YOU KNOW that when Christ began to preach at age 30, that the Israelites were expecting a messiah to come to earth at some point.

The Israelites were awaiting a messiah.

How far back do you think this expectation of a messiah went?

For how long did THEY KNOW a savior was coming?

i dont know but am quoting from OSHO... the missing years of jesus.. such an important figure in christianty .. but why its missing...

Christianity has no knowledge of where Jesus was for thirty years. With the exception of two earlier incidents - when he was born, and once when he was seven years old - only the three years of his ministry are known; the remaining period is unknown. But India has many traditions about it: there are folk stories in Kashmir indicating that he was meditating in a Buddhist monastery there during all the years which are not accounted for.

Then, when he was thirty, he suddenly appeared in Jerusalem. Then he was crucified and there is the story of his resurrection. But again, where does he disappear to after he resurrects? Christianity has nothing to say about it. Where did he go? When did he die a natural death?

Miguel Serrano, in his book The Serpent of Paradise, writes: "Nobody knows what he did or where he lived until he was thirty, the year he