Re "For Jews of that century, the messiah was supposed to be a descendant of Israel’s ancient royal family who’d drive out the foreign occupiers and rule from Jerusalem."
Well, a Warrior Messiah, yeah, but there was also a longing for a Spiritual Messiah. Consequently early Christianity creators used midrash techniques to create one from scripture (which at that time meant the Hebrew Bible). The prophesy that the "nations" would all end up worshiping the Jewish god was fulfilled when Rome adopted Christianity, first as a state religion and then as the state religion. Christianity is built upon prophecies and midrash cobbling together dispersed aspects of the Hebrew Bible. No historical Jesus required.
For details I suggest reading "The Jesus Deception" by Adam Green.
Re "For Jews of that century, the messiah was supposed to be a descendant of Israel’s ancient royal family who’d drive out the foreign occupiers and rule from Jerusalem."
Well, a Warrior Messiah, yeah, but there was also a longing for a Spiritual Messiah. Consequently early Christianity creators used midrash techniques to create one from scripture (which at that time meant the Hebrew Bible). The prophesy that the "nations" would all end up worshiping the Jewish god was fulfilled when Rome adopted Christianity, first as a state religion and then as the state religion. Christianity is built upon prophecies and midrash cobbling together dispersed aspects of the Hebrew Bible. No historical Jesus required.
For details I suggest reading "The Jesus Deception" by Adam Green.
This is great. Keep going.