Jeffrey Aalvik✊️ (@jcrew756)

Was there finally an End to the Debate concerning WHAT Gentile Believers in Yeshua were REQUIRED to DO? As ... • Post 62 AD (death of James, head of the Jerusalem Church, The Leader and The Authority for The Church) • Post 9th of AV 70 AD (destruction of the 2nd Temple) • Post 136 AD (Roman War against Anything regarding the Pharisees and their religious activities) Any one of these should have ended the debate concerning Gentiles, but especially, the 9th of AV 70 AD, had to have greatly disrupted Any semblance of the former religious system that was, by some, being Forced Upon the New Gentile Believers in Yeshua? How did Things Change for Gentile Believers in Yeshua, After the following event? • Post 9th of AV 70 AD (destruction of the 2nd Temple) https://share.google/aimode/2zpQwXU8BQuxD3mzr Following the destruction of the Second Temple on the 9th of Av (Tisha B'Av) in 70 AD, the dynamic between Jewish and Gentile believers in Yeshua (Jesus) shifted fundamentally. This event accelerated what historians refer to as the "parting of the ways" between mainstream Judaism and early Christianity. [1, 2, 3, 4] Things Changed for Gentile believers in Several Key Ways: 1. Shift from a Jewish Sect to a Distinct Religion Before 70 AD, the "Followers of the Way" were largely viewed by the Roman Empire and the public as a sect within Judaism. Believers (both Jewish and Gentile) regularly frequented the Temple in Jerusalem for prayer and communal identity. After the Temple was Razed: The Center of Spiritual Gravity for Believers SHIFTED Away from Jerusalem. For Gentile believers, this Dramatically Lessened the Day-to-day Pressure to Integrate into Traditional Jewish Religious Civic Life, allowing Their Identity as a Separate, Distinct Religion to Solidify. [2, 7] 2. A Shift in Theological Understanding of "The Temple" The Physical Destruction Forced a Rapid Adaptation in How Gentile Believers Understood Worship and Atonement. The Body as the Temple: Following teachings previously introduced by Paul, Gentile believers fully leaned into the concept that the physical building was no longer necessary. Instead, the community of believers and the individual human body became the true temple of the Holy Spirit. Atonement: While Mainstream Judaism adapted by Replacing Animal Sacrifice with Rabbinic Prayer and Deeds of loving-kindness, Gentile believers Viewed the 70 AD Destruction as Physical Proof that the OLD Sacrificial Administration was OBSOLETE, Permanently Superseded by Yeshua's Final Sacrifice. [3, 5, 10, 11, 12] 3. Divergence from Rabbinic Judaism Prior to 70 AD, various Factions of Judaism (Pharisees, Sadducees, Essenes, Zealots, and Believers in Yeshua) Coexisted. The War Decimated Most Groups, Leaving Only TWO Primary Movements to Emerge from the Ashes: Rabbinic Judaism ✡️ (evolved from the Pharisees) and Christianity✝️ As Rabbinic Judaism consolidated at Yavneh (Jamnia) to Preserve Jewish Law through Synagogues, it drew Firmer Boundaries Against Heretical Sects. Gentile believers, who did Not follow the Mosaic law (as decided earlier at the Apostolic Council of Jerusalem), found themselves Increasingly Excluded from Synagogue life, Accelerating a Mutual Social and Theological Estrangement. [4, 13, 14] 4. Political and Roman Imperial Distancing During the First Jewish-Roman War, the followers of Yeshua in Jerusalem famously refused to participate in the political Zealot revolt, with many fleeing across the Jordan River to Pella after receiving a prophetic warning. Following the war, Rome levied the Fiscus Judaicus—a harsh tax imposed on all practicing Jews across the Empire. Because Gentile believers did Not practice Traditional circumcision, Temple Customs, or Food Paws, they successfully argued to Roman authorities that they were Distinct from Political Judaism. This protected them from the immediate imperial backlash and financial penalties targeted at ethnic Jews. [14] Summary of Impact For Gentile believers, the post-70 AD world marked the end of their identity as an offshoot of Judaism. It handed them the Numerical and Structural Majority within the Church, Transforming the Movement into a Globally Focused, Greco-Roman identity rather than a Jerusalem-Centric One. [2] AI responses may include mistakes. [1] https://www.facebook.com/RepMikeLawler/posts/on-tisha-bav-we-remember-the-destruction-of-the-first-and-second-temples-in-jeru/1033175016301401/ [2] https://www.quora.com/How-did-the-fall-of-the-Second-Temple-in-70-AD-affect-both-Jewish-and-Christian-communities-in-the-Roman-Empire. [3] https://cornerstoneapex.org/messages/the-abomination-of-desolation-the-destruction-of-the-temple-in-jerusalem. [4] https://centerforisrael.com/video/when-did-christianity-and-judaism-separate/ [5] https://netivyah.org/the-early-believers-in-yeshua-the-second-temple/ [6] https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Yn___pRPeoQ [7] https://ww.worldhistory.org/article/1785/the-separation-of-christianity-from-judaism/ [8] https://www.facebook.com/worldbeautiesandwonders/posts/after-the-second-temple-when-sacred-space-changedwhen-roman-forces-under-titus-c/1460480482771250/ [9] https://www.quora.com/How-did-the-destruction-of-the-Temple-in-70-CE-impact-the-way-Jesus-was-portrayed-in-the-Gospels. [10] https://www.facebook.com/TheStationoftheCross/posts/why-was-the-temple-in-jerusalem-destroyed-in-70-adand-what-does-it-meanafter-the/1410698544432948/ [11] https://www.quora.com/How-did-the-practice-of-Judaism-change-following-the-destruction-of-the-second-temple-in-70-AD. [12] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Jerusalem_(70_CE) [13] https://christianhistoryinstitute.org/magazine/article/after-the-temple [14] https://www.christianity.org.uk/article/1st-and-2nd-century-jews-and-gentiles.