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Clean up Bible with Truth about 

Jesus’ Murder and Jews

by Dan Allen............................................................

A Jewish trial and crucifixion of Jesus, a careful education in history shows is too unbelievable to be true.

Gospel reports of the entire episode, overwhelming evidence indicates, are a mere testament of "blind religious faith."

Why did the Gospels shift the blame for the death of Jesus from a cruel oppressive Roman regime to its victims, the Jews and change history?

This question is of the utmost importance to consider, before, one presents historical evidence to cast doubt on the Gospels' truth.

Christianity, at that time, was a religion in crisis: Jesus' status, as God and King clashed directly with the Roman Emperor's. 1

The "Roman Emperor," much like Jesus in the Gospels, demanded, "divine honors," dead or alive. 2

This religious rivalry, stirred a cruel and evil regime in Rome to persecute and throw Christians to the lions.

Arch of Titus depicting Roman Exile of Jews - Beth Hatefutsoth
Jewish Diaspora Museum

Romans take Jewish people into Exile after destruction of 2nd Temple. 

The Arch of Titus in Rome, Italy in 70 C.E. above shows a victorious procession of Roman soldiers bearing the great candelabrum from the Temple in Jerusalem.  Caesar's status as God and King conflicted with Jesus' status as spiritual King. The Romans put Jesus to death for this. In a fierce rivalry with the Jewish father religion, the New Testament Gospels scapegoated the Jews for Jesus’ murder.

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A considerable pagan attraction to the competing religion of Judaism, at the time, deeply troubled Christian Evangelists. It was politically convenient, for the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John to, in this case, change Jesus’ message of love and "blame the Jews" for the crucifixion of Jesus.

What better way was there to gain favor with the violent Roman Empire and its vast potential source of converts than to sacrifice Jews at the altars of Christianity?

But how exactly does history contradict the Gospel reports of Jesus' trial and crucifixion?

The answer is best found in Rome's corrupt ethics in relation to Judea and the rest of the Empire.

Rome hired soldiers, with vested interests in the conquest, to kill and loot in order to expand its Empire.

In its heyday, the Roman military machine brutally expanded its borders to North Africa, Middle East and Britain. 3

Might was right for the Roman Empire.

The mightiest nations of the world crumbled under Rome’s heels. Some of these included Greece, France, Spain, Egypt and Carthage.  There was a low premium on the value of life.

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The Roman Empire was the classic "bully" of the ancient world.

When Pompey led legions into Jerusalem in 63 B.C., the Romans trampled on the "tiniest" nation in the world.

In stark contrast to Rome’s giant Empire, tiny, little Israel was but a dot in the world map, comprising an area of less than 10,000 square miles.

Fired by a religion of ethical monotheism, Israel was a role model for the rest of the Empire. It more than made up for its tiny size by taking the spiritual war against the Roman Goliath.

Israel (ancient Judea) continually clashed with Rome’s immoral values of occupation, exploitation, corruption, and inhumanity to its fellows all over the world.

Israel was a thorn in the side of the Romans. In marked contrast to the rest of Rome's colonies, tiny, little Israel refused to bend to the yoke  and sin of "Roman oppression."

How dare tiny Israel, refuse to worship the Roman Emperor? How dare they uphold their superstitious religion? How long will Israel dare to be such a bad example the rest of colonies? These questions harassed the Roman rulers.

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Wrote Flavius Josephus, the Roman Emperor's Jewish historian, of Rome’s war with the Jews:

"Out of rage and hatred," Roman soldiers, "amused
themselves by nailing" Jewish "prisoners in various
attitudes" until no space could be found for the
crosses due to their vast numbers, nor crosses for
their bodies." 4

Sixty years later, the Romans continued this policy of oppression with a vengeance.

After another major revolt by Jewish patriot Bar Kochba, the Roman general Hadrian, destroyed the city of Jerusalem. The Romans, changed the name of Israel to "Palestina"  or what we now call Palestine in order to erase all Jewish connection with the land.

On the ruins of Jerusalem , Hadrian build "Aelia Capitolina", a pagan city and barred any Jew from the freedom of setting foot there.

Famine, oppressive taxes and persecution led to the dispersion of the "Jewish people" throughout the world, until Israel ’s rebirth in 1948, resulted in the "ingathering" of Jewish exiles to their ancestral home.

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Overall, Roman behaviour to the Jews, more closely resembles, this brief, incidental description, buried deep in the Christian Bible:

"Some people arrived and told" Jesus "about the
Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with that of
their sacrifices." 5  

Clearly, wrong ideas about the ancient Roman occupation of Judea , the Pilate story in the New Testament , and the false accusations against the Jews murder of Christ create the climate for anti-Semitism and destruction of peace in the Middle East .

Just Rebel, Inc. | October 15, 1996 © 2005 | by Dan Allen

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