Near as I can figure, long after was about one hundred fifty years. A drop in the bucket of time when a captive people is absorbing itself in a new culture. But just about right for a bottom-up transformation. I'm clinging to my earlier statement about the Pharisees sect.
The Torah was reestablished in Jerusalem by the men of the Great Assembly, who produced the theology of Malachi and Ezra
Did not the men of the Great Assembly seal the Torah, thus shutting down the open line with God the Prophets utilized to teach or warn the Jewish people? During their time, didn't the Great Assembly also shift the emphasis from Temple worship and codify prayers and civil law as the Talmud, in essence, setting the Law above God?
I interpret those actions as a rejection of their Mosaic roots while embracing change learned from their previous time in Babylon.
Moreover, the term "Mystery Babylon" has no historical value. It was invented by Alexander Hislop, whose work has been proven to be mostly invented out of his own fevered brain.
The term Mystery Babylon could be read in the Bible a full seventeen hundred years before Alexander Hislop uttered the phrase.
I would point out that the teaching of Jesus of Nazareth was more closely related to the Pharisees than it was to any other school of Judaism.
Please explain further. If there was one thing I thought I understood it was the one hundred and eighty degrees that seperated the Pharisees from Jesus.
Interesting post. I’ve always simply identified the Shekinah Glory as a manifestation of His indwelling.
One example would be the burning bush, another the pillar of fire advancing in the desert before the Hebrew nation, another is the phenomenon of halo as depicted in many medieval artistic renderings, as well as the cloud surrounding the Tabernacle when He was present within.