51braZ as governor, Felix fared no better than his


PREDECESSOR: like Cumanus, he treated the Jews under hìs control with utter contempt!

He used the power of the purse to play those different Jewish factions in the City against one another always to hìs own benefit! He seemed at first to have enjoyed a very close rela-tionship with the high priest Yonathan, one of the 5 sons of Ananus/Chanan who served in the position. Felix & Yonathan worked always together to suppress the bandit gangs in the Judean countryside; Yonathan may have even played a role in Felix's capture of the bandit chief Eleazar son of Dinaeus, who was sent to Rome & crucified! But once the high priest had served Felix's purpose, he was cast aside!

Some say Felix had a hand in what happened next, for it was under his governorship that a new kind of bandit arose in Jerusalem: one very shadowy group of 'Jewish Rebels' that the Romans dubbed SICARII, or "DAGGERMEN," due to their penchant for small, sharp and easy-to-conceal daggers, called SICAE, with which they assassinated the enemies of God. These SICARII were zealots fueled by an apocalyptic worldview & a fervent devotion to establishing God's rule on earth?!

They were fanatical in their opposition to the Roman occupation, though they reserved their engeance for those Jews, particularly among the wealthy priestly aristocracy, who submitted to Roman rule! Fearless and unstoppable, these SICARII murdered their opponents with impunity: in the middle of the city, in broad day-light, in the midst of great hordes, during feast days and festivals!

They blended into assemblies and crowds, the sharp daggers tucked inside their cloaks, until they were close enough to strike! Thèn, as the dead man collapsed to the ground, covered in blood, the Sicarii would sheath their daggers stealthily and join their voiced in the cries of indignation from the panicked crowd.

The leader of the Socarii was a young Jewish revolutionary named Menahem, the grandson of none other than the failed messiah Judas the Galilean. Menahem shared his GRANDFATHER'S hatred for the wealthy priestly aristocracy in general, and the unctuous high priests in particular! To these SICARII, Jonathan son of Ananus was an imposter: a thief and a swindler who had grown rich by exploiting the suffering of the people!

He was as responsible for the bondage of the Jews as the heathen emperor in Rome! HÌS presence on the Temple Mount defiled the entire nation. HÌS very existence was an abomination to the Lord G d? He hàd to die! Always & everywhere there will be situations like that: human societies & individuals do create these tensions, causes & possible remedies to solve the old & prepare for a new balance?
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