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There is no doubt that Jesus was Jewish. But I think Christians tend to believe he still is. I think that misunderstands the resurrection. The Bible says:
27 For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ. 28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for you are all one in Christ Jesus.(Gal. 3:27 & 28)
This passage is often interpreted to mean that Jew nor Greek matters as a Christian, but it also says, "for you are all one in Christ Jesus". If we are neither Jew nor Greek in Christ, neither is Jesus a Jew nor a Greek. Jesus is the first fruits from the dead. He is the new creature that we are all new creations from.
Paul said to the Corinthians:
35 But some man will say, How are the dead raised up? and with what body do they come? 36 You fool, that which you sow is not quickened, except it die: 37 And that which you sow, you sow not that body that shall be, but bore grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other grain: 38 But God gives it a body as it has pleased him, and to every seed his own body. (1 Cor. 15:35-38).
Take a look at the description of Jesus in the Book of Revelations and he does not even look human.
I think it is a mistake to assume Jesus is still Jewish, and just as big a mistake to assume that if you are Jewish or Greek in the flesh to think you are still so in the spirit.
We need to see ourselves as the new creatures of the new kingdom of God, not what we are or were in the body.
What do you all think?
27 For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ. 28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for you are all one in Christ Jesus.(Gal. 3:27 & 28)
This passage is often interpreted to mean that Jew nor Greek matters as a Christian, but it also says, "for you are all one in Christ Jesus". If we are neither Jew nor Greek in Christ, neither is Jesus a Jew nor a Greek. Jesus is the first fruits from the dead. He is the new creature that we are all new creations from.
Paul said to the Corinthians:
35 But some man will say, How are the dead raised up? and with what body do they come? 36 You fool, that which you sow is not quickened, except it die: 37 And that which you sow, you sow not that body that shall be, but bore grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other grain: 38 But God gives it a body as it has pleased him, and to every seed his own body. (1 Cor. 15:35-38).
Take a look at the description of Jesus in the Book of Revelations and he does not even look human.
I think it is a mistake to assume Jesus is still Jewish, and just as big a mistake to assume that if you are Jewish or Greek in the flesh to think you are still so in the spirit.
We need to see ourselves as the new creatures of the new kingdom of God, not what we are or were in the body.
What do you all think?