King Herod Agrippa I was a brilliant diplomat and ruler who secured the best possible deal for the Jews (and himself) under the reign of Roman emperor Claudius. But while scholars cast an approving eye on his realpolitiking, Agrippa I gets a bum deal in the Bible.
Agrippa felt he had to appease the more conservative elements in his constituency to ensure their support for his autonomous Jewish vassal state–and this meant persecuting a couple of early Christians. Conveniently, these Christians were also vocal anti-Roman separatists–hence the execution of James, one of the 12 apostles, which proved both popular and prudent.
He died suddenly in 44AD in Ceasarea, during games dedicated to Claudius. The city is now an archeological site, and the hippodrome where the games were held was being excavated in January, when I visited with Benny Mandler.
You paint a rosy picture of that rascal Herod.
Not only was he cunning, he was ruthless and played all sides of the street. It was his agent who set Peter free because the long term plan of Herod was to undermine Claudius with the growing unrest in Rome by establishing Christianity there.
Claudius knew the dangerous nature of Herod as it was Herod who first suggested to him that he have Caligula murdered whilst he was ostensibly Caligula’s lover and best friend.
It was Herod who called the council of the Mysterious force and gave letters of authority to the levis to spread it throughout the known world.
Later this translated into Freemasonry and its offshoots and the damage and carnage among the Goyim it has caused is legend.
If ever there was the seed of evil planted among the Hebrews and the followers of Judaism, Herod Agrippa was that seed,
Flavius did no one any favours when he glossed over his many crimes and Jews worldwide are suffering from, and will continue to suffer from that seed of evil. It was not Rothschild who invented Zionists shady practices and use of combined wealth to subvert nations, it was Herod Agrippa the evil.
You seem almost to have been there–you must have rock-solid historical sources, else I am sure you wouldn’t write with such apparent conviction. I was wondering if you could share them with us. (I, Claudius doesn’t count.)