Apostate Judaism

 

 

The first enemy of the Church

Was not the power at Rome

But the first enemy of the Church

Were the apostate Jews at home.

 

They were no less prodigals

Than the children that roamed

For Jesus noted he was rejected

When he came to his own.

 

Remember Herod was a Jew

But tried to kill the Christ child,

That Jesus he did not recognized

Cannot not be denied.

 

Even his biological family

Who regarded him as being insane

Had little to do with him

And from his teaching refrain.

 

Except for that in Bethany

There was nowhere to call home

Thanks to Mary, Martha and Lazarus

Who did their best to atone.

 

 

The Christ of the Church

Was hated by apostate Jews

And even to this very day

His Church, they still abuse.

 

From early in the Old Testament

They asked Samuel for a king,

They had rejected God

And with Christ, the same thing.

 

Jesus came to his own

And his own received him not,

That is why they can be described

As an apostate lot.

 

This reference is to the Jews;

They crucified the Christ

And via the Roman authority

He became sin’s sacrifice.

 

This was the avenue God used:

For His Son to shed his blood

For the remission of the sins everywhere:

Thus, out of man’s evil came good.

 

 

The Jews meant it for evil

But God meant it for good

For there can be no remission of sins

Without the shedding of blood.

 

But apostate Judaism continued

To target the body of Christ

With the Romans following on after

As Christians were sacrificed.

 

And even up to this day

Apostate Judaism is rife

As many Jews do not believe

In Jesus as the giver of life.

 

Some believe in a special time

When Jews will be saved in a day

But on that matter, I can only say,

Jesus is the only way.

 

Until one comes to that realization

For him there is no hope

For the Gentile as well as the Jew

This is the critical note.

 

Stewart Russell © May 16, 2021