I've been reading this differently, so I thought I'd give my thoughts. Feedback is definitely welcome, as I'm just trying to understand the world. The way I see this parable is that the people that claim to be jews and are not isn't literally about "jews" per se. It's about false virtue. For example, Christians that claim to be moral yet facilitate cultural marxism (a form of racism and division) and allow trans-faggots which are an abomination of biological reality. In this way, they are not moral but present themselves as such. They are actually sinners in disguise of virtue because they present virtue signalling in place of real virtue. They say "love thy neighbor" but actually hate their neighbor because they extend the concept of neighbor (one that lives near you, as it's translated in various places in the new testament) to the world beyond their village. Someone from Africa is not your neighbor, they are alien. By bringing baby wolves into the flock eventually ends up endangering the flock, hence they are liars and destroyers rather than protectors. They propose to love the flock but destroy it by allowing those that wish the flock harm to live with the flock. I can go on with many examples of this. Suffice to say, I believe this statement is a parable about false virtue and how it leads to the mark ... which is another parable about sin running rampant in a society where the mark is that of the people who sin to get by. > Who is the liar? It is whoever denies that Jesus is the Christ. Further, from the perspective of parables mentioned above: Jesus is logos, a.k.a. universal truth. Those who deny truth are by definition universal liars. They are corrupt and will bring damnation to any culture they inhabit. Recall that the most basic definition of "sin" is "missing the mark" - meaning sin is that which doesn't approach Logos, or real universal truth. Those that claim something other than real virtue being virtue is one that denies Jesus and claims something else other than universal truth is truth. This is a type of perversion. For a fundamental example of this "denial of Jesus", look to the statue of David (as art) versus something out of Pablo Picasso's later works. Clearly, one can see that the statue of David is universally exceptional as art because it shows truth and perfection of what man is. Picasso on the other hand is a perversion of reality, disguised as "creativity." I have come to realize that we (each of us) has been groomed to look the other way for these types of white lies around us. This has spread through our culture like a cancer. Meanwhile, those pushing little white lies are feasting off of our lack of morality. It sounds like a strange coincidence (but perhaps not) that the ones doing this often call themselves "Jews." This is even more strange when you think about it because if the parable "jews and they are not jews" referred to liars and false virtue, hence real jews being "honest", one can simply point to one that is a liar not being a true jew (by that definition). It leads to the apt conclusion that we are surrounded by liars. So, the synagogue of satan is really referring to everyone around us who claim virtue, as to claim virtue is never real virtue. Claiming virtue is a deviation from creating real virtue, which is a sin (missing the mark). Well, it leads me to conclude that Jesus is indeed the way. Follow Jesus, as he is truth, the word, Logos.