Comments by "Voryn Rosethorn" (@vorynrosethorn903) on "Jesus was a Jew – Understanding Jesus’ background (He’d never heard of Palestine)" video.

  1. Jesus was the King of the Jews, the Messiah and the son of God. From the time of his crucifixion however Judaism split in two, one group acknowledged Jesus, inducted gentiles and abandoned many of the Jewish religious and cultural practices, and the other rejected him and built on theologically without him. It didn't take long for the two to diverge wildly, and historically they didn't have the best relations, though to religious leaders of both insisted on tolerance. The move towards closer relations has to do with non-conformist protestant groups who took the idea of the English being a lost tribe of Israel a bit seriously (such claims had a longer history, but were accompanied with claims of coming from Troy, being Roman and many other similar myths), they also believed that the return of Jews to Israel was important to end times prophecy (no seriously). The other cause of relaxation has been increasing secularization, that however cuts both ways as it also makes westerners very naive about many of Israel's enemies, who historically speaking were shared enemies of the Christian's. Long term attitudes are actually a serious threat as Israel will likely be isolated by changing demographics in the west, and Jews will be vulnerable living in it. The Christians might have been hostile to free expressions of Judaism but they were also capable of self-defence and overwhelming hostile to groups who pose a shared existential threat. As things stand Israel is in political danger of being outmanoeuvred into the position of isolation South Africa and Rhodesia once held, and strategically it is in the position of the crusader states, it might be highly competent but is has to be, due to limited strategic depth it has a very limited capacity for failure. And due to it's alliance structure it can't remedy the situation though territorial expansion. Really it would be wise for Israel to make friends in the Christian camp as they have aligned interests, however I haven't seen this happening, they seem to confident with how Judaphilic Christians act, and make unnecessary enemies by not offering baseline concessions (that both groups deserve to exist for example) and expecting subservience, I have watched it unravel over this conflict and it is sad to see the inability to make easy wins. I have to wonder what the future of Israel will be if they continue to rely on the incompetence of their enemies.
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