The Nazis and the KKK might twist Revelation 2:9 to justify their anti-Semitism. One might as well be anti-Romanic since it was the Romans who actually crucified Jesus. The problem in this case was that it was the unbelieving Jews in Smyrna who were particularly active in persecuting the church, thus earning them the status of being a synagogue of Satan. It would be wrong to conclude that other unbelieving Jewish people are in league with Satan any more than any other unbelievers. There are plenty of churches of Satan, mosques of Satan, temples of the Tempter, and, for that matter, schools of Satan and businesses of Beelzebub. Any religion that rejects the biblical Jesus is ultimately teaching the doctrine of demons.
God reckons His people based on their relation to Jesus, not genealogy. As regards the gospel, unbelieving Jews are "enemies" of the church (Ro 11:28). However, because of His promises to Abraham, there is an elect a remnant from among the physical Jews who will to come to faith in Christ (Ro 11:28-31). Paul is an example of one such chosen Jew (Ro 11:1).
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