Most of the Israelites of the apostle's day converted to Christ. They did not renounce their heritage. The new testament teaches the importance of that heritage. Christianity is the Hebrew religion with a savior. Judaism is Phariseeism and came from Babylon. Its only connection to the Hebrew religion is that its leaders looked at the Hebrew religion and created "laws" to circumvent all of it. You are correct the "jews" who would not convert hated Christ as scripture teaches. They were mostly of Edomite heritage. It is really good that you recognize that many in the older scriptures were actually "Christians" in attitude and their lives. I avoid the words Gentile and Jew since they really aren't found in the Greek or Hebrew texts. Gentile is simply the word Nations. The context determines the who. Most of the time it is Israel, at least the ten tribes off in Europe. In the older scriptures "Jew" is really Judah or Judahite. In the new testament it is Judah or more commonly Judean (as in country).
The descendants of Judah who became Christian no longer referred to themselves as descendants of Judah, but children of Christ.
It is true that the word "jew" in the KJV often refers to the Greek word "judean" meaning someone living in that part of the world. In the OT, I think references to the descendants of Israel are way more common than specifically the descendants of Judah.
Most of the Israelites of the apostle's day converted to Christ. They did not renounce their heritage. The new testament teaches the importance of that heritage. Christianity is the Hebrew religion with a savior. Judaism is Phariseeism and came from Babylon. Its only connection to the Hebrew religion is that its leaders looked at the Hebrew religion and created "laws" to circumvent all of it. You are correct the "jews" who would not convert hated Christ as scripture teaches. They were mostly of Edomite heritage. It is really good that you recognize that many in the older scriptures were actually "Christians" in attitude and their lives. I avoid the words Gentile and Jew since they really aren't found in the Greek or Hebrew texts. Gentile is simply the word Nations. The context determines the who. Most of the time it is Israel, at least the ten tribes off in Europe. In the older scriptures "Jew" is really Judah or Judahite. In the new testament it is Judah or more commonly Judean (as in country).
The descendants of Judah who became Christian no longer referred to themselves as descendants of Judah, but children of Christ.
It is true that the word "jew" in the KJV often refers to the Greek word "judean" meaning someone living in that part of the world. In the OT, I think references to the descendants of Israel are way more common than specifically the descendants of Judah.