Just as an aside on this, if anyone is brave enough...look up the Satanic Bible on the internet and examine which holiday is the highest holy day in Satanism.
You'll be surprised.
Ok perhaps I missed something.
Then I would suggest that you study what the differences would have been in the 1st century between Jews who did not believe the messiah had come as opposed to Jews who believed the messiah had come.
Ugh! You must think I'm retired with plenty of free time on my hands. Why not give a brief explanation and perhaps a comparison with modern day pre-millenialists -vs- millenialists.
Just as an aside on this, if anyone is brave enough...look up the Satanic Bible on the internet and examine which holiday is the highest holy day in Satanism.
Why not go ahead and tell us. I'd be interested inknowing but have too many other things to do at the moment.