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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[–] 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
[–] 16178121? ago
Are you crazy. I'm a strong believer of when Jesus says to follow him he means to immitate him. To be like him the best you can.
[–] 16178125? ago
You seem crazy because you claim to honour Christ’s teachings but don’t even believe in his existence nor respect it.
You believe in the teachings of the anti christ not the Christ now go brush the dust off your bible and read the story of Christ again you have clearly missed his teaching