The Essenes of Qumran, and the Dead Sea Scrolls, were a group of religious Jews who had separated themselves from the Jewish Temple community in Jerusalem. The Jewish Temple community in Jerusalem consisted of the Pharisees and Sadducees in which the Sanhedrin was established and made their court of authority.

The Pharisees were a scholarly group of Jews who, as Josephus the historian says, had a reputation as the most meticulous observers of the ancestral (archaic) laws. A group which claim expertise in understanding the Torah and in the observance of the 613 laws. This sound very much like the present modern day Ultra-Orthodox and Orthodox Jews.

The Sadducees, were no less pious than the Pharisees. The Sadducees had a great deal of following among the well-to-do, among the priestly classes. The Sadducees appear to be more of a social-political party. They differed from the Pharisees in that they did not believe in the authoritative nature of the ancestral laws. They also denied the belief in the resurrection of the dead, and the belief of the Babylonian pagan myths of devils and demons which was claimed can indwell a person and take over a person's body and mind.

The Samaritans, named for Samaria, a region in the northern West Bank, from which which springs the myth of the 10 Lost Tribes, believe themselves to be the remnants of Israelites exiled from the Holy Land by the Assyrians in 722 B.C.E. They are probably best known for the parable of the Good Samaritan in the Christian New Testament's Book of Luke. In the fourth and fifth centuries B.C.E., the Samaritan population is thought to have topped 1.5 million. When the Roman Empire became Christian (4th century CE) the Samaritans, together with the Manicheans, were persecuted even more fiercely than the Pharisees and Sadducees. Religious persecution and economic hardship nearly erased the Samaritans. In the 20th century, they total just over 700 people. Half live in the West Bank, and the other half live in the city of Holon, near Tel Aviv.

There were also revolutionary sects, like the Sicarii and the Zealots, who took their religious understanding of what Judaism was, according to their religious interpretations and turned that into a political agenda. "We must destroy the Roman Empire and any Jews who cooperate with the Roman Empire. We will kill all collaborators, There is no king but GOD," and other such slogans emerge from these religious thinkers. These groups of people were rebellious and fought against Rome which ultimately led to the great revolt in 66 C.E. No one could argue with the Jews for wanting to throw off Roman rule. Since the Romans had first occupied Israel in 63 B.C.E., their rule had grown more and more onerous. The 66 C.E. revolt against Rome turned out to be a great catastrophe. It was a terrible mistake on the part of the Jewish people. During and after 30 CE, when Yeshua had come to his people, and was rejected by the majority of the Jewish people, thanks to the Temple crowd in Jerusalem. After when Yeshua had been crucified and laid in a tomb, Yeshua had returned home to GOD, to the Heavenly Father. The fate of the Jewish people had been greaty dependant upon GOD's good grace. But the majority of the Jewish people had once again failed their calling. Because the majority of the Jewish people had rejected Yeshua, GOD's Anointed One, GOD saw to it that another revolt would take place to teach the Jewish people a harsh and dreadful lesson. For the past four hundred years before the appearance of Yeshua, GOD had removed His protective hedge from the people of Judea, and gave them up, to serve their own ego, as they slain animals and offer up sacrifices of burnt offerings to fill their coffers. They had played the harlot and had prostituted themselves before GOD. GOD was fully aware what was going on as the Temple priests had slained the animals and offer up those sacrifices of burnt and peace offerings of bulls, of rams, and of lambs and of doves. But their burnt offerings were no longer acceptable, nor their sacrifices were pleasing to GOD. The people shall no more sacrifice their sacrifices to GOD, after they had played the harlot and had prostituted themselves before GOD. This shall be a statute forever to them throughout their generations. When the Jewish people had rejected Yeshua, they had also rejected GOD's Will. During the summer of 70 CE, another revolt against Rome was led. The Romans breached the walls of Jerusalem, and initiated an orgy of violence and destruction. Shortly thereafter, they destroyed the Second Temple which put an end to the Temple sacrifices. Then there was another revolt in 132–135 CE. This time the revolt was led by Simon bar Kokhba. This was the final and most devastating Roman blow against Judea. It is estimated that as many as one million Jews had died in the revolts against Rome. When people today speak of the almost two-thousand-year span of Jewish homelessness and exile, they are dating it from the failure of the revolt and the destruction of the second Temple in 70 CE. Indeed, the great Jewish revolts, that of 66, 70 & 132 CE, were the greatest calamities in Jewish history prior to the Jewish Holocaust.

NOTE; In the stories found in the Christian New Testament, it claims that Barabbas, who was a revolutionary leader and fighter, was given his freedom in exchange for Yeshua. This is totally absurd. No one representing Rome would have dared set free such a person, for any reason. As for the two so-called "thieves" who were crucified alongside with Yeshua, they were actually revolutionary freedom fighters. That was the reason they were being crucified! People can see how erroneous the New Testament text is, which had been altered and corrupted!

