[metmom]

Jesus was converting people from their old beliefs to new beliefs, was he not?

No. He was fulfilling the Law for them.

The OT was how people were to recognize who Jesus was, but they didn't in large part because their eyes were blinded.

The OT is the history of the Jewish nation and the Law was put in charge to lead us to Christ, to show us our need of a Redeemer, the One that God had promised.

It's not a new *religion*. It's the fulfillment of everything God had promised to the nation of Israel.

[Bishop_Malachi]

The OT was how people were to recognize who Jesus was, but they didn’t in large part because their eyes were blinded.

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“Eyes were blinded” is just a dodgy way of saying they had no clue. What about the people in Jesus’ own hometown who were surprised at him laying claim to Messiah-hood?