The
people of Israel wanted a warrior Messiah, one who would slay the enemies
of Israel, overthrow the corrupt and pagan Roman Empire,
slaughter the wicked, and set up Israel as the ruling
nation over all the world.
The idea that a
nation comprised largely
of Christian
people would become a killing field where neighbors are
slaughtering each other in huge numbers, where grown men who attend church regularly would pick up machetes and hack to death entire families, including the children, should strike us as utterly bizarre.