The Nazarenes and of "The Way", were founded by Yeshua, who was Anointed by GOD. Yeshua was a true son of GOD, who wanted to help the Jewish people from the imminent destruction which GOD's Wrath was ready to lay upon the then world. Yeshua was a son of GOD. He was not GOD, nor a god. Only the plea of Yeshua to GOD, the Heavenly Father, had GOD stayed the destruction of the world for a set time. Time enough to give the Jewish people ample time and oppertunity to change their mindset and follow the message which was given by GOD, through the teachings of Yeshua. How often had Yeshua said that the words that he spoke, came from the Father, and not from his own. There seem to be some great confusion as to what people in Israel was Yeshua referring to when he said that he had come for the lost sheep of Israel. They were the Jewish people who had gone astray from the Will of GOD, who had followed the teachings of the Temple (Pharisees, Sadducees and the Sanhedrin) crowd. Yeshua also stated that he had other sheep’s who were not of this fold. They were other Jews and Gentiles who would follow the teachings of Yeshua. These are not the Jews and Gentiles who became known as Christians who had created a man-made, pagan Baal god for themselves whom they call, what sounds like, Je-Zeus Christ.

Modern day Ultra-Orthodox and Orthodox Jews represent the Temple crowd ( Pharisees, Sadducees and the Sanhedrin) in Jerusalem. Who want to re-establish the Temple and animal sacrifices and its 613 ancestral (archaic) laws in Israel. What did Yeshua call those who were involved with the Temple worship in Jerusalem? Yeshua had called them a den of vipers! The Temple crowd (Pharisees, Sadducees and the Sanhedrin) were clearly the main opponents of Yeshua and his group of followers. Just as the Ultra-Orthodox and Orthodox Jews are the main opponents of Yeshua and his group of followers today.

During more modern times, Judaism is as fragmented as are all the major religions of the world. Judaism is commonly fragmented into the following main denominations.

Orthodox Judaism (includes Hasidic Judaism, Haredi Judaism (also known as Ultra-Orthodox Judaism) and Modern Orthodox Judaism. Orthodox Judaism adhere to a Babylonian form of beliefs, with its archaic heathenistic thinking that has adopted many heathen, pagan religious ideas and traditions. Orthodox Judaism holds that the their Torah was written by GOD and Moses, and that the original 613 laws within it are binding and unchanging. Orthodox Judaism is what Judaism has been since the Middle Ages.

Reform Judaism (Outside of the USA also known as Progressive Judaism, and in the U.K. as Liberal Judaism. Reform Judaism, originally formed in Germany as a reaction to traditional Orthodox Judaism, stresses integration with society and a personal interpretation of the Torah. The original intent was to keep Jews "in the fold" who might otherwise leave the religion and Jewish community.

Conservative Judaism. Outside of the USA it is known as Masorti Judaism. "Masorti" is its official title in the State of Israel as well, although most Israelis use the word to mean something entirely different. Conservative Judaism was created as a middle ground between Orthodox and Reform Judaism. In the philosophy of this movement, the Torah, while unchanging, is subject to interpretation, and a certain amount of integration with society, or assimilation, is to be expected.

Reconstructionists Judaism started as a stream of philosophy within Conservative Judaism, and only later became an independent movement. Its approach to the existence of GOD, the mutability of the Torah, and the importance of community traditions, places it on similar ground to the Reform and Conservative movements.

All of the above denominations exist, to varying degrees in the present State of Israel. Aside from these main Jewish religious groups, there are also many other Judaic groups that make up other denominations with various interpretations and philosophy of Judaism.

As I had stated; Is it any great wonder why GOD had chosen at this time, in this era, to set the record straight, given the many misconceptions which exists about GOD and of His Will?

Note; With all the advancement we have gained in medicine, science, and general knowledge, humanity has learned a great deal within our modern era. Modern, educated Jews no longer believe many ideas that their ancient people had believed, which are found today to be erroneous. Ancient ideas such as Satan and his demons, demon possession, the pits of hell fire, the debasing and dehumanizing every form of homosexuality without distinction, the belief that the world is only six thousand years old, genital circumcisions, animal sacrifices, ect., which the ancient Jewish people had believed and practiced, and had duly written down in their religious text. Unfortunately, those archaic beliefs are still practiced by Ultra-Orthodox and Orthodox Jews as expressed in their Hebrew bible. There are other people, like narrow-minded gentiles, or those who are plain stupid, or uneducated, who have picked up these ridiculous ideas and had latched onto them. Pagan myths, superstitions and archaic beliefs tend to die hard among narrow-minded, stupid, ignorant, or uninformed people. We have many such people in our modern world, I am sad to say. May the light of truth shine forth throughout the world.