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The last of this true line of Davidic power was Zerubbabel (c. 538 B.C.), and the last recorded true Levite (Zadok line) was Jaddua (c. 330 B.C.) Now we have to shift from the biblical accounts to the historical accounts of what took place.
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The start of the first betrayal is recorded down in history as occurring circa 175 B.C. when The legitimate High Priest, Onias III (the Zadokite “Old Guard”), was deposed by his own brother, Jason. Jason did not use scripture or bloodright to take the office; he used a massive bribe of silver to buy the appointment from the Greek King Antiochus IV Epiphanes.
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This event shattered the “stone-drawn lines” for the first time in history, the High Priesthood was no longer a divine calling—it was a commodity for sale. The Price: 360 talents of silver (plus an extra 80 from other revenues). [Citation: 2 Maccabees 4:7–8]
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The Sanctuary was now legally “occupied” by a man who answered to a pagan king rather than the Law of Moses.
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This was the first act that effectively turned the Temple into a Greek political office, officially launching the Subterfuge that would eventually lead to the complete takeover of both the true king line of David, and the true Priest line of Zadok that became the corrupt Jerusalem that Yashava the Messiah walked into.
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Next we will provide the step by step historical events that the Roman Catholic Church and her harlot daughters kept out of the bible to hide it from you.
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The Second Bribe (172 B.C.) Just three years after Jason bought the priesthood, he sent a man named Menelaus to King Antiochus to deliver the tribute money. Menelaus, seeing the “commodity” for sale, outbid Jason by 300 talents of silver and stole the office for himself, utilizing murder—specifically the assassination of the rightful priest, Onias III—to secure his position. [Citation: Antiquities of the Jews, Book 12, Chapter 5, Section 1, and 2 Maccabees 4:23–26]. Once Menelaus occupied the office, the Sanctuary was no longer a vessel for the Covenant.
The Thief: Menelaus (historically identified as a Benjaminite, not even a Levite) broke the biological Law of the Priesthood entirely, placing a non-Levite in the Holy of Holies. This move effectively stripped the Sanctuary of its last shred of scriptural legitimacy, handing the “Holy of Holies” over to a man who had zero