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Early in 2019, European
Commission President,

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Jean-Claude Junker
made this statement:

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Mr. Junker is of course
expressing his concern

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that seventy years after
the end of World War II

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and the horror of the
holocaust,

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radical movements from the far
right and far left

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are once more raising the
spectre

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of anti-Jewish movements.

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At the same time, a small
number of extreme elements

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within the refugee
population,

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who arrived in Europe in the years since the Arab Spring

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and the Syrian civil war, enhance the tension

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within the European Jewish community.

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Anti-Semitic sentiment has
been around

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for a very long time.

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Many ask why some people
are filled with hatred

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toward individuals
they have never met.

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Others who are not
involved sometimes ignore

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the issue and feel that
since it does not affect

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them, why should
they be concerned?

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In today's program we will
explore the history

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of this problem, and why it
should matter to you.

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Stay tuned!

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What is Anti-Semitism?

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The International
Holocaust Remembrance

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Alliance defines it
as the following:

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The term "anti-Semitism"
was coined by a German

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named William Marr,
himself an opponent

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of the Jews, in 1870.

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Anti-Semitism was a
sanitized version

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of the term used
previous to 1870

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which was simply "Jew hater".

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Globally Jews make up less
than one quarter of one percent

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of Earth's
population.

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Why then has this people,
which has contributed

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so much in the areas of
science, medicine,

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philosophy and religion,
been so vilified

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by so many and for so long?

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How could the same people
be accused of being both ardent

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communists and
capitalists at the same time,

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or despised because
they were too conservative

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or too liberal?

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The story of Jew hating
goes back many centuries.

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In 333 BC the Macedonian
Alexander the Great

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and his Greek forces,
overwhelmed the Persian Empire

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and in the course
of the conquest absorbed

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both Egypt and the Middle
East into his empire.

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Alexander showed great
favour to the Jews,

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and hence many Jews,
especially scholars

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and skilled craftsmen, moved
and settled in the new city

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named after the
emperor, Alexandria.

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Here they flourished for
many years,

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yet by the early 200's BC a wave of anti-Semitism

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was rearing its head in Egypt.

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Renowned Cambridge scholar
and author, Michael Grant,

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in his book "The History
of Ancient Israel",

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indicates that one of the
advisors of Ptolemy I

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had written quite objectively
about the Jews.

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Later, an Egyptian priest,
one Manetho of Heliopolis,

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wrote in the days of
Ptolemy II a vitriolic set

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of charges against the
Jews, such as cruelty

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and the spreading of disease,
for which there was no evidence.

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Manetho also falsified a
list of Egyptian kings

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or Pharaohs specifically to
try and push Egyptian

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history back further than
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and, as Grant states on p. 202,

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to contradict the
Biblical account of the Exodus,

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which he deemed
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national pride.

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The Alexandrian Jewish
community realized

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they needed a response to this
malicious attack,

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which was turning sentiment
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They realized that the
Greeks did not know Jewish

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history or religious
teachings and to help

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them better understand the Jews
they embarked

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on a very ambitious project.

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As Grant writes,

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This is today known as the
Septuagint

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(the work of 70 scholars), a Greek translation

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of ancient Hebrew manuscripts that are no longer extant.

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The purpose was twofold:
to enable many Jews

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who no longer spoke Hebrew to
know the Scriptures

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and more importantly to enable
the Greek world to better

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understand Hebrew
thought and history.

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If that were understood,
they reasoned, it would serve

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to thwart the effect
of the deliberate spread

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of lies and hate.

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Alas, the problems
continued to rise up from time

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to time,
even to our day.

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Today, in general, the
English-speaking world

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is a refuge from
anti-Semitism,

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but this was not always the case.

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Very few if any Jews were
in England in the days

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prior to the Norman
conquest in the year 1066.

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After the conquest, Jews
were invited to settle

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in England by the new king
William I (the conqueror).

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European laws at the
time generally prevented

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Christians from being
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Jews were not so prevented
and became gradually

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engaged in lending and
early forms of banking.

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Jews from Spain to England
to Germany and even Rome,

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became critical for the
funding of many projects,

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palaces, castles and support for the king's expenditures.

