I don’t know if this has been said before. Let me know if you have read it somewhere.
I’m sure someone has presented these ideas before.
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There are 2 issues I would like to discuss:
#1. Did Jesus really sacrifice himself for his people (the jews)? Did he really come to save Israel?
#2. Why did the chief priests, elders, scribes, Pharisees cooperate with the Roman authorities?
The NT is such a big mess of contradictions, logical problems, religious magical things but I am convinced that there is political reality to it. It is a case of problem and a solution is needed for that problem.
#1 Yes and yes.
I think there were a bunch of messiahs. I don’t know if Jesus of the NT represents a single guy and a single cult or maybe a bunch of guys and a bunch of cults.
So, polytheists defeated them and were ruling over them (for who knows how long. Is it around 63 BCE?).
Their logic led them to believe that jews are sinners. The jewish god has turned his back on them. If only the jewish people would be placed back on the right tracks. So, the jewish god is going to give them another chance.
It is even possible that a lot of jews had lost faith in their god.
So, Jesus’s job is to put the jews into the right tracks. Once enough jews are cleansed, perhaps they can repel the Roman invaders.
#2 The chief priests, elders, scribes, Pharisees are presented as pure concentrated evil in the NT.
But are they just trying to protect Israel?
I think their logic was that they have to appear cooperative with the Roman authorities. Anybody who starts up a new cult will eventually talk about cleansing, and returning back on the right tracks, and eventually that will lead to “let’s get rid of the Roman empire”.
Rome would send their armies and do a massacre.
In order to avoid such a scenario, the chief priests cooperate with the Roman authorities.
The Romans kill the new cult leader and the followers, and the rest of the cities are spared.
CONCLUSION:
In other words, it makes it look like Jesus came to save the jews from their sins, he sacrificed his life for his people.
Being saved means getting freedom from the Roman empire.
Also, chief priests, elders, scribes, Pharisees also saved Israel by pointing out to Rome who the problem elements are.
I’m sure someone has presented these ideas before.
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There are 2 issues I would like to discuss:
#1. Did Jesus really sacrifice himself for his people (the jews)? Did he really come to save Israel?
#2. Why did the chief priests, elders, scribes, Pharisees cooperate with the Roman authorities?
The NT is such a big mess of contradictions, logical problems, religious magical things but I am convinced that there is political reality to it. It is a case of problem and a solution is needed for that problem.
#1 Yes and yes.
I think there were a bunch of messiahs. I don’t know if Jesus of the NT represents a single guy and a single cult or maybe a bunch of guys and a bunch of cults.
So, polytheists defeated them and were ruling over them (for who knows how long. Is it around 63 BCE?).
Their logic led them to believe that jews are sinners. The jewish god has turned his back on them. If only the jewish people would be placed back on the right tracks. So, the jewish god is going to give them another chance.
It is even possible that a lot of jews had lost faith in their god.
So, Jesus’s job is to put the jews into the right tracks. Once enough jews are cleansed, perhaps they can repel the Roman invaders.
#2 The chief priests, elders, scribes, Pharisees are presented as pure concentrated evil in the NT.
But are they just trying to protect Israel?
I think their logic was that they have to appear cooperative with the Roman authorities. Anybody who starts up a new cult will eventually talk about cleansing, and returning back on the right tracks, and eventually that will lead to “let’s get rid of the Roman empire”.
Rome would send their armies and do a massacre.
In order to avoid such a scenario, the chief priests cooperate with the Roman authorities.
The Romans kill the new cult leader and the followers, and the rest of the cities are spared.
CONCLUSION:
In other words, it makes it look like Jesus came to save the jews from their sins, he sacrificed his life for his people.
Being saved means getting freedom from the Roman empire.
Also, chief priests, elders, scribes, Pharisees also saved Israel by pointing out to Rome who the problem elements are.
