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Jesus wasn't really a leader of Israel. He had the right heritage to be the King of Israel but He was rejected by the nation of Israel.
The people were looking for the messiah who was prophesied to come in the Jewish (Old Testament) writings. When people saw the many miracles that Jesus did and heard His teaching they believed Jesus was the messiah. They thought He was going to deliver Israel from Roman rule and be king of Israel. So when Jesus was crucified their hopes were lost. Jesus' disciples also did not fully understand what had happened until Jesus appeared to them after His resurrection and taught them more about why He had to die.
Israel did not have a king at that time (unless you count Jesus, whose crime displayed on His cross when He was executed was "Rex Iudaeorum", Latin for King of the Jews). The area had been taken over by the Roman Empire. It was governed by Pontius Pilate, who served as prefect of the Roman region of Judea from A.D. 26 until 36.
No. All twelve tribes are from Israel. They are known as the twelve tribes of Israel, they all descend from Abraham's grandson who was named Israel. There are some offshoot religions that claim to be one of the tribes, or a "lost tribe" of Israel, but blood tests have proven they do not descend from Israel.
Yes, on the Cross:Matthew 27:42New King James Version (NKJV) 42 "He saved others; Himself He cannot save. If He is the King of Israel, let Him now come down from the cross, and we will believe Him.
Solomon was descended from the tribe of Judah.
Today there is no king of Israel.
Hoshea was the last king of Israel.
The answer is King Herod There was no longer a kingdom of Israel at the time attributed to the birth of Jesus. The southern state of Judah, known to the Romans as Judea, was the homeland of the Jews and had gradually expanded since the time of the Maccabeans to include the former territory of Israel. Both Matthew's Gospel and Luke's Gospel say that Jesus was born during the reign of King Herod the Great. Herod was an Idumean and was imposed on Judea by Roman military might, one reason that he was very unpopular among the Jews.
The King James Version of the Bible does not explicitly mention the concept of "Spiritual Israel." However, some interpretations suggest that it refers to all believers in Jesus Christ, who are considered part of the spiritual lineage of Israel.
If you believe that Jesus had no kids, no-one can descend from Him.