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This made them powerful,
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When nobles became more
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lenders the Jews
became vilified.

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Henry II (1152-1189)
protected Jews,

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but under his son Richard, public sentiment became

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so hostile to Jews that
royal support eroded.

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During and after Richard's
rule severe anti-Jewish

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fervour created mobs which
massacred

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whole Jewish communities.

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Often, Christian religious
clerics at the time would

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work up the mobs, calling
them "Christ-killers".

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They somehow forgot the
prayer

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of Christ on the stake,

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All Jews who refused to
convert to Christianity

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were ordered expelled
from England.

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England was not alone.

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Other nations also began expelling Jews

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from their territory:

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Hungary (1360), France (1394), Austria (1421), Spain (1492),

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and Portugal (1497).

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Many are surprised to learn that General Ulysses Grant,

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commander of the Union army in the U.S. Civil War,

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in 1862 ordered all Jews expelled

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from Tennessee, Kentucky and Mississippi.

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This order was revoked
after the intervention

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of President Abraham Lincoln.

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In modern times, all
are familiar

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with the Holocaust and the
well-documented,

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systematic and brutal
slaughter of millions of Jews

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at the hands of Hitler and the Nazis in World War II.

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We can rightly ask, "Why?"

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Why has such hatred
been focused on a small

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population of highly
capable people,

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who have actually made very
significant contributions?

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Truly as in any population
some are going to be problems,

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but the Jews
have no greater number

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of people who are deviant
than other groups,

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so why have they become
so singled out?

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We will address this
question in the second

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part of the program.

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Before we examine the
question of why Jews

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have been the victims of such
hatred over the years,

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Much persecution both of
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In the first part of
today's program,

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we have very briefly examined some of the history

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behind the modern manifestations
of anti-Semitism.

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I would like to now
examine the real causes

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of this virulent hatred,
which unfortunately seems

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to be still alive
in this modern era.

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Historians have recorded a
quote from Adolph Hitler.

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It seems that he did
indeed say this,

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although it appears to have
originated

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with his one-time confidant
Hermann Rausching:

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Perhaps the reason for
anti-Semitism is contained

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within that
chilling quote.

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Over the centuries, mobs,
clerics, and various rulers

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invented or
embellished fables to turn

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the citizenry
against the Jew.

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What were the conditions
that allowed the hatred

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of Jews to be established
and to spread?

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First of all the observant
Jews were different

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than the surrounding
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1. Education

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Their custom of ensuring
sons were educated in a trade

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and literary works
made them valuable for rulers,

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considering that
the vast majority

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of Europe was illiterate
through the Middle Ages

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and even during
the Renaissance.

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Thus, the Jews were given
better positions,

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and some, not all,
became wealthy.

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The ability to lend large
sums of money resulted

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in significant influence, but
also fostered jealousy.

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2. A Culture of Separation

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There was the influence of
the Talmudic traditions,

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which largely came from
the Rabbinical customs

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and not the Hebrew Scriptures.

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Some of these traditions
served to encourage

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a social and cultural
separation

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from the surrounding peoples.

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It is postulated by some scholars that this separation

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created an
atmosphere, which fostered

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the spreading of false
rumors about the Jews

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in the majority population.

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Combined with
superstition, fear and ignorance

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the false rumors
often led to violence.

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On this point, it is
interesting to note that

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the Karaite Jews of
Eastern Europe and Russia

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followed Biblical teaching
not Rabbinical or Talmudic law.

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They did not separate
themselves from society

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in general and suffered far
less from pogroms

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and persecution.

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3. Anti-Semitic propaganda

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The publishing of
fraudulent literature

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purporting to have been
written by Jews telling

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of planned conspiracies have
also led to hatred

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and violence.

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The worst example is the
document published in Russia

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in 1905, "The Protocols of the Elders of Zion".

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This was written by
enemies of the Jews

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for the sole purpose of
spreading illogical

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and vicious hated against the
Jews, accusing them of plotting

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the complete
takeover of society.

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While totally fictitious,
it was believed

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by many and continues
to be believed.

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4. Biblical Law

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The application of some
Biblical laws

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made a difference in lifestyle.

