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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Judea at that time was a volatile landscape where messianic hopes ran high and apocalyptic expectations shaped much of Jewish thought.

The name Jesus, derived from the common Jewish name Yeshua, meaning “Yahweh saves,” was a perfect fit. It connected a new sect to Jewish tradition while symbolizing the very essence of salvation they proclaimed. Central to their theology was the idea of atonement, how humanity’s sins could be forgiven. Early Christians reinterpreted the ancient Jewish ritual of the Day of Atonement, where a scapegoat symbolically carried away the sins of the people, into a spiritual reality centered on Jesus’ crucifixion. The Gospel story of Jesus’ trial and the release of Barabbas served as a vivid allegory: Jesus takes the place of the guilty Barabbas, becoming the ultimate scapegoat, bearing the punishment on behalf of humanity. This represented a profound shift from repeated physical sacrifices performed in the Temple to a once-for-all spiritual sacrifice accessible through faith.

Placing Jesus’ life and ministry around the year 30 CE was not accidental. This timing aligned closely with prophetic frameworks found in Hebrew Scriptures. For example, the “seventy weeks” prophecy in Daniel, which many early believers interpreted as predicting the coming of a Messiah in the early first century. Anchoring Jesus’ story during the governorship of Pontius Pilate and situating his death at Passover tied the narrative to recognizable historical events and religious symbolism.

This theological transformation waanalogy.

lly critical after the destruction of the Jerusalem Temple in 70 CE, which ended the possibility of traditional Jewish sacrificial rituals. Christianity’s new focus on spiritual atonement, not dependent on the Temple or priesthood, made the faith more flexible and universal. It opened the door for Gentiles and others outside Jewish tradition to join.

This is how Christianity went from a small sect within Judaism to a broader religion. It had nothing to do with a literal resurrection, just a “belief” in one.  
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Yet you offer no evidence to support it compared to a rationale explanation for how the belief system developed.   :roll:

My point was that the literal resurrection explains the belief in the literal resurrection. You’re just taking that belief for granted and then explaining why the belief expanded in popularity. Those aren’t the same thing. I will gladly concede that the printing press is one reason Protestantism spread. But the secular nature of the printing press doesn’t therefore undermine the tenants of Protestantism. [/quote][/quote]

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