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1» Was Jesus a Christian?
Jesus was a Jew thru and thru who believed and practiced the Old
Testament in compliance with the Prophets and the various covenants; most
especially the one that Moses' people agreed upon with God per Exodus,
Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy. (Gal 4:4)
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Agreed...Yeshua was a Jew by blood through His mother.
Now there is room for discussion as to His religion.
Of course you study enough to know that one of the popular names for Christ followers was The Way and the term Christian was probably coin in Antioch around 40 A.D.
Now what religion was He?....A God....does God have a religion? Hebrews makes it clear that He was a High Priest of the Order of Melchizedek. An Order that does not show up in history so is it a secret Order? And the Bible does not define Melchizedek as Israelite, Jewish, or Christian.
Now the Bible says he was the King of Salem and people are told that Salem was an old name for Jerusalem, but the Bible does not say that "Jerusalem was formerly named Salem" and there is no archeological evidence that Jerusalem was ever called Salem. Nor is there any record of that city having a king called Melchizedek. The Bible, history, and archology indicate that David was the first king of that city. The word Salem appears in Psalm 76:2 When Psalms was written the city was called Jerusalem. Still there is room for discussion because Psalm 76:2 reads...In Salem also is his tabernacle, and his dwelling place in Zion. The definition of the Hebrew word Salem is below.
The verb שלם (
shalem) means to be or make whole or complete, and is also used to describe a righteous recompense or proper restitution (whether positive or not). The familiar noun שלום (
shalom) means wholeness, completeness or peace.
Other derivatives are: noun שלם (
shelem), peace offering; verb שלם (
shalam), to be in a covenant of peace; adjective שלם (
shalem), perfect, whole, complete, safe; noun שלם (
shillem), recompense; nouns שלמן (
shalmon), שלום (
shillum), שלם (
shillum) and שלמה (
shilluma), reward or proper recompense.