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the true guardians and purveyors of the Hebrew religion entrusted to the patriarchs and prophets of
the Tanakh, they are in fact apostates who have given themselves to the service of Satan. This was
true 2,000 years ago, and it continues to be true today. Because Yahshua confronted the Jewish
religious leaders and rebuked them for pretending to be devoted servants of Yahweh when they were
in fact full of deceit, Satanic practices, and pride, the orthodox Jews to this day hate and revile the
Son of God.

What would your opinion have been of the Priests, Scribes, and Pharisees if you had encountered
them 2,000 years ago? If you saw them wearing their religious robes, saying long prayers on the street
corners, attending the synagogues regularly, and presenting their sacrifices at the Temple, would you
not have concluded that these were the people of God, the descendants of Abraham, and the guardians
of the Law entrusted to Moses? This was NOT the view of Christ. He told them plainly, “You are not
of God. You are of your father the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father.”

Many Christians would like to believe that they would have judged things rightly, having a view that
was in keeping with the Son of God. Yet the experience of this present day reveals that the majority
of Evangelical Christians are failing to judge as Christ would judge. Some naively believe the
Orthodox Jews in Israel continue to practice the faith of Abraham and Moses. Nothing could be
further from the truth. The Orthodox religious system in Israel and elsewhere has developed into a
synagogue of Satan. In the book of Revelation Yahshua spoke the following words to the overcoming
saints of the churches of Smyrna and Philadelphia.

Revelation 2:9
“I know your tribulation and your poverty (but you are rich), and the blasphemy by those who say they
are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.”

Revelation 3:9
“Behold, I will cause those of the synagogue of Satan, who say that they are Jews, and are not, but
lie - behold, I will make them to come and bow down at your feet, and to know that I have loved
you.”

Christ was not declaring that these Jews were illegitimate and not actual descendants of Abraham.
What He was saying is that, even though they were Hebrew men and women, they were acting like
the children of the devil.

John 8:37-44
“I know that you are Abraham's offspring; yet you seek to kill Me, because My word has no place in
you. I speak the things which I have seen with My Father; therefore you also do the things which you
heard from your father.” They answered and said to Him, “Abraham is our father.” Yahshua said to
them, “If you are Abraham's children, do the deeds of Abraham. But as it is, you are seeking to kill
Me, a man who has told you the truth, which I heard from God; this Abraham did not do. “You are
doing the deeds of your father.” They said to Him, “We were not born of fornication; we have one
Father, even God.” Yahshua said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love Me; for I
proceeded forth and have come from God, for I have not even come on My own initiative, but He sent
Me. Why do you not understand what I am saying? It is because you cannot hear My word. You are
of your father the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father.”