Jews today have given up a lot of the OT laws of death, stoning, etc, because they have been influenced by Christianity.
DIXIE DUDE. As always, another good post Sir. Christians have been grafted in with the Jews. POWDERMAN.
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Oh really..!!.. That sounds anti-gentilic and a problem. You saying Chritianity is now a jewish religion.....?
Then why is there a NEW Covenant..?
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C'mon TM;
Don't try putting words in PM's mouth..he didn't say that Christianity is Jewish. A closer analogy would be a younger brother who has discovered something his older brother missed..and he would like to show to his older brother.
Then (IMO), a new pretender named Muhammad came along about 620 AD, pretending to be a member of the same family and hoping to convert the brothers "Christian" and "Israel (Jacob)"..to his new way of looking at things. He wasn't in the least successful, remains an outsider, and has been envious and angry ever since.
Since then, brothers Christian and Israel have had their ups and downs..but they have finally matured to the point where some are accepting the new idea Christian offers, but none the less, They can 'agree to disagree' peaceably, while Muhammad seems bent on causing strife wherever he goes.
"Grafted into the vine" is a common term, simply because God Himself (John 15), is the true vine. The God of Abraham, Isaac & Jacob is our shared God.. That Allah one, we view as something else.
It is unfortunate that Muhammad did not seek to be grafted , but instead prefers to remain a tare among the wheat.
Sorry TM, but that is about as kindly as I can put it and still explain the chasm between.