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The meaning of “Jew” in this context is clear: a Jew is openly hostile to Christ and willing to persecute those Jews who accept Him as the Messiah. John's mention of “fear of the Jews” indicates that Jews were then afraid of “Jews.” The well-being of the Jews who accepted Christ was threatened by the Jews who rejected him.... The parents of the man born blind exhibit “fear of the Jews” because the “Jews” threaten to expel followers of Jesus, also Jews, from the synagogue. The <mark>identity</mark> of both groups was essentially religious, not ethnic; both <mark>identities</mark> were a function of Christ. The Jews who acknowledged Christ were expelled from the synagogue. The Jews who rejected Him, the people John calls “the Jews,” defined themselves by that rejection.” | The meaning of “Jew” in this context is clear: a Jew is openly hostile to Christ and willing to persecute those Jews who accept Him as the Messiah. John's mention of “fear of the Jews” indicates that Jews were then afraid of “Jews.” The well-being of the Jews who accepted Christ was threatened by the Jews who rejected him.... The parents of the man born blind exhibit “fear of the Jews” because the “Jews” threaten to expel followers of Jesus, also Jews, from the synagogue. The <mark>identity</mark> of both groups was essentially religious, not ethnic; both <mark>identities</mark> were a function of Christ. The Jews who acknowledged Christ were expelled from the synagogue. The Jews who rejected Him, the people John calls “the Jews,” defined themselves by that rejection.” | ||
<mark>Therefore, Christian identification is with the Divine image and likeness as visibly manifested in the Jewish Mashiach (Messiah, Christos, Christ), Y’shua Ha-Nozri (Jesus of Nazareth), not with Jerusalem, Palestine, and “the Jews”</mark>.<br> | <mark>Therefore, Christian identification is with the Divine image and likeness as visibly manifested in the Jewish Mashiach (Messiah, Christos, Christ), Y’shua Ha-Nozri (Jesus of Nazareth), not with Jerusalem, Palestine, and “the Jews”</mark>. It is Christian <mark>identification</mark> that Jews find threatening to their identity, and must continually seek to quash in order to maintain their Jewish <mark>identity</mark><br> | ||
''See'' — [[Identity]] | ''See'' — [[Identity]] | ||