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Well, the community notes attempting to "context!" Bible scriptures under the New Testament is fucking hilarious. But that's sort of the crux of the issue, isn't it? Those that insist Zionism is a Christian rite to prove their faith also reject the New Testament for themselves because "reasons". What else does that mean? They reject the messiah. It's a predicament, innit? Christianity was prescribed to a disruptive group in order to give them the messiah they needed to quell their shenanigans. They rejected it. So then it was adopted later to refocus the empire against an invading Islamic aggressor. In that regard, it worked pretty well, but also served as a consolidator of power and property over others, which later devolved into fiefdoms and their interpretations, and a system of belief that served as the pervasive undercurrent for all the kingdoms in Europe.
Anyway, the community notes should've noted that instead of providing a single NT scripture to counter the claim. That's just bible debate, and since everything in it is based on belief, well, it's just going to lead to claims and counter claims that can never be addressed with a conclusion based in fact. It's also helpful to point out that this particular scripture cannot even be attributed to Christ, but to Paul who was not a disciple, apostle, or even someone that ever met Christ, and he even disagreed with Christ on things like gays and women participating in ministry.
So instead, let's just point out 2 things:
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Jesus' ministry was intended for the "lost sheep of the house of Israel". Take a guess on who that was.
Matthew 15:24
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This "take the ministry to all the people of the world" didn't happen until after they killed the man, and he resurrected himself. So at best, it's attributed - just like the 4 gospels themselves; written by "god" knows who, and attributed to Christ, just like everything else in the Christian religion.
Matthew 28:16-20
Anywho, the note is fairly witty, but it's not a proper response. Also, they should've tagged John Hagee or anyone else on TBN for input. They'd get years worth of sermons to the contrary that to evangelical Christians, especially those steeped in eschatology, realize their entire purpose in life is to prop up God's chosen which are represented later in Revelation as the 144 thousand (12 thousand from the 12 tribes) in order to ensure their own salvation and having done God's will throughout the tribulation.
Anywho…