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Not sure if you are aware of this or not, but he was an Orthodox Jew, had black hair and an olive-skinned complexion, studied Torah, spoke Hebrew and Aramaic, went to synagogue, celebrated the Jewish holidays, and ate kosher food (rules out the pork). If he was here today he would be doing the same thing.

And he would still be considered a heretic by Jews. Jesus died and rose again. Belief in same is the demarcation. That leap of faith is the inflection point between Jew.0 and Jew.01 (Christian) . Either His heresy was the Truth, or it was just heresy. It is illogical to say that Jesus was an Orthodox Jew, if he was viewed as a heretic by same.

I personally don't care what I'm called. Christian, Jew.01, Papist, Kryster, Biblethumper, Happy Clappy...all that matters is that Jesus is my Lord and Savior. And I believe that salvation is open to anybody willing to take that leap of faith.