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>random death cult leader comes from the desert and was a follower of another crazed man living in the desert.
>one of 47 sub sects/cults named in that period that broke from the main authority.
>Didn't fulfill any prophecies of Messiah at all.
>was really suspicious and didn't want people knowing about him for some reason.
>cult completely died off in the place he preached in after he died which confirms they didn't believe in his alleged resurrection and ascension.
>cult only survived by fanatical disciples going far beyond Galilee and Jerusalem.
Bar Kokhba matched more prophecies than Jesus, iirc over half of the prophecies matched him. Jesus at his peak got a few dozen followers maybe a few hundred if the stories are true. Kokhba got 400,000 and nearly achieved the impossible.