[UntoHim]

Originally Posted by Ohio

The Lord Jesus did not condemn the entire Jewish religion when He ministered on earth. What Jesus did condemn was the hypocrisy of their leaders. Numerous cases exist throughout the gospels, where He upheld the Jewish religion, and even honored it. The Lord's rebukes to the Jewish leaders centered on their hypocrisy, including their traditions which made His commandments void.

Excellent! Just was I was thinking but you beat me to the punch. Remember the Lord Jesus did refer to the temple as "My Father's House", therefore there was still something genuine left of that dusty old religion of the Jews after all. He also went into the temple to teach in many of the cities he visited, so maybe he wasn't quite as "versus" religion as we have been led to believe. Maybe if he would come back today he would go into one of those fancy dancy megachurches and turn over the tables that sell those self help books and religious trinkets.....just thinkin out loud here...