Jesus no longer desired to be a part of the temple in Jerusalem and sent to tables and coin dealers crashing to the floor. Word for word the two, Jesus and the Rabbi, fought about the oppression of the religious leaders at that day. And from those religious battles, Jesus requested by word of God's promise to Abraham to allow for Jesus' to leave the teachings of the rabbis.
With Jesus, he did not follow the Jewish laws. He feed his disciples with crops sit aside for only the high priests. He feed the multitudes with fish and bread that had not been sanctified by the holy temple. Entering into holy places, such as with Moses and Elijah, Jesus was using the forbidden mediums. He used pigs, or swine, as mediums to kill demons...Jewish law forbids the handling if pigs in any way. Jesus didn't wash, or bath, after raising the dead, touching the lepers, or curing the lame. These are all reasons to be removed from the religious order of the Jewish Nazareth monks. Believing Jesus is righteous, as scripture declares, then what philosophy was Jesus teaching? Jesus was teaching the religious beliefs of the Syrian preacher called John the Baptist (link). The list is endless of the many, many ways Jesus' journey proves he was no longer among the congregations of the Jews. So it's not to say "Jesus way a Jew", but to say "Jesus followed John" as is written of at his baptism.
Genesis 15: 12-19
As the sun was going down, Abram fell into a deep sleep, and a terrifying darkness came down over him. 13. Then the LORD said to Abram, "You can be sure that your descendants will be strangers in a foreign land, where they will be oppressed as slaves for 400 years. 14. But I will punish the nation that enslaves them, and in the end they will come away with great wealth. 15. (As for you, you will die in peace and be buried at a ripe old age.) 16. After four generations your descendants will return here to this land, for the sins of the Amorites do not yet warrant their destruction." 17. After the sun went down and darkness fell, Abram saw a smoking firepot and a flaming torch pass between the halves of the carcasses. 18. So the LORD made a covenant with Abram that day and said, "I have given this land to your descendants, all the way from the border of Egypt to the great Euphrates River— 19. the land now occupied by the Kenites, Kenizzites, Kadmonites, 20. Hittites, Perizzites, Rephaites, 21. Amorites, Canaanites, Girgashites, and Jebusites."
Many changes are made to have a peaceful life. One such change is the who is our teachers, and what words are followed. Those of the temple or those of God. Remember something, "where was the temple in the day of Abraham?" It was in Abraham's skies over head of him. There God spoke to him, lead him, and offered a salvation for his future generations. Sarah, his wife, dies and is buried in with the Hittites, an HIV colony by ancient terms (Genesis 23:1-20). By the end of his days, Abraham was living in the dwelling of the Hittites. With the Hittites gods and laws. Though Abraham was a favorite leader by consideration of the Hittites, they did not worship Abraham's God. And it was inside of the Hittites religious foundations that the patriarch Abraham died. Never any temple did Abraham worship his God, the God we are suppose to be faithful to.
Reflextion! Read the bible with a whole heart. Beware of the 'taxes' , as if they are the taxers. A "firepot and flaming torches" passed between the the dead carcasses? Who is "Firepot", where is "Flaming t\Torches"? Teach the word, Oh Lord. Teach us all very well. If we are the children of the Most High God, again enlighten us to your son Jesus and bring us home to You. Amen
