and for that simple reason, his mission did not impose circumcision or Synagogue attendance on his initiates – something unthinkable for a Jew. There must have also been a tacit understanding on the part of the Judean Authorities that his movement was schismatic, because there are contemporary comments that criticise the entry into his movement of non circumcised and non Jewish people. It proves that neither Jesus nor his movement had anything to do with the Jewish people. Jews were and still are very self orientated and in those days, additionally prejudiced against those they did not see as Jews. Tax collectors for example, were not expected to be Jewish and if they were, certainly not to be entertained or to be seen with. These are the things that have been missed. These are the things that give us an idea of what Jesus was up to. Jesus like the Qumran Northern Messiah or Teacher of Righteousness was not the Messiah of Judea. Judea had every right to do things its own way and Jews do and honestly follow their hearts and teachings of course, but the claim over Israel as the Royal and leading tribe is not vindicated in religious history and cannot be endorsed by anyone. Academics are now being openly critical about this misnomer and the State of Israel is now being labelled the Jewish State and the people Jewish not Israeli. Jerusalem was taken by the tribe of Judah and made their home, but whether there was a historical connection with the earlier occupants – the Jebbusites is not immediately clear. In the same way, except for a brief period of Al Israel (all the ribes including that of Judah), Jerusalem was not the capital city of Israel, but Shiloh, (the wasteland of T.S Elliot) – was. It is no coincidence that Jesus was
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