he's called bar kokhba. >> bar kokhba was a pseudo messiah, supported by large segments of the populationlaimed to be a descendant of king david. he claimed to be the messiah himself, and was supported by none other than one of the major figures of the day, rabbi akiba. so this war was very different. it was a millennial revolt. it was a messianic revolt. and it touched chords that were not touched in the first revolt. >> (dramatized): the earth's inhabitants and its rulers will hate one another and provoke one another to war. >>pparently, he did take jerusalem for some time. and coins are found now that say, "the year one of the redemption of israel." they really think they have established the new kingdom. >> you might think that there would never be another war like the first war. but the second war with rome, the bar kokhba war, was probably even worse than the first war. even though jerusalem wasn't destroyed, the devastation might have even been greater. >> some people in the second revolt tried to press other ws, including christians, into the revolt, saying, "come join us to fight