Is “Christ is King” Anti-Semitic?

Ransom said:
Needs context. What is the connotation of "Christ is King" when spoken to, for example:

  1. a fellow Christian? (A core tenet of the faith.)
  2. a Roman soldier at the door with a statuette of Caesar and a pinch of incense? ("No, I will not give the Emperor what is due to Jesus alone.")
  3. Ben Shapiro, by Candace Owens? ("Joooooooos!")

The "Christ is King" controversy is not over whether Christ is indeed King (motte-and-bailey fallacy notwithstanding), but the intent of those who wave the slogan in the face of others, particularly Jews--in which the slogan sounds like a Christian proclamation, but really means "up yours." And that's the context in which Cruz is speaking.
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Sure, context does matter, but if people aren’t careful, no one will be able to ever say “Christ is King” again. The original, primary meaning of the rainbow, rooted in the biblical story of Noah (Genesis 9), serves as a great example. Just for fun, walk around with a T-shirt displaying a giant rainbow and see if that’s still what people think in 2026. I’m really not that old, but when I was a kid, in my mind, that’s still what the rainbow indicated.
 
Ransom said:
Christians worship a Jew.
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Is Jesus still under the Law?

No?

Then Christians don't worship a Jew.

Pretty basic stuff.

But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons. ... But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law. - Galatians 4:4-5, 5:18
 
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It's part of the national conversation now. Do we yield to the Jews? Or do we affirm the tenet of our faith? Are we foolish enough to think that if said nicely enough, the Jews will accept it, or merely politely disagree and move on? Martin Luther found out differently, and their own Talmud tells us differently.

I've spoken of Jacob Neusner before. I've had one of his books on my shelves for years. In it he imagines a debate with Jesus, but he debates the Jesus in Matthew, accusing the Jesus in the book of John of treating the Jews with "unconcealed hate." Since the 90's, when I started paying attention, I've heard Paul accused of homosexuality, misogyny, and anti-Semitism.

The way that anti-Semitism has been officially defined now, the New Testament in Christ's blood is anti-Semitic.
 
Ransom said:
When did Jesus change his mind and convert?
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He didn't change His mind. His Priesthood didn't start out a Jewish priesthood, and He doesn’t intercede as a Jewish priest now.

But following your manner of thinking, maybe it was at His baptism, where His circumcision was nullified.
 
Ekklesian said:
He didn't change His mind. His Priesthood didn't start out a Jewish priesthood, and He doesn’t intercede as a Jewish priest now.

But following your manner of thinking
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Well, since I said nothing about his priesthood, you're not following my manner of thinking.
 
Ekklesian said:
Yes of course. He was also circumcised.

He was a Jew.

He's not anymore.
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There you go. The God of the Bible does not change his mind (Numbers 23:19).

Ekklesian's small and limited god, by contrast, is a religious convert.
 
Ransom said:
This fictional version of me seems to be squatting rent-free in a lot of brains today.
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You have your head in the sand if you do not realize this.
 
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