gods covenant was with abraham, who was a hebrew. jews are but one group descended from abraham, from his grandson jacob and his son judah. judahs descendants would found the kingdom of judah (with jerusalem as its capital) in the southern levant. king david was a king of this kingdom, and christ is part of this lineage. there was a kingdom of israel in the north that existed at the same time. both would be destroyed by assyrians and babylonians. it was the latter that influenced the jews and changed what was a noble religion forever, creating all the weird stuff you read about in the talmud. this is where the pharisees got their start - they were not priests, they were teachers of the law and scribes. it was this group of people that took over the jewish religion and who christ sparred with constantly until they killed him. saudcucees were the priests and christ was no fan of these guys either, but they didnt last very long and were eventually completely displaced by the pharaissees whose talmudic teachings dominate judaism to this very day.
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