Israel Moments | Becoming a Jew

Israel Moment #35 - Becoming a Jew
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Hello this is Pastor Steven Anderson from Faithful Word Baptist Church in Tempe, Arizona. Today I want to talk about Esther 8:17. There's a lot of confusion today about the word "Jew". A lot of people think that being "Jewish", is an ethnicity, and that it has to do with the fact that you descend from Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. If we were to ask Adolf Hitler, he would agree with that, because he definitely believed that being Jewish was a racial thing. And if we were to ask Zionist Christians today, they would tell you that "oh yeah, people that are Jews, they're a certain ethnicity, it means that they descend from Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, and that means that they are God's chosen people, because they descend from that bloodline." But let's see if the Bible defines being a Jew as being of a certain ethnicity. Listen to Esther 8:17. "And in every province, and in every city, whithersoever the king's commandment and his decree came, the Jews had joy and gladness, a feast and a good day. And many of the people of the land BECAME Jews; for the fear of the Jews fell upon them."
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Now according to this scripture, many people at that time BECAME Jews. Now if being a "Jew", were an ethnicity, it would be impossible to become one, because you can't change your ethnicity. For example, if I talked about becoming an American, that would be very possible, for someone of any ethnicity to become an American. Why? Because being an American has to do with what nation you are a citizen of. If I talked about becoming a Christian, that would be very possible as well, because neither of those things have to do with a certain ethnicity. Well, here's the thing. Being a Jew, is not an ethnicity either. Being a Jew is a religious belief. And in Esther 8:17, we see people becoming Jews, meaning that they start to believe in the God of the Jews. Now, the people at the time of Esther 8:17 who became Jews, they were worshiping the true God of the Bible. Of course today's "Jews", do not worship the God of the Bible. Today's so called "Jews" who are outwardly "Jews", who are ethnically claiming to be "Jewish", whatever that means... They worship a false God, because the Bible says that if they don't have the Son, then they don't have the Father. And since they reject the Lord Jesus Christ in the religion of Judaism, Jews are worshiping a false God.
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So if a person today were to become a "Jew", they would be joining up with a false religion. Whereas in Esther 8:17, they were worshiping the true God, as Jews. So this scripture should prove to any thinking person, that obviously being a Jew is not an ethnicity, it doesn't have to do with your lineage, or what bloodline you are of, because here we have a bunch of people of a completely different bloodline becoming Jews. How is that possible? Because being Jewish is NOT an ethnicity, it's a religion. It's a belief. At that time it was a nation, so, to sit there and say that "you're a racist if you speak out against Judaism or the Jews" makes absolutely no sense, since it's not a race of people. That would be like saying "oh, you're against Mormons, you're a racist!" No, because Mormonism is not a race, it's a belief system that anybody can join if they want to worship Satan. And it's the same thing with Judaism. If you want to worship Satan, you can join Judaism, and do that, you can join Mormonism if you want to worship Lucifer. But the Bible is pretty clear here that being a Jew is a belief system. Back then it was a righteous belief, in Esther 8:17, today being a "Jew" is associated with a false belief in a false religion.
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Main Scripture/s Esther 8:17
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