Alright I figured it out there is a limit to the amount of replies available so starting here.
Yes, Pontius Pilate and Herod are familiar — that’s exactly why I pointed out that Judea had local rulers and autonomy before the revolts. Rome didn’t erase Judea until after the uprisings.
On Cyrus: calling him mashiach in Isaiah 45:1 doesn’t make him ‘the Messiah.’ In Hebrew, mashiach simply means ‘anointed for a task.’ Kings, priests, and even objects in the Temple were called that. It’s not the same category as the prophetic Messiah described in Isaiah 53, Daniel 7, or Psalm 22.
Saying ‘a messiah is a messiah’ ignores how the word is used in the Hebrew Bible. There’s a difference between a general anointed ruler and the eschatological figure Jews expected.
As for Jesus doing nothing messianic: His followers, His opponents, and the Roman authorities all treated Him as someone making messianic claims — that’s why the charge on the cross literally read ‘King of the Jews.’ Whether someone believes those claims is separate from whether they were made.
“When Jesus spoke about ‘this generation’ in Matthew 24, He was describing the events leading up to the destruction of the Jerusalem Temple. That destruction happened in 70 AD, within the lifetime of the people He was speaking to. This is why historians and scholars treat that part of the passage as referring to the fall of the Temple, not the final return.”
And yes, outsiders called early believers Nazarenes — that’s why I said the term wasn’t originally ‘Christian.’ The Antioch reference in Acts 11:26 is where the name actually appears.
Wow and you really went back on your word to not reply to my comments on the last post. I haven't seen them yet but if you want to continue that argument here I'm welcome to do it.
That is not true. About 88.7 percent of registered voters voted. So if I round just like you 90% of registered voters voted. Now out of the 100% of registered voters 41% voted for Trump. You love to try and twist the numbers to your advantage because you lost and want to cry and lie about it. In truth out of registered voters which you are extremely wrong about 41% were for Trump. Out of just registered voters who actually voted, 50.5 percent of voters voted for Trump. So your 2/3 number of people who voted is not only untrue and misleading but would also be something called "Fake News"
https://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2025/2024-presidential-election-voting-registration-tables.html
