A) INTRODUCTION.

B) ADHERENTS TO.

C) ANOTHER REVOLT.

 

 

A) INTRODUCTION

 

 

First of all, it must be understood that the Rabbinic Judaism of today is not the Judaism of the New Testament.  In fact, the Rabbinic Judaism of today is based upon the “Council Of Yavneh,” that took place in 90 A.D.  And another fact to understand is that the people attending this “Yavneh Council” were Pharisees and their sons who rejected Jesus and were totally against any teachings or concepts of Jesus Christ.

 

Therefore, these Pharisees and their sons reinvented (if I can use that word) Judaism with a designed anti-Jesus influence in the new Judaism.  One of the things thus added to the liturgy was a curse.  And the curse was that anyone who did not follow the liturgy (teachings) of this new sect was cursed.  This curse rests upon sectarians, i.e., those that don’t follow in their ways.  Many historical scholars believe that this curse was added in order to keep out of the Synagogue any Jew that believed in Jesus.

 

 

B) ADHERENTS TO

 

 

You can see these descendants and adherents even today (it has held today since 90 A.D.; amazing).  They are the ones with the long curled side-burns and large black hats.  These are mostly comprised of the descendants of those who wanted to have Jesus killed in The Book Of John, Chapter Eleven.  Wherefore, what happened is that in a few years after 90 A.D., it was accomplished that Jewish believers were forced out of the Synagogue because they were considered to be heretics and sectarians.  This ultimately led to the total separation of Judaism and those of the Jewish faith who followed the teachings of Jesus (Christianity).

 

This is why today, in the 21st century, that Christians have such a difficult time sharing their faith with any person of the Jewish faith (or persuasion; except Messianic Jews; who, if honest, have rediscovered Jesus through their Christian friends).  Even Messianic Jews are rejected as being Jewish by the larger Jewish world, because of their acceptance of Jesus as being the true Messiah of old.

 

 

C) ANOTHER REVOLT

 

 

There is another point in history that played a part in the separation of Jews from Gentiles, and that is the revolt of the Jews in 132 A.D., led by Bar Kokhba, a Jewish general whose name means, “Son of Light.”  What transpired is that some of the Jewish people began to say that Bar Kokhba was the Messiah.  Therefore, when the Jewish people began to hail Bar Kokhba as the Messiah, the Jewish believers in Jesus could no longer support this rebellion, because Jesus had forewarned them not to follow “false Christs,” Matthew 24:24; Mark 13:22.

 

Therefore, because of the Jewish believers in Jesus withdrawing from the main Jewish population following Bar Kokhba’s revolt, they were kicked out of the Synagogues and other Jewish gatherings.  In fact, they were locked at as traders.  And this is the time when the term “Nazarenes” began to be associated with those who believed that Jesus was the true Messiah.  And this is when the Jewish believers in Jesus were no longer considered to be Jews by Jews.

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