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Apocalypses, and especially in the Rabbinical writings, that
this "Last Deliverer" is claimed to descend from David.
True, there are prophecies after the Babylonian captivity,
and even after the deportation of the Ten Tribes into
Assyria, about a "Son of David" who would come to gather
together the dispersed Israel. But these predictions were
fulfilled only partly under Zorobabel - a descendant of
King David. Then after the Greek invasion the same
predictions were preached and announced, and we only see
a Judah Maqbaya fighting with a slight success against
Antiochus Epiphanes. Besides, this success was temporary
and of no permanent value. The Apocalypses, which carry
their visions down to the time after the destruction of
Jerusalem by Titus and Vespasian, foretell "the Son of
Man" who will appear with great power to destroy the
Roman power and the other enemies of Israel. Twenty
centuries had to elapse before the Rome Empire was
this "Last Deliverer" is claimed to descend from David.
True, there are prophecies after the Babylonian captivity,
and even after the deportation of the Ten Tribes into
Assyria, about a "Son of David" who would come to gather
together the dispersed Israel. But these predictions were
fulfilled only partly under Zorobabel - a descendant of
King David. Then after the Greek invasion the same
predictions were preached and announced, and we only see
a Judah Maqbaya fighting with a slight success against
Antiochus Epiphanes. Besides, this success was temporary
and of no permanent value. The Apocalypses, which carry
their visions down to the time after the destruction of
Jerusalem by Titus and Vespasian, foretell "the Son of
Man" who will appear with great power to destroy the
Roman power and the other enemies of Israel. Twenty
centuries had to elapse before the Rome Empire was