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Atheistically
John lived in Galilee in a time that he would have survived a tax war in which 2000 were murdered, and another 6000 sent to slavery.
there were 4 main groups of judaism at the time and jtB fits into the Zealots very well.
lived outdoors, had no money therfor he didnt pay taxes at all. Ate bugs and wild honey to survive and wore a camel hair tunic that amounts to a burlap sack.
he was obviously a doosday cult leader that jesus took to.
This kingdom of god is debated by scholars on its exact meaning, what I see is a evolution of its meaning. Starting in judaism witgh John this "kingdom" had a different meaning from that of the roman version. And exactly what we see in scripture is contradictions with this evolving theme.
the four main groups of judaism were
Zeaolts the largest group in which most poor jews belonged to
Saducees the hated jewish governement who ran the temple and treasury
Pharisees the righteous preist promoting strict adherance to jewish law
Essenes a minority group avoiding the rest. living a selfless existance
JtB has many Essene traits, and were not certain how much influnece is there from this group, I see both Zealots and Essenes with Zeolts just edgeing out influence
Zeolots due to his geographic location in Galilee, and writings based on jesus who was his student/apostle
there were 4 main groups of judaism at the time and jtB fits into the Zealots very well.
lived outdoors, had no money therfor he didnt pay taxes at all. Ate bugs and wild honey to survive and wore a camel hair tunic that amounts to a burlap sack.
he was obviously a doosday cult leader that jesus took to.
This kingdom of god is debated by scholars on its exact meaning, what I see is a evolution of its meaning. Starting in judaism witgh John this "kingdom" had a different meaning from that of the roman version. And exactly what we see in scripture is contradictions with this evolving theme.
the four main groups of judaism were
Zeaolts the largest group in which most poor jews belonged to
Saducees the hated jewish governement who ran the temple and treasury
Pharisees the righteous preist promoting strict adherance to jewish law
Essenes a minority group avoiding the rest. living a selfless existance
JtB has many Essene traits, and were not certain how much influnece is there from this group, I see both Zealots and Essenes with Zeolts just edgeing out influence
Zeolots due to his geographic location in Galilee, and writings based on jesus who was his student/apostle