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So the if's don't apply to the 12 tribes of Israel.

The woman at Jacob's Well had more Jewish blood in her then any "modern" Jewish person today yet Jesus did not consider her Jewish because of her mixed heritage. "Shared genetic markers" does not make you Jewish!

Prove it!

Quite correct. The DNA test is to match blood of claimed modern family connections.

Agreed.

This is Jesus plus. You are asserting that it is Jesus plus our willingness. So are you saying that it is Jesus plus nothing or Jesus plus our willingness. Which one is it?

Again, Jesus plus nothing is universalism. If salvation is based on the existence of Jesus plus nothing then all creation is in a saved state. There can be nothing lost.

You sure about that? You are pushing universalism. You do realize this?

He will not answer your question because it will destroy his end times theology but I will. Jesus did not consider the Samaritans as Jewish because of their mixed heritage. This is the same reason that the people of the New Testament era believed as well. Being Jewish is more then a claim of...

You may be missing my point. There are no people today that can claim the heritage needed to be Jewish in the eyes of Jesus. If He considered the Samaritans as not Jewish because of their background then who today make a legitimate claim of New Testament Jewishness? In other words, modern day...

Modern day Jews are no more Jewish than the woman at Jacob's Well.

It is a fair and simple question. Why are you avoiding it? Why are Samaritans not considered Jewish??? Your avoidance is telling.

I think his point is clear. Why are Samaritans not considered Jewish? It is not hard to figure out. It is this reason that many correctly ignore these pointless debates.

For the ancient nations of Judah, Moab, Ammon, Samaria, Egypt etc. to exist today there must be a people with ties to that time and place. This is the house of cards that much of end times theology is based on.

James is not "encouraging" anything. He is correcting the notion that faith alone is useful. "You foolish person, do you want evidence that faith without deeds is useless?" (James 2:20) If it is the faith which is never alone that saves then faith alone cannot save. John 14:21 "The one who...