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Such was the case in the
Dark Ages when cities

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were filthy, with raw sewage
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Along with other refuse,
it was a breeding ground

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for cholera, typhoid and
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In the Jewish quarters
Biblical laws of quarantine

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for the sick
and disposal through burial

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of human waste
greatly reduced

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the incidence of disease.

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The mobs however
considered that only a few

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Jews were sick, when many
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hence the Jew must be the cause of the disease.

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All of the above reasons
however cannot explain

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the real source of
anti-Semitism.

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It is worth noting
that the Biblical laws

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referenced in the last
point include far more

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than quarantine.

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These Biblical laws,
unlike the Talmudic laws

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developed by Rabbinical
Judaism, which served

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in large measure to separate
observant Jews from society,

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were also
observed by the early

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Church of God as taught
by the Apostles,

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which historians record.

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Yet these Biblical laws
are virtually absent today

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from most Christian
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Why?

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Could anti-Semitism have
been a force at play

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centuries ago that
changed Christian belief?

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In the remainder of our
program, we will look

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Earlier on today's
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from Adolph Hitler where
he states that the problem

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with the Jews is that they
were guilty of spreading

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conscience and morality.

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Professor David Nirenberg,
author of "Anti-Judaism:

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The History of a Way of
Thinking",

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argues that anti-Semitism is in fact a rejection

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of Jewish values, and that the core objective of anti-Semitism

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is to negate the ethical
principles

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upon which Judaism is based.

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The real issue is that
Judaism has its original

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foundation in the religion
given to all Israel.

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This was a religion based
upon understandings

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and laws given to Israel by
God, the Creator Himself.

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Thus, they are principles
that are absolute

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and not open to change.

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They cannot thus be
modified to adjust

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to the changing mood of society
or what today we might

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call political
correctness.

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The God of the Bible who
gave these directions

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makes His view of changing
law to meet altering

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societal standards clear:

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This strongly implies that
the laws and way of life

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revealed to man and
recorded by Moses are permanent.

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The nation of Israel was
commanded in Scripture

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to be faithful to these laws
and principles,

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and if they were, God would care
for them and bless them.

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If they were diligent in
their observation,

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they would become the teachers
of these laws and way of life

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for the
rest of mankind.

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It is especially
noteworthy to consider

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that even the first
century or original

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Christian Church
understood the principle

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that God's Law
was absolute.

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They reasoned that if God
is God and Creator of all,

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then His Law must
represent absolute truth,

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which must be followed and
must trump any human law.

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Thus, the original
Christian Church

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and the devout Jews believed this.

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We see the half-brother of
Jesus, the Apostle Jude,

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make such a statement:

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This commitment to retain
as a standard of belief

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and behavior the way of
life God defined has a strong

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impact on Jewish society, as well as on the Church

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founded by Christ
and the Apostles after AD 31.

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They both believed that
right and wrong

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can only be defined by God,
through the Bible.

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Dr. Owen Chadwick, master
of Selwyn College,

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Cambridge University, a
noted scholar and writer states:

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He goes on to add:

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Through the subsequent
centuries these two groups,

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the Jews and the
original Church taught

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by the Apostles, found
themselves as targets

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of persecution, often at the
hand of those who made a claim

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of being Christian.

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What did the Jews and the
original Church taught

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by the Apostles have in
common

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that made them a target of society?

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Simply this: They shared a
common value system

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that was not open to
reinterpretation

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as society changed
its values.

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Holding to these Biblical
standards made them both

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constantly outsiders
in their communities.

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The more the social order
around them diverged

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from actual Biblical teaching,
the greater the resentment.

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In AD 66 and again in AD
135, Jewish forces raised

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major rebellions
against Roman rule.

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These were some of the
most difficult wars Rome

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had been forced to fight, and their losses were very heavy,

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especially in
the revolt of AD 135.

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As a consequence of these
wars, Romans did not care

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that the revolts had
been caused by Roman

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oppression, and hatred
against the Jews

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and things Jewish boiled over.

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This manifestation of
anti-Semitism spilled over

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onto the fledgling
Christian Church.

