Sir,” the woman said, “I can see that you are a prophet. Our ancestors worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews claim that the place where we must worship is in Jerusalem.” “Woman,” Jesus replied, “believe me, a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews. Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in the Spirit and in truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks. The woman said, “I know that Messiah” (called Christ) “is coming. When he comes, he will explain everything to us.
John 4:19-24.
Reads differently, doesn't it? Remember, the devil can quote scripture as well. Jesus is mocking the claim that the "Jew's" (meaning the elder (((pharisee))) priesthood) claim that only salvation comes from them. Jesus is predicting and stating that their power and sway is gone. God wants them no longer.
Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in the Spirit and in truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks.
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