greek scriptures, it was only after the Jews threatened to report Pilate for sedition that he handed Jesus over to be executed. It was the Jews who wanted him dead, not the Romans. Pilate found no guilt in Jesus and wanted to release him.
Pilate was a brutal man who had no qualms about killing people. In fact, Rome eventually recalled him to Rome for being too bloody. Recalling the bloodiness of the Roman Coliseum, that is saying something. Your own bible says the Romans killed your man.
The Bible has Christ asking his Father to forgive the ones carrying out the sentence because they didn't know what they were doing. The soldiers were just doing their job, as they had done hundreds of times already.
Jesus wasn't asking forgiveness for the Jews because they did know what they were doing. Jesus died because the Jews demanded it.
However, John wrote in your bible to cast eternal blame on the Jewish people. Thanks for the Holocaust John!
What?
If there was a blessing or a curse on the Jews, your own scripture says that it is by your own choice. (Deut 11:26-28)
If the Jews were really God's people, why did he allow the holocaust in the first place? God delivered his people through the Red Sea....where was he in Nazi Germany?
I know that many Jews renounced their faith after that experience. But who failed? God or man? Who always failed? It was never God.
I see that others have already posted them. And you have already twisted and contorted them to mean something else. Let's see you answer this question that I didn't see you answer yet.
For all positions and identifiers (such as President or Chairman of the Board), a person has to do things to qualify for the title, such as win a majority of votes. For the prophecies that your man didn't do (such as World Peace), I've read that Christians say he will do them in a second coming. Given that your man hasn't done all the prophecies (i.e. qualifications), how can you bestow a title upon him that he hasn't yet earned?
I think we need to add a qualifier here don't we?.......YET.
If this applies to your expectation of a yet to be revealed Messiah, then why do you disallow it for ours? He will yet fulfill all that is written.
You believe this too...don't you?
