in the rule of god on earth, you are claiming to be ushering out the caesar. , killed for said ition sedition,p against the state. either what jesus says or what happens to him as a result, he undergoes the exact same tragic end that every other claimant to the messiah did. >> why did jesus's story resonate? why is that the transcendent story? >> why after 2000 years, one is still called the messiah? that's ultimate reply what the book seeks to answer. but i think it has less to do with anything jesus himself said or did although what he said and did was remarkable, it was extraordinary, than what it did, his followers said and did about jesus. you have to understand that according to everything that judahism said about, if you said you're the messiah and you die without establishing david's kingdom you are not messiah. we don't refer to jesus as a failed messiah, he was just as successful as everybody else. the difference however is whereas the followers of these other messiahs went home when they're missi their messiah went home, they claim to have this ecstatic experience where they experi