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- Mainstream Jews hailed Simon Bar Kokhba as the Messiah, just as Jesus had promised would happen when he said in Matthew chapter 24 that “false Messiahs will appear…” But interestingly, we then read:
- “Although Jewish Christians hailed Jesus as the Messiah and did not support Bar Kokhba, they were barred from Jerusalem along with the rest of the Jews. The war and its aftermath helped differentiate Christianity as a religion distinct from Judaism.”