Recently watched John chapter 8 on Netflix and replayed twice the part where Jesus confronted the Pharisees at the Temple about their unbelief. One of the most touching moments was when, in the heat of disagreement, Jesus said, "If you knew My Father, you would love me." Found myself pondering who the modern Pharisees are...
I suspect we still have modern versions of each of these ancient groups in some ways even today. Who are the modern Pharisees? Who are the modern Zealots? It shouldn’t be too hard to discern when we meditate upon it. Thanks for watching!
Why do you have to get to this conclusion of hating Jews? When your messiah was a Jew who criticized Jews as a JEW (FYI we still critize each other all the time). And even if Jews are your enemy, why not love them? Didn't Christ say, "but i tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.". Also, if you criticize in today's age any minority group, you will get crap for it, so stop acting like a victim.@@paulypscrkguy
And people like this still exist . People want to silence Jesus , they went to silence Gods word . It’s really showing in the US , and many other countries
Just to make something clear, Christ criticized Jews as a JEW, not as a gentile, not as an antisemite. It's his own people whom he obviously loved (he followed Jewish laws till his death and even loved lots of Pharasiee ideas like "Pikouhah Nefesh" and took love thy neighbor as thy self from Hilel who wrote this quote a century earlier than Christ "What is hateful to you, do not do to others. This is the whole of the Torah. The rest is the commentary; go and study.”. What most Christians don't understand about Jews is we criticize each other A LOT till this very day. We argue a lot (the Talmud is just a bunch of arguments and debates about how to be just), and Jesus' criticism of the Pharisees makes sense from that perspective (Jews feel like they constantly need to improve on the law and how to practice it). The problem becomes when outsiders take this as a criticism towards JEWS as a whole and of course we know the result of this with all the atrocities in history committed against Jews by Christians. All I am saying is show love, we don't hate you and don't forget Jesus was Jewish, his apostles were as well, and we're all brothers. Love thy neighbor as thyself, and appreciate the beauty in every group and religion.
I disagree with your assessment that the Jewish culture was striving to hold on and maintain. This just doesn't match up with history. Jews were protected and preserved by the Roman Empire and the Jews even offered sacrifices on behalf of Rome to YHWH at the temple daily (two sheep and a bull) from early in the reign of Augustus till AD66ish. When Jews were discriminated again, there are at least two edicts that were sent out that ordered all nations under Rome to leave the Jews alone and let them practice their religion as they saw fit, no matter what nation they were in, that was under Rome. The fact of the matter is, Jews received preferential treatment from Rome and the Temple was undoubtedly the most luxurious, amazing and expensive building on the planet at that time. That money didn't come from Judea and overtaxed Jews. The nations brought and sent their wealth to Jerusalem, just as the Bible said. My2Cents
Hi Grady, thanks for the comment. Not sure what part of the video you are referencing but I will say that much of it depends upon perspective. For example, Jewish “Zealots” of this day would not agree that Jews received “preferential” treatment from Rome while the Pharisees (and esp. the Sadducees) learned to work with the Romans for their benefit. You are correct that the Jews enjoyed immunity from some of Rome’s religious laws. (Rome’s persecution of Christians intensified when they were finally understood to be distinct from Jews.)
@@TrueRichesAcademy Thanks for responding. My comment wasn't meant to be snotty or smug in any way but after reading both my comment and your reply my wife said I was a, well.... donkey. I actually enjoyed it. I was specifically referring to a comment made about how Rome was trying to influence the Jewish culture and the Pharasee's were trying to preserve it. However, as you said, by definition, different perspectives do influence points of view. I think we would both agree though that the Zelots and Sicari were definitely bad dudes.lol In Christ, GWR
