"... the best Jewish response to "The Jews don't know their own scriptures"
I have ever heard and from the "horses mouth."
Anyone who has grown up in the church, heard repeatedly from the pulpit that the Jews have a veil over their eyes and are unable to see Jesus as Messiah (II Corinthians 3:14). this was widely taught until the church opened the Ambassador Auditorium and sought to bring Itzhak Perlman to perform. Even though the church had been active in working with archaeological digs in Jerusalem for years, they still taught that the Jews were deceived. The Jewish community in Los Angeles had grown tired of the endless accusations against them and stirred up a stink warning Perlman not to perform. The Church quickly backtracked that teaching and actively started courting the Jewish community in Los Angeles. After dumping hundreds of thousands of dollars on private dinner parties and receptions, they slowly brought many in the Jewish community to support the Auditorium.
Having Arthur Rubinstein open the Auditorium helped the church immensely and it soon was actively involved with government officials in Israel.
This is the verse we used to denigrate the Jewish people:
II Corinthians 3:14
No mind they have turned this veil into a blindfold which is not the meaning of the Old Testament passage about Moses and the veil he wore going into God's presence and the shine on his face after receiving the Law or Old Covenant. .But their minds were made dull, for to this day the same veil remains when the old covenant is read. It has not been removed, because only in Christ is it taken away.
Amstrongites are on shaky group for claiming Jews have a veil over their eyes, when most of the splinter groups have a thicker veil covering their eyes about Jesus than any Jew has. The various ACOG's are just like the Jehovah's Witnesses and Adventists when it comes to trumpeting the law over the new covenant. Rules keep people safe and withing the box. Freedom leads people to do amazing things, which is why so many COG's false prophets can't stand it.
