christ came because the people lost the faith, and believed in the babylonian talmud (oral tradition at the time) rather than the law of moses.  happened often in the bible, people losing the faith. some repented in sackcloth and ashes (e.g the people converted by jonah) and sometimes they were destroyed (sodom, flood, etc) so christ came for the lost sheep of israel. there were very few converts among the talmudist, but apparently the lost sheep were not what the original 11 apostles were looking.  saint paul knew where they were.
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