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This year we have heard repeatedly that Jesus was a Palestinian. Even scholarly works seem to assert the same.
Was Jesus a Palestinian?
The answer is, NO! The word “Palestinian” originates from the word Philistine, and it was applied by Rome in teh 2nd century to the land of Israel — Galilee, Samaria, and Judea. Jesus, living in the first century was a Judean Jew, not a Palestinian. He would’ve never heard the Roman imposed word in his lifetime. Anyone who uses that word in realtion to Jesus is being anachronistic and should be corrected.
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Was Jesus born to an unwed mother?
Anyone who says that Jesus was born to an unmarried woman has no clue what they’re talking about. Even today in the Middle East betrothal means legally married, though the spouses have not yet moved in together. Marriage is a two-step process. To be betrothed is to be legally contractually married. However, about a year later the groom comes for the bride and takes her into his home. Today there is a ceremony that that seals the deal. This is hardly unwed. Mary was not an “unwed mother”.
Were they exiles and immigrants?
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Be very careful what you listen to. The secular, modern media has every reason to spew their secular propaganda. They have every reason to deceive us in the promotion of their anti-Christian agenda. They try to deceive us. They are also very ignorant of the facts.
Frankly we should just say “no thanks” — and then rebuke them!