Jesus Would be Labeled as “Antisemitic” Today Because He Attacked the Jews and Warned His Followers About Their Evil Ways
Jesus Christ, the Jesus of the Bible, was a full-blooded Jew who could trace his ancestry all the way back to Abraham. Jesus did not view his fellow Jews as all being the same. He divided them into two categories: 1. Jews who believed in him, and therefore "knew" God, with "know" being defined as a relationship, and not just intellectual consent. You can "know" somebody by reading about them in a book or news article, or you can "know" someone through a personal relationship, by spending time with them and communicating with them directly, where they communicate back to you. 2. Jews who attacked Jesus, and eventually killed him, because their "knowledge" about God was only intellectual/religious, and not personal. They could not recognize the "voice" of God, because they did not know God personally. Jesus called the Jews who believed in him and who could recognize the voice of God his "disciples" (students, apprentices, etc.) Jesus called the Jews who attacked and eventually killed him the "children of the Devil." Here is the actual account from the words of Jesus himself as recorded in the Biblical texts where he defined these two different kinds of Jews who were his fellow citizens of Israel in the First Century. Read through this story as recounted by John very carefully, because it is the key to understanding everything that is unfolding in the Middle East today.