Ann Coulter: Christians are 'Perfected' Jews

YETSIRAH »

Thu Nov 01, 2007 7:06 am Agree: 0   Disagree: 0

Prophet— you are misinterpreting Rom 2.28-29. Chapter 1:15-32 indicts Gentiles of sin, Chapter 2 indicts Jews. Chapter 3 (v.9) charges them both as sinners.

Paul is explaining that if the Jew is acting as a hypocrite, saying he believes the Law/Torah but does another thing, then he is acting as if he were uncircumcised.

These verses aren't about whether he believes in Jesus (something Paul will bring up later) it is about the Jew's walk/life. If the Jew (according to Paul) is living righteous and speaking the Torah then he/she is a true Jew—the emphasis is on true observance that comes from the heart, as opposed to the traditional Christian misunderstanding of believing in Jesus, making one Jewish.

Ann Coulter: Christians are 'Perfected' Jews

YETSIRAH »

Thu Nov 01, 2007 6:53 am Agree: 0   Disagree: 0

anniefourjesus—You are neither male nor female? Paul's point was that in regards to God none of these things are blockers. All can come to Messiah.

However, physically, there are still males and females Jews and non-Jews. As seen by children still being born into the world.

Ann Coulter: Christians are 'Perfected' Jews

YETSIRAH »

Thu Oct 18, 2007 9:48 pm Agree: 0   Disagree: 0

amatheson— The problem with what she said, is the insensitivity with which she says it. Was the Old Covenant inferior? The blood of bulls and goats was inferior. The covenant wasn't. You can't just read the one verse. It has to be read together. The context is not the LAW, the context is the sacrificial system—of which Paul and other first Century "Christians" (actually they were Jews—we can call them Jesus-Jews) continued to offer sacrifices and continued in the Temple. Also the word obsolete is a translators decision, it could have been translated becoming old. If Hebrews was written just prior to the destruction of the temple and Jerusalem then the writer is warning that these things are going to pass away—prophecy of destruction, not the destruction of God's eternal Law. Jews aren't to become Christians. They are to remain Jews. When they accept Jesus they continue to be Jews. They are still to be Torah observant just the same way that the early Jesus-Jews were. Ms. Coulter is mistaken about her theology.