https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabbatai_Zevi
Assisted by his wife, Sabbatai became the leader of the community. He used his power to crush the opposition. He deposed the existing rabbi of Smyrna, Aaron Lapapa, and appointed Chaim Benveniste in his place. His popularity grew, as people of all faiths repeated his story. His fame extended far and wide. Italy, Germany, and the Netherlands had centers of his Messianic movement. The Jews of Hamburg and Amsterdam learned of the events in Smyrna from trustworthy Christians. Henry Oldenburg, a distinguished German savant who became the first secretary of the Royal Society, wrote to Baruch Spinoza (Spinozae Epistolae No 33): "All the world here is talking of a rumour of the return of the Israelites … to their own country. … Should the news be confirmed, it may bring about a revolution in all things."[6]
Sabbatai's followers included many prominent rabbis, such as Isaac Aboab da Fonseca, Moses Raphael de Aguilar, Moses Galante, Moses Zacuto, and the above-mentioned Hayyim Benveniste. Dionysius Musaphia, an adherent of Spinoza, likewise became a follower. People spread fantastic reports, which were widely believed. For example, it was said, "In the north of Scotland a ship had appeared with silken sails and ropes, manned by sailors who spoke Hebrew. The flag bore the inscription 'The Twelve Tribes of Israel'."[11] The Jewish community of Avignon, France prepared to emigrate to the new kingdom in the spring of 1666.[6]
The readiness of the Jews to believe the messianic claims of Sabbatai Zevi may largely be explained by the desperate state of European Jewry in the mid-17th century. The bloody pogroms of Bohdan Khmelnytsky had wiped out around 100,000 Jews in Eastern Europe,[12] or more,[13] others put the numbers killed at between 40,000 and 100,000,[14] about one third of Europe's Jewish population at the time and destroyed many centers of Jewish learning and communal life. There is no doubt that for most of the Jews of Europe there could not have been a more propitious moment for the messiah to deliver salvation than the moment Sabbetai Zevi made his appearance.
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[–] 16178107? ago
Yet it’s that very imperfection and humility where they see no problem defying the most basic teaching of Christ. Birth, death and resurrection
The central teaching of Christ was that all things are through him. You can’t be a Christian and be humble, aware of your own flaws but then completely disregard the essential teaching of Christ and defy the cycle of everlasting life. You can’t use the concept of homosexuality, transgenderism or being pro abortion to challenge the existence of Christ. Isn’t it amazing how Christians don’t even have this most basic understanding of Christ’s teaching but they seem to have got the (((universal love))) teaching down.
If you deny the concept of everlasting life through the story of Christ in order to have humility and show (((love and support))) for transgenders you are not a Christian. Acknowledging universal love while disregarding the cycle of rebirth ie the story of Christ is in itself the teachings of the antichrist
[–] 16178114? ago
God doesn't expect us to be perfect. Neither does Jesus. God told us not to lay with a man like you would with a woman. It's a law from god. I know modern commercial churches are full of lies but that's not Christianity.
[–] 16178120? ago
Nobody said he did. God does expect us to respect the cycle of life, his creation, the laws of heaven that he wrote in stone and then reiterated through the story of Christ. You take the bible and read it literally which is why (((they)))are using the same teachings you seem to have a great understanding of to attack God in every aspect of life, to kill God, to separate him from his creation. Because you missed the concept in Jesus Christ’s teachings
You cannot practice Jesus Christ’s teaching without practicing them through him. I will restate you are practicing the teachings of the anti christ, they are unnatural and desecrate life and God himself. This isn’t a hard concept to wrap your head around
[–] 16178110? ago
What are you talking about? You make no sense what so ever.
[–] 16178113? ago
Sure I do. You believe in Christ’s teachings but you don’t believe in the story of Jesus Christ. So you see like a jew you are contradicting yourself. You believe universal love is a Christian value and practice it but through that practice you defy the story of Christ. You got it fucking backwards bud. Only with respect and understanding of the Christ values ie everlasting life can you engage in practicing its teachings without desecrating the story of Christ
You use the teachings of the anti christ as so many (((Christians))) do today. The anti christ isn’t something mythological sneaky jew, or some high political influence, it’s stupid Christians who don’t even understand the teachings they dedicate themselves too