Look up the ancient Hebrew word for jew and gentile. It's basically that they replaced the meaning of those who follow God, or have a relationship with him, with the word jew, and gentile means stranger(as in stranger to the faith). That never meant that you couldn't change it. Ruth, I think, was one who did in the old testament.
Look up the ancient Hebrew word for jew and gentile. It's basically that they replaced the meaning of those who follow God, or have a relationship with him, with the word jew, and gentile means stranger(as in stranger to the faith). That never meant that you couldn't change it. Ruth, I think, was one who did in the old testament.
No, it doesn't mean "stranger to the faith." "Stranger" means "foreigner." https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stranger It meant that to the Israelites too, the context of many verses proves this. Read Proverbs 5 for example, "strange woman" means "foreign woman."
No, it doesn't mean "stranger to the faith."
"Stranger" means "foreigner." https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stranger
It meant that to the Israelites too, the context of many verses proves this.
Read Proverbs 5 for example, "strange woman" means "foreign woman."
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