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As keepers of the
seventh-day Sabbath,

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annual Holy Days and food
laws of the Bible,

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they too looked Jewish, even if
they were Gentiles,

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and often fell victim to
brutal treatment.

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Hence, under the pressure
of growing anti-Semitic

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violence many early
Christians started to change

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their practices
so they would not look Jewish.

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They abandoned the
Passover, which Paul

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observed and instructed
to be kept,

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in favour of Easter.

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They moved their day of
worship to the first day

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of the week from the
seventh, and adopted doctrines

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that further
separated them from Jews.

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Those who faithfully held
to their beliefs often

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suffered martyrdom, rather
than be unfaithful,

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and some managed to escape the
bounds of the Roman Empire

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into non-Roman
controlled Europe.

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Even later during the
inquisition of the Middle Ages,

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the inquisitors did
go after Jews, but focused

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their hatred primarily on
Christians who retained

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and followed the actual
teachings delivered by Christ

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and the Apostles,
including the Law of God.

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Both these groups, Jews
and those few who still follow

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original Christianity, remain a conscience

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to the world, a
reminder of the immutable

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and unchanging Law of the
Creator God,

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which is the only true definition of morality.

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Our free booklet, Satan's
Counterfeit Christianity

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chronicles the sweeping
changes adopted after the deaths

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of the original
apostles, changes

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that were frequently driven
by virulent anti-Semitic forces.

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No man, not Hitler, not
even the great apostate

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forces that are yet
prophesied to rise

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upon the earth, will be able to
negate or eliminate

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the way of life outlined in
the writings of the Bible.

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The world, anciently and
in the Middle Ages

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and especially today, does
not want to hear

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about morality as
God defines it.

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It does not want to hear
the laws that absolutely

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define right and wrong,

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and which will do so for eternity.

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Neither those who preach
or commit acts of hatred

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against the Jews, nor
those who will censure

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of persecute the original
Church founded

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by the Apostles will succeed.

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The conscience and
morality preserved in the pages

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of the Bible are
absolute, immutable and true.

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As we see anti-Semitism raising once more its ignorant head,

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surely
close behind will be an attempt

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to eliminate the teaching
of the truth and morality

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of the Bible, the
conscience of humanity.

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Anti-Semitism and attacks
on morality as defined

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by the Law of the God of the
Bible are an attempt

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to destroy the
conscience of man.

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Know these evils
for what they are.

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They will fail and the Law
of God will stand forever.

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Thank you for listening
and please join us next week

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Welcome to Tomorrow's
World Answers where we answer

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your questions,
straight from the Bible.

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In Paul's day, there were
many who taught

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that one needed to become a good
Jew

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before they could become a Christian.

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Today, while we recognize
that it is important

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to understand the identity of
the modern descendants

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of the nation of Israel, the
questions occasionally arises,

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"Does Race, or ethnicity, matter for salvation?"

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Let's be clear, in order
to understand Bible

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prophecy, one must
understand the identity

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of the nations descended from
the children of Israel.

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However, in terms of your
personal salvation and mine,

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our opportunity to
be born into the Kingdom

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of God does not rest on
our having

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the right ancestry.

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God let Peter to
understand this in Acts 10:

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A few verses later we
see that the Jews

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who accompanied Peter were
astonished as Gentiles

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were given the gift
of God's spirit.

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This is a key point as
Paul taught the Romans

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the importance of receiving
God's spirit.

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The key attribute
necessary for being glorified

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with God is not
ancestral heritage

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or ethnic background-it's the
presence of God's spirit.

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Acts 11 records the
reaction of true

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Christians to
this revelation.

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Notice, they were not
skeptical

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and held no resentment.

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Salvation lies not with
the colour of one's skin.

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Rather the heart of the
matter is whether or not

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one has committed
themselves to living God's

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way of life, has repented
of their past sins

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and received the gift
of God's Spirit.

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Sadly, even today, there
are many who look down

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on those of other ethnicities.

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Like God, we should
not show partiality.

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Near the end of his life,
John was inspired to include

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in his
first epistle

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Few would argue that
murder is a sin.

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Hatred is also a sin,
as is racial hatred.

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