A. There are three categories of Jews.
1. Racial.
2. Regenerate.
3. Religious.
B. Anti-semitism is defined as hostility toward Jews.
1. The first warning against anti-semitism is found in Gen 12:1-3.
2. Anti-semitism among conservatives has destroyed them; they are no longer true conservatives.
C. How should a Jew be evaluated?
1. A Jew should be evaluated as an individual, just as with any member of the human race.
2. A Jew should be evaluated as an American citizen, to include his patriotism as well as his political position. Many Jews fought in many of our major wars, e.g., the Alamo.
3. We evaluate some Jews as belonging to a nation of Jews, called Israel today.
a. This nation is not a client nation to God, but was formed under principles of Zionism. It is Satan’s attempt to fulfill God’s covenants to the Jews.
b. Israel won’t be a nation in God’s eyes until the Second Advent.
c. Palestine is a Gentile name for Israel.
d. During the Church Age and the times of the Gentiles, Jews are under the fifth cycle of discipline and will continue to be until the Second Advent.
e. The basis of the Jews in the land of Israel today is unbelief.
4. There are certain Jews who are internationalists, e.g., Marx and Engels, the fathers of communism.
5. A Jew who becomes a believer is no longer evaluated as a Jew, but as a member of the body of Christ, Col 3:1-4.
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