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Jesus, Internationalizer of the Jewish Faith— Part 2

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Continuing from Part One, if Jesus can be thought of as an (or "the") Internationalizer of the Jewish Faith, then he was not trying to destroy the Jewish Faith, or replace the Jewish Faith, but transform it. As noted in the last post, the Jewish faith was what is sometimes called an "Ethnic Religion." This …

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Jesus, Internationalizer of the Jewish Faith– Part 1

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In recent decades there has been the rediscovery of a truth so self-obvious that it is strange that it was ignored. Jesus was a Jew in lineage, culture, and faith If you say, "Well of course he was," that is good. But the implications are a bit more profound than what it first appears. Embracing …

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