uhm. so they went to the temple.lol
really to the same jews that in the Talmud say that gentiles were for the fires of sheol(hell)...
Yep. Gentiles are "anathema" and sheol (or perhaps you really mean Gehenna? for sheol is not firey) was for gentiles...
There is also a biblical reference to Tartarous, for Satan -- I think -- which is in the "pit", and the ancient idea of that place is that one's crime, itself, was made into the punishment one received there...
.I find that hard to believe when it says go unto the word and well galatians is where and where and what are the churches.
I find it hard and really hard that any orthodox jew of that day would invite any gentile to the temple.sorry
The temple was arranged as a series of porches/or courts. The further in one went, the more sacred it became. The outer court was for gentiles (and it's where the money changers were, BTW.), then came the court of women, then came the court of men / priests / naos (holy).
There was a plaque, I believe, carved into one of the stones of the pillars at the inner court which carried a warning of death sentence for any Greek, or other barbaros, etc. entering that area.
But one of the purposes of the Temple was to be a light to the nations; which, of course, the racism of many of the Jews turned into a curse instead "My name is spoken ill of all the day long, on account of you."
In two senses, I think, the temple Jews/Israelites were making the Gentiles court (now called the wailing wall) a den of thieves; first because the money exchange was rigged to force everyone to use "TEMPLE" money / with judges who could prevent people from bringing their own animals on account of finding "defects" that weren't really there. Secondly, (and worse), because they used a loophole in the law to make sure the gentile court was
so filled with animals -- it would be offensive to try and worship there.
In spite of this, There is evidence that Gentiles did come, at least occasionally... (I didn't read Ryan's post -- so I don't know if this applies... but I thought it might be helpful.)
Acts 8:26 And the angel of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying, Arise, and go toward the south unto the way that goeth down from Jerusalem unto Gaza, which is desert.
Acts 8:27 And he arose and went: and,
behold, a man of Ethiopia, an eunuch of great authority under Candace queen of the Ethiopians, who had the charge of all her treasure,
and had come to Jerusalem for to worship,
Shalom messiah.
Peace of Christ to you.