101. Jews Persistant Against Christ ~ The Son of David

From the start, when Jesus first cleansed the temple at the beginning of his ministry according to the Gospel of John, 'The Jews' were set against him and did seek to kill him.

The Isrealite Hebrews of Galilee, being distinguished from the 'Jews of Jerusalem' (though all 'known' Israelites of this date were refered to as 'Jews' whether their ancestry was from Judah or from another son of Jacob), would have made Jesus King of Isreal because of his deallings with them about the lands of the Sea of Galilee. In this respect, it ought to be established that the cliquish 'Jews' of Jerusalem were quite particular and would even tend to discriminate against the Hebrews of Israel as well as all those of other lands who claimed to be of the house of Israel. While this discrimination is more particularly and generally spoken of as applying directly against the Samaritans, Jerusalem's nearest Hebrew neighbor, they also practiced such discriminary manners against the Grecians (Hebrew Greeks), Galilians and all the numbers of the 'Jews' or 'Hebrews' of other lands. And this was particularly the case if those Hebrews did not profess a direct descent as a proper 'Jew', meaning of the house of Judah and those acceptable of the priests of Levi, which were those assigned to minister unto the Jews of the tribe of Judah.

The Jewish Rulers take a hardline against Jesus Christ the Son of Daivd, who ought to be the rightful King of the Jews. And they do this in connection with the House of Herod, that throne of Israel to which Jesus was heir and the Herods were but pretenders unto. This hardline of opposition was not solely against Jesus, but it was also a stance of the Jews against the House of David and their rejection of both Christ and the House of David as being rightfully of the Jews.

Who Then Is My Neighbor?

Say We Not Well That Though Art a Samaritan?

Say not that he was the King of the Jews!

The King of Israel not Judah.

The Lord of Ephraim