These two statements are contradictory. I side with the latter, myself.
The rabbis he's talking about are the sages since the time of Moshe. And Jews have never acted as though they follow the literal words of the Tanach. Nor do you yourself, as we've long established, with your claims of extra-biblical traditions and whatnot.
So to use this as proof that Jews who don't convert to Christianity don't deserve to be redeemed is pretty weak and meaningless.
The apostles in the Old Testament still kept their Jewish traditions after they became followers of Yeshua. I think the original believers were somewhere in between modern Christianity and modern Judaism, like the Messianic Jews.
Jewish Christian - Wikipedia
The inclusion of non-Jews led to a growing split between Jewish Christians (i.e. the Jewish followers of Jesus) and non-Jewish Christians. The former observed the pesach meal as the last supper on the 14th of Nisan, according to quartodeciman practice commanded by the Torah.[1] Whereas the latter declared a lenten fast until the Lord's day at the end of the Holy week, appropriating the name of Pascha for their Eucharist to break the fast. From the latter, Nicene Christianity eventually arose, which theologically rejected Jewish-Christians, often with physical violence, while mainstream Judaism developed into Rabbinic Judaism. Jewish Christians drifted apart from mainstream Judaism, eventually becoming a minority strand which had mostly disappeared by the fifth century, and did not emerge again until the twentieth century. Jewish–Christian gospelshave been lost except for fragments, so there is considerable uncertainty as to the scriptures used by this group.
The split of Christianity and Judaism took place during the first centuries CE.[2][3]While the First Jewish–Roman War and the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 CE were main events, the separation was a long-term process, in which the boundaries were not clear-cut.[2][3]
I don't follow extra biblical tradition revelation I follow the Bible. I agree with some Jewish traditions, like the ones that talk about the Messiah having no human father, but not the ones that don't teach what the Old Testament teaches. Nobody is worthy. We all need a Savior. Romans 10:12 says For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him.
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