This my guy. I always thought this referred to Jews that were like Pharisees, or Jews who were born Jewish, but we're evil and did not follow God's Law. Only now do I see that there is an entire group of people who literally pretend to be Jewish, but are not, and do lie.
It's the same bunch that Jesus was coming up against in His day. They bragged that Abraham was their father but Jesus replied "your father is the devil"!
In Romans the Apostle Paul redefined what it means to be a true "Jew": "For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh: But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God - Romans 2:28-29 (KJV).
This my guy. I always thought this referred to Jews that were like Pharisees, or Jews who were born Jewish, but we're evil and did not follow God's Law. Only now do I see that there is an entire group of people who literally pretend to be Jewish, but are not, and do lie.
I don't know why I'm surprised by this lol
It's the same bunch that Jesus was coming up against in His day. They bragged that Abraham was their father but Jesus replied "your father is the devil"!
In Romans the Apostle Paul redefined what it means to be a true "Jew": "For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh: But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God - Romans 2:28-29 (KJV).
Is the modern gov if Israel any different from the Phariseese?
They are the synagogue of Satan Rev 3:9