One preacher i studied with claims that the jews of this time period you reference are since extinct and already destroyed and that the jews we deal with today are the impostors described in Revelation 2:9
He's wrong. The Rabbinical Jews that exist today are the descendants of the Pharisees. It's easy to see if you study the history. Sounds like this guy didn't.
I've heard two guys mention it. One this preacher who i studied with when i was traveling. And the other someone on this forum who explained it.
I do notice that the way the jews behave today seems like the same behavior of the pharisees in the bible. So this similarity in behavior credits your theory.
I don't have time to give you a more authoritative source but here is a Wikipedia article on how the Pharisees that escaped Jerusalem after its destruction in 70 AD created Rabbinical Judaism:
Look at the footnotes for more authoritative sources.
Heck, do a Google search and you will find several Jewish websites that talk about the history of Judaism and they openly admit that Rabbinical Judaism was created by Pharisees....
This is not even a controversial point to make. It's just hard, easily provable fact.
One preacher i studied with claims that the jews of this time period you reference are since extinct and already destroyed and that the jews we deal with today are the impostors described in Revelation 2:9
He's wrong. The Rabbinical Jews that exist today are the descendants of the Pharisees. It's easy to see if you study the history. Sounds like this guy didn't.
I've heard two guys mention it. One this preacher who i studied with when i was traveling. And the other someone on this forum who explained it.
I do notice that the way the jews behave today seems like the same behavior of the pharisees in the bible. So this similarity in behavior credits your theory.
It's not a theory... I am speaking fact.
I don't have time to give you a more authoritative source but here is a Wikipedia article on how the Pharisees that escaped Jerusalem after its destruction in 70 AD created Rabbinical Judaism:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbinic_Judaism#:~:text=Rabbinic%20Judaism%20has%20its%20roots,orally%2C%20explains%20the%20Written%20Torah.
Look at the footnotes for more authoritative sources.
Heck, do a Google search and you will find several Jewish websites that talk about the history of Judaism and they openly admit that Rabbinical Judaism was created by Pharisees....
This is not even a controversial point to make. It's just hard, easily provable fact.