I love how you mention two candidates and immediately jump to your undeniable certainty without evidence. Bethlehem is a suburb of Jerusalem and a perfectly fitting stayover for those who intend to commute to fulfill the festival requirements, there is no halakhah that says you must live within the Jerusalem boundaries for a week. The command, Ex. 23:14-17, doesn't even mention Jerusalem because it wasn't the location immediately intended anyway (its status had not been revealed); the intent was to appear before the LORD meaning wherever the ark was stored signaling his presence (which has an interesting history of movement). You express ignorance both of the taurat and of the injil.
I love how you mention two candidates and immediately jump to your undeniable certainty without evidence. Bethlehem is a suburb of Jerusalem and a perfectly fitting stayover for those who intend to commute to fulfill the festival requirements, there is no halakhah that says you must live within the Jerusalem boundaries for a week. The command, Ex. 23:14-17, doesn't even mention Jerusalem because it wasn't the location immediately intended anyway (its status had not been revealed); the intent was to appear before the LORD meaning wherever the ark was stored signaling his presence (which has an interesting history of movement). You express ignorance both of the taurat and of the injil.